Corn / Maize

One of the hardest heirloom crops to keep pure and uninfected by GMOs is corn (maize). The first and probably the most important rule is your stand size. Maize plantings cannot be less than 40 plants. This is the absolute minimum and double would be better.

There is no way that one can effectively save seed from year to year of an open-pollinated (OP) maize variety with less than 40 plants. If you do, you will find that you will have destroyed the genetic variation essential in heirloom and OP corn varieties that can never be recovered. Also with a stand size of less than 40 plants, you will also find that a high percentage of your harvest will be poorly pollinated and kernels will be missing on the cob.

Fortunately, we at Livingseeds understand that besides just getting a crop to eat, many of you would like to save your precious corn seed from year to year. We supply a minimum of 80 seeds and often well over 100 seeds so that you have the means in every single packet to enable you to save your corn seed from year to year.

Read Keeping Heirloom Corn Seed Pure for more information on how to plant and save your seed.

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Black Aztec

Zea mays A stunning producer of small, dark purple-black cobs, this variety was donated to us by..

R42.96

Bloody Butcher Corn

Zea mays Bloody Butcher is a striking heirloom dent corn first grown in the United States around 18..

R38.36

Border King Maize

Zea mays Border King is one of South Africa’s oldest open-pollinated maize varieties, bred for broa..

R38.36

Chires Baby

Zea mays Chires Baby sweet corn is a rare, miniature open-pollinated variety from China that’s both..

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Dakota Black Popcorn

Zea mays Dakota Black is a striking heirloom popcorn developed in the early 1980s by David Podoll o..

R42.96

Double Red Sweetcorn

Zea mays Double Red Sweetcorn is a visually spectacular open-pollinated variety, bred by Dr. Alan K..

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Glass Gem

Zea mays Glass Gem is a spectacular flint corn known for its iridescent, jewel-like kernels that sp..

R42.96

Golden Bantam 12 Row

Zea mays Golden Bantam 12-Row sweet corn is a refined heirloom developed from the original 1902 Bur..

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Golden Hickory King

Zea mays Golden Hickory King is a heritage yellow dent corn with roots tracing back to the late 180..

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Green Oaxacan

Zea mays Green Oaxacan Dent is a rare heritage corn from the Oaxaca Valley in southern Mexico, grow..

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Japanese Sticky Corn

Zea maysAvailable for purchase from 1 July 2025 Japanese Sticky Corn is a rare and visu..

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Kalahari Early Pearl

ZZea mays Kalahari Early Pearl is a quick-maturing white maize developed for South Africa’s semi-ar..

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Krug Dent

Zea mays Krug Dent is one of the earliest named commercial dent corn varieties in the United States..

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Natal 8 Row aka isiZulu

Zea mays Natal 8 Row, also known as isiZulu, is a traditional South African landrace maize historic..

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Sahara Corn

Zea mays Sahara Corn is a hardy yellow dent maize developed for Southern African conditions, offeri..

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Strawberry Popcorn

Zea mays Strawberry Popcorn is a petite heirloom flint corn best known for its deep ruby-red ears t..

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