How to distinguish between real and false black corn

Black corn is a hybrid variety, which is rarely seen on the market. at present, it is only planted in Liaoning and Anhui in the north, Guangdong in the south, Sichuan in the southwest, and Xinjiang in the northwest, so many people sell it as fake and true. then how to distinguish between real and false black corn?

First, how to distinguish between true and false black corn?

To tell whether black corn is really depends on its soaked color and corncob. Generally speaking, after black corn is soaked in water for a while, the water will turn into the color of ink. The corncob is fuchsia.

What are the varieties of black corn?

1. Black pearl: the plant height of black pearl is 2.4 meters, the double panicle rate is 95%, the fresh ear harvest time is 80,85 days, and the grain maturity period is 105 days. Fresh ear cooked food has thin skin, no residue, sweet and fragrant, good stress resistance, wide adaptability, high yield, dry seed yield up to 450 kg / mu.

2. Heinuo No. 1: the height of Heinuo No. 1 is 250cm ~ 270cm. The grain is round, purple when young, black as ink when mature, shiny. Strong ability to resist drought and cold. Resistant to large and small leaf spot, insensitive to light and temperature, yielding 900-1100 kg fresh ear per mu.

3. Heinuo No. 2: the plant height of Heinuo No. 2 is 1.6 meters, the ear length is 12 cm, the ear is conical, the grain is small, the plant shape is compact, and the grain is black and wrinkled after maturing and drying. With good taste, sticky fragrance and no residue, it belongs to a mid-mature and early-maturing hybrid with a suitable density of 4000 plants per mu.

4. Heinuo No. 3: the summer sowing growth period of Heinuo No. 3 is 96 days, the ear is tapered, the double ear rate is high, the 1000-grain weight is 260g, the hard grain waxy type is neatly arranged, the fresh ear is purple, black after drying, the fresh ear has good taste, good disease resistance, hard stalk, lodging resistance, and yield per mu is 470kg.

At present, the more common varieties of black corn on the market are Heinuo No. 1, Heinuo No. 2, Heinuo No. 3 and Black Pearl Sweet Corn, etc., so we should pay attention to the purchase.