Beginner Gardening: corn, 0 by Farmerdill
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Farmerdill wrote: Typically sweet corn is picked when the silks get about half dry. It does fill from the stalk end. Stress, drought, poor nutrients etc, can lead to short ears. Incomplete pllination results in spaces between grains. Most likely you just need to be patient. when the longest silks began to dry, you can carefully peak into the end of the ear to judge, whether it has matured to your liking. |