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

Black Aztec

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

R38.36

Bloody Butcher Corn

Bloody Butcher Corn

TESTED GM-Infection FREE For Roundup Ready®, Cyr1 and Cyr2 (Bt resistant traits) Zea mays An i..

R38.36

Border King Maize

Border King Maize

Zea maysBorder King is one of South Africa's original commercial varieties. This open pollinated var..

R38.36

Chires Baby

Chires Baby

Zea mays A real miniature Open pollinated corn, these plants can produce up to 20 ears on well gr..

R38.36

Dakota Black Popcorn

Dakota Black Popcorn

Zea maysOpen pollinated. A seriously tasty popcorn. As with the Strawberry popcorn, this is a gourme..

R38.36

Glass Gem

Glass Gem

Zea maysOh, are we excited about this new corn variety!We have been growing this out for a few years..

R38.36

Golden Bantam

Golden Bantam

Zea maysA very famous sweetcorn, we have been working with this variety for 4 years to bring you the..

R42.96

Golden Hickory King

Golden Hickory King

Oh we are so excited about this corn variety. Once grown widely in South Africa, Hickory has all but..

R38.36

Green Oaxacan

Green Oaxacan

Zea maysGreen Oaxacan is probably the oldest dent corn variety that we have in our collection. Highl..

R38.36

Kalahari Early Pearl

Kalahari Early Pearl

Zea maysAn open pollinated maize variety which is very popular in South Africa.The cobs grow to arou..

R38.36

Krug Dent

Krug Dent

Zea mays Heirloom. Krug Dent corn is one of the oldest commercial varieties. that was origina..

R38.36

Natal 8 Row aka isiZulu

Natal 8 Row aka isiZulu

Zea maysNatal 8 Row, also known colloquially as isiZulu is a favoured maize variety grown in Natal b..

R38.36

Sahara Corn

Sahara Corn

Zea maysThis open pollinated yellow maize variety has large cobs with dents at the crown of each ker..

R38.36

Strawberry Popcorn

Strawberry Popcorn

Zea mays This is possibly the best popcorn I have ever eaten. The kernels pop into a small bright..

R38.36

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Biogrow Radavit

Biogrow Radavit

Radavit is an organic composting agent that contains compost bacteria together with enzymes and fung..

R122.54 R136.16

Biogrow Vegol

Biogrow Vegol

A superb, organic contact insecticide that works by coating the pores of insects. It also has a grea..

R104.27 R115.85

Green Curled Ruffec

Green Curled Ruffec

Cichorium endiva A.k.a. frisée, this French heirloom endive boasts deeply cut, dark green leaves...

R26.76 R31.48

Green Wave Mustard

Green Wave Mustard

Brassica juncea A very high-yielding mustard. Leaves are heavily curled, frilled, and bright gree..

R28.81 R33.89

Jiffy-7C® Plugs 30mm

Jiffy-7C® Plugs 30mm

The Jiffy-7C® is a 100% buffered coir planting plug. Perfect for use in hydroponics/aquaponics.The J..

R13.80 R20.40

Jiffy-7C® Plugs 40mm

Jiffy-7C® Plugs 40mm

The Jiffy-7C® is a 100% buffered coir planting plug. Perfect for use in hydroponics/aquaponics.The J..

R20.70 R31.17

Jiffy-7C® Plugs 60mm

Jiffy-7C® Plugs 60mm

The Jiffy-7C® is a 100% buffered coir planting plug. Perfect for use in hydroponics/aquaponics.The J..

R32.20 R46.32

Lime Streaks Mizuna

Lime Streaks Mizuna

Brassica juncea A wonderful Asian green that can be harvested from day 25 at baby-leaf stage, and..

R28.82 R33.89

Osaka Purple Mustard

Osaka Purple Mustard

Brassica juncea This mustard green (if you can call it green!) is a real stunner. The deep red/pu..

R28.81 R33.89

Red Streaks Mizuna

Red Streaks Mizuna

Brassica junceaA wonderful Asian green that can be harvested from day 25 at baby-leaf stage, and day..

R28.81 R33.89

Savoy Tatsoi

Savoy Tatsoi

Brassica rapa The dark green savoyed leaves have a spinach-like appearance with a deliciously mild t..

R28.82 R33.89

Tatsoi Mustard

Tatsoi Mustard

Brassica rapaA very cold hardy Asian variety that can even handle heavy frost and snow. The dark gre..

R28.82 R33.89

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