"Steve" wrote

I predict there will be silks showing on Saturday. Then things will
start to happen.

I hope you're right.

I got concerned after watching a short "gardening tips" segment on the local
TV news broadcast yesterday. The topic was sweet corn, and the guy said he
had planted at the same time I did, the same variety, and had not watered it
enough (we've had a real dry season so far). His corn was only shoulder-high
and not as dark green as mine, but it was full of mature ears, one of which
he picked and stripped to show how nice it was.