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sunloving
Hectare
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Living on a small holding in Ireland
sweetcorn ripening whens the best time to pick
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July 25, 2011, 19:17:05 »
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
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cornykev
Hectare
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Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: sweetcorn ripening whens the best time to pick
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July 25, 2011, 19:23:40 »
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
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MAY THE CORN BE WITH YOU.
darkbrowneggs
Half Acre
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Re: sweetcorn ripening whens the best time to pick
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July 25, 2011, 19:54:09 »
What Corneykev says
Had the first of mine on Sunday and they were delish......
All the best
Sue
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I love my traditional English Cuckoo Marans and their lovely big brown eggs
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