On 2011-08-19, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Aug 15, 10:41Â*pm, Todd said:
Hi All,

So, no luck last year.

I am trying to grow 'Ruby Queen Hybrid" corn this year again.
last year it only got about 1-1/2 foot high. Â*This year they
are getting about 5 to 6 foot tall. Â*And I am starting to get
some ears.

Question: is there a good way to tell when it is time to pick
the ears?

I see all kinds of advice on you tube as to "how" to pick corn,
but not a lot about "when" to pick it. Â*I got someone saying to
peal back a bit of the husk. Â*But I really do not like this idea
as it will expose my ears to all kinds of bugs and I am try to grow
organically.

Any words of wisdom?

Many thanks,
-T

I make a tiny slit in the husk and stick my finger into a grain. If
juice squirts out, it's ready.

The aperture, which I then close, is so tiny that it wouldn't admit
pests (if there are any). I've never had a cob go back because of
checking this way.

HN

OK, but a better way, wait a bit until the silk is turning brown, wait some
more then feel the top of the ear and see if it has filled out. Then
take a look at the corn by pulling back a bit of the husk, put a finger nail
into a kernal and see if it runs a nice milky white color. It's ready. Peel
and eat right there or stick into a micorwave for a minute then peal the
husk and eat hot. I prefer no butter, your choice.
--
Bud

On Aug 18, 10:46*pm, Bud wrote:
On 2011-08-19, Higgs Boson wrote:

On Aug 15, 10:41*pm, Todd said:
Hi All,

So, no luck last year.









I am trying to grow 'Ruby Queen Hybrid" corn this year again.
last year it only got about 1-1/2 foot high. *This year they
are getting about 5 to 6 foot tall. *And I am starting to get
some ears.

Question: is there a good way to tell when it is time to pick
the ears?

I see all kinds of advice on you tube as to "how" to pick corn,
but not a lot about "when" to pick it. *I got someone saying to
peal back a bit of the husk. *But I really do not like this idea
as it will expose my ears to all kinds of bugs and I am try to grow
organically.

Any words of wisdom?

Many thanks,
-T

I make a tiny slit in the husk and stick my finger into a grain. *If
juice squirts out, it's ready.

The aperture, which I then close, *is so tiny that it wouldn't admit
pests (if there are any). *I've never had a cob go back because of
checking this way.

HN

OK, but a better way, wait a bit until the silk is turning brown, wait some
more then feel the top of the ear and see if it has filled out. Then
take a look at the corn by pulling back a bit of the husk, put a finger nail
into a kernal and see if it runs a nice milky white color. It's ready. Peel
and eat right there or stick into a micorwave for a minute then peal the
husk and eat hot. I prefer no butter, your choice.
--
Bud

Heh! That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

On 2011-08-20, Higgs Boson wrote:

Heh! That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

Oh, yeah, kernal in Linux speak.
--
Bud

Higgs Boson wrote:
Bud wrote:
...
OK, but a better way, wait a bit until the silk is turning brown, wait some
more then feel the top of the ear and see if it has filled out. Then
take a look at the corn by pulling back a bit of the husk, put a finger nail
into a kernal and see if it runs a nice milky white color. It's ready. Peel
and eat right there or stick into a micorwave for a minute then peal the
husk and eat hot. I prefer no butter, your choice.

Heh! That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

we cut the ends off and microwave.
no boiling needed. turn halfway through.
for how long depends upon how many and how
big the ears are (and how powerful your
microwave is ). we just did four ears
and it took ten minutes. divine!

i like mine plain or with a little
butter.


songbird

On 08/20/2011 01:19 PM, Bud wrote:
On 2011-08-20, Higgs Boson wrote:

Heh! That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

Oh, yeah, kernal in Linux speak.

Bud's User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux)

Todd's User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624
Thunderbird/5.0

So, I am not the only Linux user! Very cool. Thank
you for the tip!

Do you guys leave the husks on when you microwave them? (I can't
help myself, I do like butter!)

-T

On Aug 20, 1:59*pm, songbird wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote:
Bud wrote:
..
OK, but a better way, wait a bit until the silk is turning brown, wait some
more then feel the top of the ear and see if it has filled out. Then
take a look at the corn by pulling back a bit of the husk, put a finger nail
into a kernal and see if it runs a nice milky white color. It's ready. Peel
and eat right there or stick into a micorwave for a minute then peal the
husk and eat hot. I prefer no butter, your choice.

Heh! *That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

* we cut the ends off and microwave.
no boiling needed. *turn halfway through.
for how long depends upon how many and how
big the ears are (and how powerful your
microwave is ). *we just did four ears
and it took ten minutes. *divine!

* i like mine plain or with a little
butter.

* songbird

You got that right. The few ears that I do manage to get as far as
the kitchen go into the micro. Again, no losing vitamins in boiling
water. Can't understand why anybody still does that.

HB

On Aug 20, 5:21*pm, Todd wrote:
On 08/20/2011 01:19 PM, Bud wrote:

On 2011-08-20, Higgs Boson wrote:

Heh! *That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

Oh, yeah, kernal in Linux speak.

Bud's User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux)

Todd's User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624
Thunderbird/5.0

So, I am not the only Linux user! *Very cool. *Thank
you for the tip!

Do you guys leave the husks on when you microwave them? *(I can't
help myself, I do like butter!)

-T

My neighbor, a Linux freak, tried to get me to use it.* Put it on my
computer; I actually started a little, then had to back off, as the
computer needed a fresh reinstall; too many things going wrong. When
I get up the nerve, I will hit Ubuntu again.

* (Of course neighbor is light years ahead of me, technically!)

HB

Higgs Boson wrote:
You got that right. The few ears that I do manage to get as far as
the kitchen go into the micro. Again, no losing vitamins in boiling
water. Can't understand why anybody still does that.

2 minutes isn't going to lose that much.

On 08/20/2011 08:16 PM, Higgs Boson wrote:
On Aug 20, 5:21 pm, wrote:
On 08/20/2011 01:19 PM, Bud wrote:

On 2011-08-20, Higgs Boson wrote:

Heh! That's what I actually do -- peel and eat on the spot. SO sweet!
Doesn't need anything, least of all having the goodness boiled away in
a pot of water. Feh!
BTW - It's "kernel", but you get a pass because you eat corn right.

Oh, yeah, kernal in Linux speak.

Bud's User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux)

Todd's User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624
Thunderbird/5.0

So, I am not the only Linux user! Very cool. Thank
you for the tip!

Do you guys leave the husks on when you microwave them? (I can't
help myself, I do like butter!)

-T

My neighbor, a Linux freak, tried to get me to use it.* Put it on my
computer; I actually started a little, then had to back off, as the
computer needed a fresh reinstall; too many things going wrong. When
I get up the nerve, I will hit Ubuntu again.

* (Of course neighbor is light years ahead of me, technically!)

HB

Try to get his to put this one on instead:

http://spins.fedoraproject.org/xfce/

-T

On 2011-08-21, Todd wrote:

Bud's User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux)

Todd's User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624
Thunderbird/5.0

So, I am not the only Linux user! Very cool. Thank
you for the tip!

Do you guys leave the husks on when you microwave them? (I can't
help myself, I do like butter!)
-T

When you master Slackware then you're a Linux user. And SLRN is the best
newsreader.

Yep, peal some of the husk off and microwave.

--
Bud