Corn, playing with double rows - Page 3

brownrexx · August 12, 2018

I picked my first corn this week. I grew Incredible and it produced well. This is 5 dozen ears and there is probably that much still out in the garden. I planted 5 rows.

We had 23" of rain this summer and the corn seemed to like that.

20180810_193128 by Brownrexx, on Flickr

JRinPA · August 13, 2018

Do you pick them all at once and freeze? I just pick for supper each night, whichever ones look ready. Those look great. My first block was a bust, no rain then, and only got about 1/3 good ears before seeing all kinds of poor pollination and bugs. The second has been okay, no bugs, and is just about done. The last couple pickings have been poorly pollinated cobs again. Third just started, I hand pollinated that and it looks pretty good, but I was only able to do actually see pollen on two mornings. It was just too wet that during that week. They all taste, great but pollination the last two years was complete without any fuss. It is kind of a jackpot the way corn grows in distinct stages.

brownrexx · August 13, 2018

I pick all of the ones that are ready at once so that they do not become over ripe on the stalks. The ones that you see in the picture were on plants that were all planted at the same time. I have a smaller 2nd planting that is not ready yet. We will probably just use that for fresh eating.

We eat some each day usually but the ones in the picture have been blanched and are now in 23 bags in the freezer.

I need to pick more today.

August 13, 2018	#33
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	I pick all of the ones that are ready at once so that they do not become over ripe on the stalks. The ones that you see in the picture were on plants that were all planted at the same time. I have a smaller 2nd planting that is not ready yet. We will probably just use that for fresh eating. We eat some each day usually but the ones in the picture have been blanched and are now in 23 bags in the freezer. I need to pick more today. Last edited by brownrexx; August 13, 2018 at 08:43 AM.

August 12, 2018	#31
brownrexx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Southeastern PA Posts: 1,420	I picked my first corn this week. I grew Incredible and it produced well. This is 5 dozen ears and there is probably that much still out in the garden. I planted 5 rows. We had 23" of rain this summer and the corn seemed to like that. 20180810_193128 by Brownrexx, on Flickr

August 13, 2018	#32
JRinPA Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: SE PA Posts: 972	Do you pick them all at once and freeze? I just pick for supper each night, whichever ones look ready. Those look great. My first block was a bust, no rain then, and only got about 1/3 good ears before seeing all kinds of poor pollination and bugs. The second has been okay, no bugs, and is just about done. The last couple pickings have been poorly pollinated cobs again. Third just started, I hand pollinated that and it looks pretty good, but I was only able to do actually see pollen on two mornings. It was just too wet that during that week. They all taste, great but pollination the last two years was complete without any fuss. It is kind of a jackpot the way corn grows in distinct stages.