Ok thanks , I never saw stalks like that while corn was still attached , but I’ve been in Cali for 40 yrs and haven’t seen any stalks for a long time . Unfortunately!!
Harvest time for us was when the silk beyond the husk turned-brown that was an indication that the corn was ready to eat , but, this was long ago and it was for personal use family friends etc . So I have limited farming knowledge ,, enough to survive lol however in SD the rats eat our veggies we need a greenhouse ;(
Most corn in the US is dent corn, also known as seed corn. This corn is harvested when it is dry and can then be stored in silos without rotting. The corn you eat for dinner is < 1% of the corn grown
On my mother's side of the family there are 10 Agro-Americans missing various appendages. Spent my summers on several different farms and determined that I wanted to be an engineer when I grew up.
As kids we would eat it raw from the field behind my house but never after it got to be longer than 3 inches or so. Its sweet but really, really starchy. It worked really good in our cornfield bombardment wars when it began looking like the pic. Usually this corn stood until October before harvesting to allow it to dry. Me and my buddies would pluck some for our deer blinds or when it was still green for bait when we went carp fishing. The people kind of corn is usually gone by the end of August with farmers that have vege stands having a late planting to keep the stands open longer. But even this is being picked now and wont last much longer.
That looks way past harvest time , I’m from Jersey , our corn stalks never got that brown , not while the corn was still on them ?
corn in MN does get this brown rt before harvest
Ok thanks , I never saw stalks like that while corn was still attached , but I’ve been in Cali for 40 yrs and haven’t seen any stalks for a long time . Unfortunately!!
yw ears dry out a lot this way, then time spent in grain dryer is lessened.
Harvest time for us was when the silk beyond the husk turned-brown that was an indication that the corn was ready to eat , but, this was long ago and it was for personal use family friends etc . So I have limited farming knowledge ,, enough to survive lol however in SD the rats eat our veggies we need a greenhouse ;(
Most corn in the US is dent corn, also known as seed corn. This corn is harvested when it is dry and can then be stored in silos without rotting. The corn you eat for dinner is < 1% of the corn grown
I never knew it was called dent corn , and unbelievable thd ratio for animal and human ,, I love learning TY
On my mother's side of the family there are 10 Agro-Americans missing various appendages. Spent my summers on several different farms and determined that I wanted to be an engineer when I grew up.
Feed corn not for human consumption.
Ha ha ,, robbing a corn field in my youth taught me the difference !
As kids we would eat it raw from the field behind my house but never after it got to be longer than 3 inches or so. Its sweet but really, really starchy. It worked really good in our cornfield bombardment wars when it began looking like the pic. Usually this corn stood until October before harvesting to allow it to dry. Me and my buddies would pluck some for our deer blinds or when it was still green for bait when we went carp fishing. The people kind of corn is usually gone by the end of August with farmers that have vege stands having a late planting to keep the stands open longer. But even this is being picked now and wont last much longer.
Cornfield bombardment wars ,, me too ,, good times before electronics ,