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East Central, Nebraska | How can I tell if sweet corn is ready to be cooked?
If there is a worm at the end of the ear can i cut it off and still cook it, because i have alot with worms in them? |
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New Ulm, MN | evening before the coons eat it. |
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Macon, IL | I think everyone had earworms this year-I sprayed my corn 3 times and still had them. No problem-just break of at damage line. |
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| The answer really depends on your taste and the specific variety planted. We plant a variety that pretty much tastes good from the young to the slightly old side. I have customers that ask me to call them when the corn is on the older side for canning, and I also have some that prefer it younger. We try to have two bins at the stand...one young and one old, because tastes vary. I also sell to the Latino markets in the area. Latino's prefer corn on the REALLY old side. I'm completely sold out of that, so I didn't have any for the picture.
As far as worms are concerned, you'll be fine...even if you eat the worm that's feasting on your corn. We seem to be training a society that doesn't want us to use chemicals, but at the same time wants absolutely pest free produce. Ain't gonna happen...sorry.
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| you want to cut the worm off, cook the worm and eat it?? Okay by me. I'm sure they are a good source of protein. and if you have a lot of worms, you might even have enough for a meal.  |
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Casey IL. ( I -70 ) then south on rt.49 | That was very nice taking picture and explaining what is what. Many thanks to you and fellow agtalkers that help people. That's what makes this site for me. The willingness to want to help. |
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central kansas | Veg oil on silks early will prevent worms. Ok I guess unless you have a large patch. |
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Grande-Pointe..ontario canada | if the worm was in a bottle of tequila would we be having this discusion....muahahaha |
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East Central, Nebraska | nt |
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Eastern VA. No such thing as too many Magnums. | We spray 3 or 4 times a week. Everyone I know from Delaware to Florida sprays every other day from 10% silk until the silk is brown. Sometimes we still have a few. By the way, I still don't see how you guys choke down that SE sweet corn. yuk. |
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Sumner GA, Located in southwest GA, | Yep, know what you mean, local veggie boys had 20-30 acres below us, every other day hear the spray plane. They didn't harvest hardly any of it. I went down there nearly every day for two weeks, picked a few hundred ears to eat and put up, actuall kinda nice like that, cool, comfortable, and did it in a half a hour at the worst. |
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Slicker than a Yes album. | What's worse than finding a worm in your corn?
Finding half a worm!! |
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| Virginia Veg. - 7/20/2010 22:04
By the way, I still don't see how you guys choke down that SE sweet corn. yuk.
Now Rafe, not everyone has a refined palate like you. ;-)
I bought some 378 White (from another grower) to sell alongside the Honey Select because everyone kept asking for white corn. I had to throw a good bit of it out because no one liked it.
I assume that you have tried Honey Select and don’t like it? What’s your favorite SH2 yellow?
I've been trying to keep up with the bugs. I think the heat is making it much worse this year. This is the first year that I have had a tough time with Sap Beetles. I also really don't know how it's even possible that I have any corn at all to sell with no rain.
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High Springs, Florida | My favorite used to be 277, but I think I like Honey Select better, now. Kernels are more tender, Sometimes the 277 seems TOO sweet.
Jon, a really excellent white is "Treasure" but I don't know if it is still available. Was very susceptible to rust.
You need to run some Honey Select up to Rafe, Jon! Maybe we can sway him, I think it's 25% SH2. |
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Hillsdale Co. Michigan | Have come across 1 worm so far this year and haven't applied anything... Just started hand picking earlier this week. Coons ate plenty and I dispatched plenty of coons... The 2170 is making a 9 inch ear but only going about 1 3/4 across w/ 16 rows... Taste and texture are excellent and my customer base thus far seems to be quite happy... We'll see how it sells this weekend and at a few of the grocery stores I supply.
I generally have to bite the bullet and break out the warrior by Mid-August silking corn... I try to hold off as long as possible.
Found my first Jap beetle yesterday munching on silk...
For as hot and humid and dry as it has been I am quite surprised at the low bug pressure I've seen. |
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Macon, IL | This was just 12 rows of stuff for family & friends-hand sprayed with 2 gallon pump sprayer-I am not doing commerical stuff.
I have had years in the past where we only sprayed the silks once just to keep jap beetles off. |
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