The Best-tasting Corn in History! Show 74 days. Its name means “the future is almost here,” but once you taste your first bite of Mirai® Yellow Corn, you’ll know that’s wrong — the future IS here, and its name is Mirai! This ultra supersweet corn is so sugary and succulent that it gives new meaning to the term “caramel corn”! The story of this corn’s wild popularity is incredible. It was bred on the Ahrens family farm in Illinois by J. David Mackenzie, a plantsman from Cornell University. As the economy worsened for family farms in the early 1990s, the Ahrenses hired Mackenzie to research new strains of sweet corn for market use. When he discovered Mirai®, he was really just trying to create a more disease-resistant variety. But one taste changed all that. At first, the new corn didn’t seem marketable. It needs to be hand-picked, which ruled out production by the huge commercial farms in the U.S. So Mackenzie introduced it instead to Japan, where small “boutique” farms are common, and many crops are still picked by hand. Within a few years Mirai® had become the bestselling sweet corn in Japan, capturing an amazing 35% of the market from all other varieties! (That’s where it got its name, too. Mirai® (pronounced me-RYE) also means “taste”!) Once small American farms and roadside produce operations heard of Mirai’s success in Japan (where it made headlines), everyone wanted the seed. But until now, the breeders have wisely released only a small amount of seed, continuing to test and trial it. The results have been spectacular — and those farmers’ markets lucky enough to grow Mirai® have been besieged by long lines all season long! It’s not uncommon for folks to drive 100 miles or more to wait in line for Mirai® — and it is especially popular with older corn-lovers, because it is so gentle on the teeth or dentures. Needless to say, we are delighted to make this remarkable corn available from seed to our Park gardeners! In addition to this yellow variety, there are also a bicolor, white, mini yellow.These ears are 8 inches long, with good “tip fill” (meaning that the kernels stay plump and delicious all the way to the end of the ear instead of petering out!) and excellent coverage by dark green husks. Once picked, the ears last up to 6 weeks if refrigerated! (But you’ll eat every last one LONG before then!) The 6-foot plants are very, very heavy-yielding, and show good resistance to Stewart’s Wilt and common rust. Our Director of Seeds had the opportunity to sample Mirai® last summer, and began negotiating to buy the seed that same day. “I have never tasted anything like it in my life,” she tells us. “I sampled it raw in the field, and it was all I could do not to eat the entire cob!” Mirai® is as easy to grow as other corn, but it must be isolated from other varieties (EXCEPT other Supersweets) by at least 50 feet. This is important — the plants will grow and set fruit just fine if grown among other varieties, but they will cross-pollinate and you won’t be harvesting the true Mirai® If you want to continue growing other varieties as well as Mirai®, just plant Mirai® at least 2 weeks after the others. (It appreciates warmer soil anyway!) Because Mirai® is low on starch content, work some amendments into the soil before planting these seeds, and be sure to wait until the soil has thoroughly warmed in spring before sowing seed. Sow it a bit more shallowly (about 1 1/4 inches) than you would other corn, and space the plants a bit farther apart. Keep the moisture level as constant as possible during the growth season. Let the ears mature fully, following the old rules about waiting 3 weeks after the silks appear, checking that the silks are brown and brittle before picking, and then squeezing a kernel from the tip of a sample ear to make sure that it’s full of milky liquid. Mirai® acquires its fabulous flavor during the final weeks of growth, so harvesting at full maturity is very important! The best flavor emerges when Mirai® is boiled for no more than 2 minutes, or grilled into a sugary-sweet confection. It is delectable raw too, but you’ll notice the sweetest flavor when it is just barely cooked. Whoever thought that corn could be such a gourmet delicacy? Pkt is 100 seeds. How do I place an order? Payment and ShippingAt the moment, the easiest way of payment for us is Paypal. If you dont have paypal, you can also contact us for possibility of other options like Western Union, Bank trasnfer etc. Returns & RefundsWe sell only viable plants seeds online, and test germination of our seeds from time to time. So we will not be able to refund for seeds that clients fail to germinate, unless we are convinced that it's truly problem of our seeds. Our mission is to supply fresh and true seeds from China. If any Plant seeds for sale online from us turn out to be wrong ones, we will refund you 100%. Is Mirai corn still available?Of course, we're sad to say goodbye to Mirai, but we're happy to report that we've moved on to the next generation of augmented supersweets. We're currently picking Eden (white), Rosie (bicolor), and Takeoff (yellow)—all very sweet and tender and highly recommended!
What is the sweetest corn available?Supersweet corn are also hybrid varieties–the sweetest flavored of all corn. Supersweet corn varieties are sweeter than sugary enhanced varieties.
How do you store Mirai corn?At home, store the ears wrapped tightly in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. If you don't plan on eating your corn within three days—and you should unless you like mouthfuls of starch—freeze it.
How do you make Mirai sweet corn?Simply cook the sweet corn in the husk for two minutes per ear at the highest setting. Don't do more than three ears at a time (six minutes). You can take my word for it, this is a winner. Mirai sweet corn is the sweetest, highest quality, most tender sweet corn you will ever eat!
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