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Title: Minipop corn tassells/silks and when to harvest?
Post by: Hector on September 04, 2011, 23:47:58
I read a recent post on here (cannot find it again) that said to harvest Minipop 5 days after silks show.

My problem is I don't know my silks from my tassels :) I have  a silky spike appearing at top of the plants BUT also have wee tasselly things appearing on some of the plants, further down, where there is a slight bulge I think will be the minipop fruit???

When do I pick...is the silks the topgrowth or the funny tasselly jobs further down? The stems are not really bulging much to suggest corns in there?
Title: Re: Minipop corn tassells/silks and when to harvest?
Post by: Jeannine on September 05, 2011, 04:40:16
Hector, you have it backwards, the tassle is the top thing..(the daddy)..and the SILKS come from the side thingies, (the mummies).LOL

Pick them no more  than 5 days from seeing the SILKS start to emerge.

XX Jeannine
Title: Re: Minipop corn tassells/silks and when to harvest?
Post by: Hector on September 05, 2011, 08:02:49
Lol....pretty bad not knowing my mummies from my daddies :) Thanks for this,

So pick within 5 days when I see a mummy...if there is only one Mummy showing do I harvest whole plant.?

I will be interested in how Minipop does...I might go back to Earlybird :)

Title: Re: Minipop corn tassells/silks and when to harvest?
Post by: sunloving on September 05, 2011, 09:49:12
Hi Hector
just harvest the ones with silks on and leave the plant- it will give you 8-15 little cobs.
x sunloving
Title: Re: Minipop corn tassells/silks and when to harvest?
Post by: Hector on September 05, 2011, 09:52:25
Quote from: sunloving on September 05, 2011, 09:49:12
Hi Hector
just harvest the ones with silks on and leave the plant- it will give you 8-15 little cobs.
x sunloving


Thank you :)