Flour Corn

Zea mays amylacea

Poaceae (Grass)

Soft-starch corn that grinds easily by hand into fine flour — a homestead and survival classic.

EdibleAnnualFull sunStores wellSurvival cropStaple calories

Flour Corn (Zea mays amylacea) illustration — Texas Roots plant database, by Jordan Polasek

Sun

Full sun

Water

Moderate

Soil

Rich

pH

6.0–6.8

Hardiness

Warm-season annual

Height

6–9 ft

Spacing

8–12 in

Days to harvest

95–115

What it is

Flour Corn (Zea mays amylacea) is in the Poaceae (Grass) family. Soft-starch corn that grinds easily by hand into fine flour — a homestead and survival classic.

How to grow it

It wants full sun, water it moderate, and give it rich soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–6.8. Space plants about 8–12 in apart. Expect roughly 95–115. Warm-season annual.

How it's used

Flour Corn is used: ground to flour.

🔎 How to identify it

Tall stalk, often colorful kernels
Soft floury kernels
Dries on the plant

Edibility

PartsDried kernels

UsesGround to flour

CautionDry fully before storing.

🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.

Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.