Skip to main content
Problems with signing in?

We use your email to save the items in your cart, and occasionally send notifications about your cart contents. We will never sell your email address.

Painted Mountain main item image
Organic
Painted Mountain main full-size item image Painted Mountain full-size item image #4 Painted Mountain full-size item image #4 Painted Mountain full-size item image #4

Painted Mountain Flour Corn - Organic

seeds
Choose an item size to add to your cart.
$4.75
Item: 680-A
$16.50
Item: 680-B
$35.50
Item: 680-C
$145.50
Item: 680-D
$315.50
Item: 680-E
Zea mays
(85 days) Open pollinated.

Short efficient 5' plants, long thin 6–7" cobs. Painted Mountain is the hardiest, fastest-maturing grain corn in the world. Dave Christensen has now spent over half a century developing it in the mountains of Montana from a diverse gene pool of about 80 strains of native corns. Contains vivid golds, oranges, reds and purples, about every shade of color known to corn. High in anthocyanins and has amazing 13% protein levels. Bred to withstand high winds, cold temperatures, intense heat and drought, and to survive global warming. Painted Mountain grows where no other corn can. Seed We Need™

Breeder Royalties.

Supplier Transparency:
① Small seed farmers including Fedco staff
ships year-round
Quick Details
Hybrid Status
open pollinated
Days to Maturity
85 days
Lifecycle
annual
Breeder Royalties
Yes
Color
multi-colored
Compare
Compare with other Flour Corn
Variety Product Type Hybrid Status Days to Maturity Lifecycle Breeder Royalties Color
Painted Mountain
Organic 		seeds open pollinated 85 days annual Yes multi-colored
Homestead Hero
Organic 		seeds open pollinated 95 days annual Yes yellow
Montana Morado Maize
Organic 		seeds open pollinated 90 days annual Yes dark purple
Magic Manna
Organic 		seeds open pollinated 85 days annual Yes multi-colored
Hopi Blue
Organic 		seeds open pollinated 100 days annual blue-black
Additional Information

Flint and Flour Corn

Average 100-160 seeds/oz. All open-pollinated. Days to maturity are for dry stage.

Corn

  • About 85–200 seeds/oz. Seeds per packet vary.
    • Open-pollinated selections average 100 seeds/oz
    • Normal sugary varieties 140 seeds/oz
    • SE cultivars with shrunken seeds 150-160 seeds/oz
  • Days to maturity are from emergence after direct sowing; for transplants, subtract 20 days.

Culture: Untreated sweet corn seed will not germinate in cold wet soil. Please be patient and wait till soil warms to at least 60° before sowing, or start seedlings indoors and transplant at 3–6" before taproots take off. Minimum soil temperature 55°, optimal temperature range 65–85°. Tender, will not survive frost. Heavy nitrogen requirements.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

Non GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.

Shipping

From early May through mid-December, items shipping from our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.