Topic: sweetcorn ripening whens the best time to pick

[sunloving]

Hello all
So for the first year ever i have a big crop of sweetcorn rather than a couple of cobs from ten straggly plants and so this year im wondering when the best time is to pick them.

For instance i see three stages 1. green covering with brownish tasels
2. brownish tasels and covering
3 crispy

I cant tell whether its best to pick them at 1 or wait for 2.
What do our seasoned sweetcorn harvesters do?
x sunloving

[cornykev]

Hi Sun, they should be ripe when the tassles are crispy brown, but just peel back and dig your fingernail into the cob, you'll get the milky stuff coming out, thats ready.   ;D ;D ;D

[darkbrowneggs]

What Corneykev says

Had the first of mine on Sunday and they were delish......

All the best
Sue