2006-08-13 04:02:54 · 8 answers · asked by kroe_6 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
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2006-08-16 01:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
The corn silk (tassels) will turn brown and dry. That's the first sign. Then carefully test out a sample ear to see if it is fully formed and ready. Leave the ear attached to the stalk and carefully pull the husk down a couple of inches from the top of the ear. If the kernels are fully developed, gently push your fingernail into one, and if a bit of milky juice comes out, it's ready. If it's not quite ready, carefully pull the husk back up onto the ear of corn and try again in a day or 2.
2006-08-13 04:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Corn is waiting for harvest approximately 20 days after the 1st silks seem. %. corn it is to be saved for an afternoon or 2 interior the cool temperatures of early morning to keep away from the ears from improve an a strategies greater beneficial than field warmth, which reasons a greater speedy conversion of sugars to starch.
2016-11-04 11:59:26 · answer #3 · answered by shea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
About 3 weeks after the silks form, they will turn dry and brown. The kernels should exude a milky substance when pricked
2006-08-13 05:41:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you wait until the tassles are DARK brown, you will get the best flavor. If you harvest when light or medium brown, while they will look good, the taste will be lacking.
2006-08-14 04:00:41 · answer #5 · answered by dderat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the tassles turn brown and the kernel closest to it is juicey when you touch it.
2006-08-13 04:08:25 · answer #6 · answered by bonita_cooper2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the ears are big, not small. IF it's popcorn (Yes it can be grown) it wont get as big, bit still can't be tooo small, when picked.
2006-08-13 04:16:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when the tassles start to turn brown
2006-08-13 04:06:14 · answer #8 · answered by Campbell Gramma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋