Sweetcorn too early or too late?

[Crash]

This time I didn't go and harvest everything before I'd tested it. As you can see it's not huge. Also it's not sweet! The stringy ends had turned chocolate brown and in some cases had dropped off so I thought time to harvest, in the book it also says to squeeze a kernal between fore finger and thumb, if it's clear it's not ready. If it's milky its ready. Ours was milky. It was uneadible. Have I left it too late?



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After boiling for aprox 12 mins it was rock hard.
I had tried to keep my corn well watered in the dry spell we had, could this be another case of the hot weather and try again next year?
When I took on my plot just under a year ago this was the crop I was looking forward to the most  :(

[Crash]

[plot51A]

What variety is it? Not supposed to be minipop by any chance?

[Mrs Ava]

Oooer, I say, they do look like my mini pop that had gone over.  I cooked a couple just to see for over 30 minutes in the end and they were still as tough as old leather!  The hamsers loved them in the end.  If they are meant to be minis, they should be picked when the silks are just showing and still silky.  If they are regular corns, then I think you have left them waaaaaaaaaaaaay to long.  I wait until the silks are good and dry, but still intact, and the silks inside the corn are still green and soft.

[Crash]

Just been out to find the old packets. Now then it's either mini pop, F1 early extra sweet or F1 sweet nugget. The packets they say maturity early September,early September onwards or September onwards. I was hoping that I was too early! Sorry I can't remember what I planted where. Must be more careful next year.

[Mrs Ava]

Yeah, see minipop are those baby corns which you harvest before pollination.  Got any chooks?  Apparently they loves them!

[Crash]

No Chooks but a lottie neighbour has.

[Mrs Ava]

 ;D

[plot51A]

I noticed on my seed packets (Simpsons?) it said harvest September - but have been harvesting my Early Extra Sweet for a couple of weeks now - I blame the weather  ;D ;D ;D

[Curryandchips]

Mine are still with green tassles mostly, just the odd one showing signs of browning. I will be checking them daily now, I tend to eat most of them for my breakfast at work. (it makes my colleagues a bit on the envious side ...  :) )

[Robert_Brenchley]

I've just started on mine; they're gorgeous even if they are a wretched F1!