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Sweet corn is ready once the silks turn brown and the kernels have a milky discharge. Use a thumbnail puncture to check the discharge. On average, this is about 18 to 21 days after the silks first emerge.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt depends on just how ripe you prefer the kernels. Canning and freezer processing companies usually figure 21 days after initial silking, which is generally three to five days after tasseling. That's a little long for my taste, though, because I like it nice and young and tender. I usually look for dark brown, dried-up sillks and a "plump" feel to the ear.
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What crop do Mexican workers pick in Rhode Island?
One would be sweet corn.
Is sweet corn sweet?
Corn doesn't sweat. But sweet corn is sweet.
How long does it take to harvest sweet corn?
Different varieties of sweet corn have different maturity ranges. Generally speaking, you should be able to harvest somewhere between 60 to 100 days after planting, with most varieties in the 75-day range.
Is sweet corn a monocot or dicot?
Sweet corn is a monocot.
Is it true that farmers grow corn by planting cow corn on the out side and sweet corn on the inside of the field so that people don't take the sweet corn?
Actually no.. quite on the contrary if any. If the farmer grows both cow corn and sweet corn, the way we did it was the sweet corn on the outside 3 or 4 or however many rows, and the cow corn on the inside. It made it easier to pick, and you didn't ruin any cow corn when you tried to harvest it, because the outside was sweet corn which had already been picked.Additional Info.While it is very occasionally done, as both the answer above and one of the discussion points mention, it is only done in either way (outside or inside the field) on a very small portion of the field -- for the farm family's convenience. If you want high quality sweet corn, it must be planted in a location isolated from field (cow) corn, or any other type of corn, because the other corn's pollen will make the sweet corn kernels go "starchy". The best sweet corn (and what you buy in the can or frozen) is grown in a field all by itself for this reason.
Do sweet corn rich in protein?
Sweet corn is way higher in protein than regular corn.
Is a sweet corn above or below ground?
Sweet corn is above ground. It is the fruit of the corn stalk.
Can you plant sweet corn and field corn in same field?
You can, but if they pollinate at the same time, the sweet corn will taste all starchy and not sweet because it crossed with the field corn.
Is corn on the cob a weed?
No. people grow crops of sweet corn, and feed corn. humans eat sweet corn (how ever they want) and cows get the feed corn. it's not a weed. but there are lots of different types of sweet corn too.
How many ears of sweet corn is in a bushel?
There are 150 ears of sweet corn in a bushel.
How is corn processed to be ready for popcorn?
they dry out corn the cobb then the kernals are ready to get popped
What is the common use of a sweet corn?
The most common use of sweet corn would have to be food.
