Late (very) corn issue
 

It is now late Autumn here in New Zealand. We have had a few light frosts, 2
degrees at night. We are within 1 month of heavy frosts, below 0 degrees.

Issue, I have some (very) late corn in. I started it late as an experiment.
The cobs are fully or near fullt formed but still white inside. I do not
think they will ripen from here.

Question, what to do with the crop? I could pull it out now or wait for the
frost to do that and use it as a green manure.

Any suggestions welcome.

rob

Late (very) corn issue
 

"George.com" wrote in
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It is now late Autumn here in New Zealand. We have had a few light
frosts, 2 degrees at night. We are within 1 month of heavy frosts,
below 0 degrees.

Issue, I have some (very) late corn in. I started it late as an
experiment. The cobs are fully or near fullt formed but still white
inside. I do not think they will ripen from here.

Question, what to do with the crop? I could pull it out now or wait
for the frost to do that and use it as a green manure.

Any suggestions welcome.

rob


We've had good success keeping tomatoes going a little longer by covering
them with clear plastic on nights when it was supposed to frost. If
you've got a small patch of corn, this might work for you.

Puckdropper
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Late (very) corn issue
 

George.com wrote:
It is now late Autumn here in New Zealand. We have had a few light
frosts, 2 degrees at night. We are within 1 month of heavy frosts, below
0 degrees.

Issue, I have some (very) late corn in. I started it late as an
experiment. The cobs are fully or near fullt formed but still white
inside. I do not think they will ripen from here.

Question, what to do with the crop? I could pull it out now or wait for
the frost to do that and use it as a green manure.

Any suggestions welcome.

rob

It sounds like your corn is too mature to use the whole cob as a
vegetable, unfortunately. Those little 2-to-4-inch cobs can be tasty.
Some people pickle them.
As it is, I'd guess you've got a crop of silage.