SLIME Corn! << Self-Fertilizing Nitrogen Fixing Trait >>

***Now available for Pre-order. Seeds will ship this winter 2025, after the months-long harvest and drying process*** Zea Mays Days to Maturity: 120-140 (plant in late April to mid-May) This is our first-year selection of the slime trait from our Rainbow Corn Landrace. Corn with this slime trait can self-fertilize by fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere, via microbiota in the slimy mucilage on its aerial brace roots (see first two photos). In 2024 we observed the slime dripping from brace roots on about 5% of our plants, and we saved the corn seed from those plants. Our slimy corn plants grew significantly taller than non-slimy corn plants, and produced significantly longer ears of corn than non-slimy corn plants (both long ears of corn in the 3rd photo are from slime corn). This supports the theory that the slime is indeed fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere! This article published by the American Society of Plant Biologists investigates the slime trait and its potential impact on revo