Corn is ready to be picked when the kernels are plump and milky, and the husks are dried and brown. This usually occurs about 20 days after the silks appear on the corn.
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You know when to pick sweet corn when the kernels are plump and juicy, the husks are green and tight, and the silk is brown and dry.
A Crop Sweeper is the best way to pick up down corn. It can be found at www.cropsweeper.com.
A "corn field".
You detassel field corn to prevent cross-pollination, often from an adjacent field where seed corn is being grown.
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.
Not really. A lot of the corn pick-up headers are made so that corn can be harvested standing, not swathed into a swath.
They physically pick it
It is good to pick corn off the stalk when they are mature and it requires warm temperatures.
Here is a link to a picture of field corn: http://www.bigoo.ws/backgrounds/food/off-the-cob-field-corn-179995.htm
Yes, raccoons do eat field corn. They are known to raid cornfields and feed on the corn kernels.
no