Picking Sweet Corn

[bigtiller]

The corn is about a week late or more for this area but it's coming. I pirated this pic from the newspaper today because I thought it was interesting.

Most guys just get a few high school kids to walk along and pitch the ears into the loader bucket.

Not this guy. It looks like a 20 man crew.

 

[RalphVa]

When I had the big garden, I'd plant 2 half rows of corn starting about mid April and on until about mid June about a week to 10 days apart, each 1/2 row. That spread the harvest out.

 

[Thomas]

About another month before the sugar corn ready to pick here.

 

[oldnslo]

Been so dry around here there is no sweet corn to pick. Went past three different farms that typically have fruit and veggie stands none of them had sweet corn and all the fields were maybe 4 foot high tasseled but no ears larger than a baby carrot.

 

[Thomas]

Been so dry around here there is no sweet corn to pick. Went past three different farms that typically have fruit and veggie stands none of them had sweet corn and all the fields were maybe 4 foot high tasseled but no ears larger than a baby carrot.

Old farmers use to say...corn knee high on the 4th July good year.

 

[Jstpssng]

Old farmers use to say...corn knee high on the 4th July good year.

Mine is about ankle high, hopefully we won't get an early frost. I've planted as late as July 4th with success.

 

[lman]

Head high here.

 

[bigtiller]

Mine was planted on April 16 and is mostly 7' tall, with some shorter & some taller. Some tassels are beginning to poke up and I even seen some golden silk growing out of a few ears.

Now if this drought would end the ears could produce some kernels.

EDIT: I just remembered something important, I haven't planted sweet corn for 50 years. I described my field corn.

Talk about a senior moment....and I started this thread!

 

[BoylermanCT]

Around here the farmer who gets the first corn crop to market gets the good money. Corn starts at $1 each and in a few weeks is 12 for $1. I love corn and have tried several times to grow some with limited success. Much easier to buy it!

 

[Jstpssng]

Around here the farmer who gets the first corn crop to market gets the good money. Corn starts at $1 each and in a few weeks is 12 for $1. I love corn and have tried several times to grow some with limited success. Much easier to buy it!

It used to be that if you wanted fresh corn you would put the water on to boil, then go out and pick it. Some of the new strains get sweeter after picking, so the above isn't as important anymore.