Harvesting sweetcorn

[philandjan]

Dear fonts of all knowledge (useful and otherwise)

We have been picking cobs for the last 4-6 weeks on an as-needed basis.

How long can we leave them on the plants or should we harvest them all now? If we harvest them, what's the best way to store them?

Don't ask what varieties they are! They all looked the same at the time we planted the seeds  :-[

[philandjan]

[cleo]

I would,and have, picked them all by now. They only stay`just so` for a while.

Freeze,and if you have plenty make a corn relish,or crab and sweetcorn soup-am drooling now so best stop :P

[wardy]

mine aren#t ready so I'm leaving them.  It was lovely here today in Derbys and they were sunbathing. 

[philandjan]

Freeze, :P

Cleo
Do you have to blanche them first or just pick'em, bag'em and freeze'em (he typed, hastily trying to clean up the dribble from keyboard as he thinks about crab and sweetcorn soup)  :)

[Doris_Pinks]

I have picked all mine and frozen them as they are in foil..............yum sweetcorn in winter!

[keef]

Blanch them for about 3 mins, cool then freeze - i've got 40 cobs in my freezer, should last a while.

[tim]

For long term store - blanch.

Whatever, wrap tightly in clingfilm.

[Andy H]

Pick when ready, RUN home and woosh into boiling water to blanch then plunge into icey water then freeze.
They reckon you should pick it and put straight into boiling water at the allotment :D
4 pots on the cooker buckets of ice, this year we used sarny boxes filled with water and frozen over night as they last longer than cubes.

Got 137 cobs this year :o :D ;D

[cleo]

blanch if you want to keep them more than a week or three seems the concensus