- cherishedtiger
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Skinny corn?
So my corn looks like its almost ready for harvest, at least some ears. The silk is drying and brown at the top no longer white and silky. Yet my ears of corn are very thin, they look to be about 8-9 inches in length but skinny... should I leave them be, and maybe they just need to go longer or did I just wind up with skinny corn?
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Be forewarned... If you pull the tip of the husk open to inspect and the ear is not ready for harvest chances are it will have some beetle infiltration by the time it is ready to harvest...
It is difficult to "explain" how to know when an ear of corn is ready... White is especially difficult as that is the color that the ear starts out at and ends at... On top of that the harvest window for that variety is pretty short...
It is difficult to "explain" how to know when an ear of corn is ready... White is especially difficult as that is the color that the ear starts out at and ends at... On top of that the harvest window for that variety is pretty short...
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