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Originally posted by 1Bee View PostYesterday, they were not ripe. Today, they are.
So now you probably don't need this page I just found showing the ripening stages of corn. But I'll post it anyway in case it might help someone else.
https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn...grainfill.html
It shows a dent type of corn which is being fully ripened for grain or seeds. For sweet corn to eat you harvest it at the "Kernel Milk Stage (R3)"
Also note that if you do want to fully ripen your corn and it's not a dent type (e.g. flint corn, flour corn, popcorn) it probably won't develop the dents in the kernels that are shown here.Last edited by Zelenina; 27-09-2017, 04:36 PM.
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Zelenina, that's brilliant! Thank you so much, that's just what I needed. Interesting how the silks go brown quite early, before the kernels are ripe.
I think mine are mostly at the R2 stage, as the ones we ate last night were edible, but tasteless, rather reminding me of mini corn (which I loathe... ha). The one milky kernel must have been a lucky strike...
Unless the weather is kind in the next week or two, I don't think I'll get proper ripe corn, but I've learned a lot this time, and have earmarked a better spot for them for next year. I'll give it one more good go and if that doesn't work, I'll decide sweetcorn is not going to work for me.
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I was thinking the same as Snoop. Try an earlier variety next time. Americans call Incredible a main crop variety, which in the UK, especially in the north, means quite late. And it grows very tall, so maybe a shorter one would put more energy into the cobs rather than keeping on growing. Also it's a sugary enhanced variety which is supposed to be sweeter and more tender than standard sweetcorn, and stays sweet a bit longer. But I don't know if that has anything to do with the slow ripening.
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Originally posted by 1Bee View PostI've gotta laugh: popped to the plot on the way to pick up the boys from school. Checked the cobs again: milky fluid.
Yesterday, they were not ripe. Today, they are. There's a lesson there, somewhere...
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And rats got most of mine I could post a picture but they are not pretty site (loads of sweetcorn, some with 3 cobs on looking like peeled bananas). And the farmer's field with acres of maize next door is untouched. I wonder how they know what will taste the best? I've got some sweet potatoes growing in a polytunnel, I'm hoping they don't find those.
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We grew Swift and Earlibird in succession this year. Difficult to decide between the two for taste, being supersweet varieties both made excellent eating.
Swift have tougher stems so more suitable for an early crop on a windy site but Earlibird yielded more cobs.
Not a true comparison really with growing them one after the other.Location ... Nottingham
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Originally posted by Baldy View PostMost folk on my site (including me) had terrible sweetcorn this year - not enough sun I suspect and /or poor pollination. Most didn't bulk up at all...
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