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What month is the sweet corn harvesting season?

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    Peel back one or two of the green leaves surrounding the cob. If the kernels are ready, they will be changing from white to yellow. Boil one for five minutes, slather in butter and eat. I planted mine out early June, we stsrted eating them last week.

  • Okay fidgetbones thanks I'll give it a try image
  • I've peeled some of it back but only the top area of the hair is brown the rest of it is yellow and I'm not sure about the corn as its too dark although it's revealed so I'm not sure
  • But the bit I could see at first was brown so I don't know whether to harvest
  • LeifUKLeifUK Posts: 573

    I harvested one when the hairs were brown and it was still a baby corn. As said, peel back some of the sheath, burst a corn, and if the liquid is cloudy, its ripe. 

  • Alright I'll check that out in the morning however when I looked tonight only the top part of the hair was brown
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    You will have to examine the actual kernels, you can't really tell just by the hair.
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  • does that look ripe to you guys image

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,888

    not yet Ryan. Just wrap it back up as best you can and check in a few days.

     

    Devon.
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