Sweet Painted Hill Corn

BackyardFarm · December 14, 2015

Has anyone ever grown this corn from Botanical Interests? It sure looks beautiful. But does it taste good too? I would be growing a small patch probably just 12-20 stalks.

BackyardFarm · December 14, 2015

The other one I'm considering is Blue Jade corn.

salix · December 31, 2015

Thanks for posting this information. Sounds like I need to try it as the Painted Mountain did very well for me last year.

ChrisK · December 31, 2015

Was not impressed with it, but I'll give it one more shot since I got it in late last year. Don't expect anything as pretty as the drawing and not as flavorful as other sweet corn. No keeping ability either, have your water boiling when you pick it (like all su sweet corn)! Small ears too for me. Fed most of it to the chickens.

From wikipedia:

The husked ears of three cultivars: pictured left to right are 'Ruby Queen', 'Painted Hill' and 'Bodacious'.

December 14, 2015	#1
BackyardFarm Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Wisconsin, zone 4b Posts: 360	Sweet Painted Hill Corn Has anyone ever grown this corn from Botanical Interests? It sure looks beautiful. But does it taste good too? I would be growing a small patch probably just 12-20 stalks.

December 31, 2015	#3
salix Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: north central B.C. Posts: 2,310	Thanks for posting this information. Sounds like I need to try it as the Painted Mountain did very well for me last year. __________________ "He who has a library and a garden wants for nothing." -Cicero

December 31, 2015	#4
ChrisK Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 1,448	Was not impressed with it, but I'll give it one more shot since I got it in late last year. Don't expect anything as pretty as the drawing and not as flavorful as other sweet corn. No keeping ability either, have your water boiling when you pick it (like all su sweet corn)! Small ears too for me. Fed most of it to the chickens. From wikipedia: The husked ears of three cultivars: pictured left to right are 'Ruby Queen', 'Painted Hill' and 'Bodacious'. __________________ Blog: chriskafer.wordpress.com Ignorance more frequently begets knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. --Charles Darwin Last edited by ChrisK; December 31, 2015 at 10:54 AM. Reason: added picture