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Knowing when to pick sweet corn
I'm growing a sweet corn called "blue jade"
Hessayon says to look out for the tassels going chocolate brown. He also says to test the corn by squeezing a grain and looking for a creamy fluid. Noticing some dark brown tassels, I faced a problem - the corn is covered with many layers of husk. I tore my way into two of them and found: - One ripe one with about 10 grains which tested as being ripe and I cooked and it was great. - One large unripe one which of course has lost it's protective husk in the process! So it's effectively dead. There is some vital detail in this harvesting process that I'm missing? Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com |
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