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Post by littleminnie on Jul 5, 2015 21:37:01 GMT -5
What are the rules for estimating when corn will be ready? Like how many days after tassels or that kind of thing.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 5, 2015 23:26:33 GMT -5
What are the rules for estimating when corn will be ready? Like how many days after tassels or that kind of thing. In my garden, sweet corn is ready to harvest about 25 days after silking. Flour corns about 55 days after silking.
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Post by DarJones on Jul 6, 2015 0:04:07 GMT -5
Maturity after first tassel for sweet corn is nearly always 23 to 24 days. Fully mature corn for seed can be harvested 35 days after tasselling, however, it will have to hang to dry for a few weeks. Fully dry corn is somewhat variable depending on variety. It is usually in the range of 2 months after first tassels. I have seen long season varieties that take 3 months after tasselling to dry down ready to pick and shell.
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 6, 2015 19:40:02 GMT -5
Ok. This corn was transplanted and it was cool all May so it is behind the estimated DTM. I wanted it first to market but a big farmer transplanted an acre of corn and they will be before me I think. I am going to water and fertilize the bejesus out of it for the next week.
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Post by steev on Jul 6, 2015 23:41:09 GMT -5
Does "bejesus" have a dampening effect on corn maturity?
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Post by DarJones on Jul 7, 2015 0:10:14 GMT -5
I think she is trying to bless it into growing faster. I've seen people do something similar but they used words that can't be printed here, words that tend to dampen corn maturity.
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Post by steev on Jul 7, 2015 0:21:52 GMT -5
I think the Neolithic Celts knew that sexual activity in the fields had good effects on the crops. "Hey, hey, it's the first of May, etcetera!"
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Post by 12540dumont on Jul 16, 2015 15:05:58 GMT -5
Steev, that's just the story they told their girlfriends.
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