Re: [gardeners] Another corn newbie question
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 22:24:09
At 12:43 PM 8/18/98 +1000, you wrote:
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>On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Cynthia Mayeaux wrote:
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>> At 04:21 PM 8/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> >My question is,
>> >how do I tell when they're ready to pick? I have a feeling it's really
>> >bad to peak inside the silks, so I haven't done that.
>> >
>> >Thanks!
>> >Alice in London, Ohio (zone 5b)
>> >seyfried@oclc.org
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> When the tassles wither and turn brown. It also doesn't hurt to
>peel the husk a little, and split a seed with you finger nail. If it leaks
>out a milky sap, then it's ready.
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>John
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Now what would an Ozzie know about maize? Haven't heard from you in so long
I figured you had gone for a walkabout and never came home. <VBG>
George