How the Havasupai Sunflower Saved “Helianthus Annuus” from Worldwide Wilt

At the start of growing season, we planted sunflowers on the edges of our corn quadrants as part of our plot. They weren’t just any sunflowers, but Havasupai sunflowers. Havasupai sunflowers have an interesting place in the recent, as well as past history of sunflowers. The Havasupai have an interesting tradition of combining agriculture with…

Hopi Blue Corn Harvest: Huge Difference for Pre-Sprouted Crops

As we mentioned in the last post on Hopi Blue Corn, the quadrant that was not pre-sprouted (quadrant 2) did very poorly in comparison to the quadrant that was pre-sprouted (quadrant 1). At the end of the season, before the first predicted freeze (which unfortunately came very early) we tallied the results of the corn…