Re: [gardeners] Another corn newbie question
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 06:58:35 -0600
At 09:46 PM 8/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>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
>>
>
>Congrats on getting ears on your corn. I've learned that the best time to
>pick the corn is the day before the racoons get it <VBG>
>
>Cynthia
>
>**Womyn Who Moves Mountains-Little Finger Of Michigan**
>**cmayeaux@traverse.com **USDA zone 4b-Sunset zone 41**
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>
Peeking in the husks to see the maturity of the corn is a good idea. I
usually only check one ear over and over. If you wait until it "feels"
mature, it's probably overly mature. I usually grow corn with tight husks,
so don't have earworm problems. Even loosening the husks doesn't seem to
admit earworms. But earwigs are in there, tight husks or not. Margaret