Nahhh I'm just very "talkative" 
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RollingAcres
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I remembered reading in your journal when you moved and had no access to your laptop, everyone else just chatting away without you. lol
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RollingAcres
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Harvested some corn today, i didn't get a lot. I'm not sure when to harvest corn, i think it's harvested when the tassel dried off? @Baymule? Here are some pics
I've found that the easiest way to determine corn readiness is to use my two thumb nails and open the husk to see if the kernels have filled in all the way up. Looks like your first three on the left (mostly #2 & 3) could have been left a bit longer. 4 & 5 are real close and good enough, looks like.
greybeard
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The amt of consistent rainfall/moisture the corn gets can make a big difference when it comes to how plump the kernels are too, for any given time period, and if the soil quality varies over the length of the rows, that can affect it too.
At least you don't have corn ear worms...
At least you don't have corn ear worms...
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RollingAcres
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Thank you LS and GB.
Baymule
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It looks good. For the Painted Mountain, let it get kinda dry on the stalk. If rain threatens, then pull it or it will get wet and moldy. when you pull it, shuck it so it can dry better. It makes the best cornmeal! I love the bluish color of the cornbread. One year I separated all the red kernels and made cornbread, expecting pink cornbread. Nope. It was still a bluish color. 
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RollingAcres
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Thanks Bay. I wanted to try those fresh. They turned the boiling water burgundy red. I do want to try making cornmeal but i don't have enough.
Baymule
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Save your seed and plant a bigger patch next year.
greybeard
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Unless you have an early fall, you might have 90-95 days growing for a new batch yet.
For small gardens, plant it in sq blocks instead of rows... for better pollination. My sister uses a 3'' x 3' square of plastic lattice to lay down on the seed bed as a pattern with which to plant the kernels in and keep it all square and compact. She just sets it down, plants the kernels in certain diamonds of the lattice, then picks the lattice up and moves it down. Once done to the end, she moves over one square width, and goes back the other way. You get a lot of corn from a lot smaller area, tho cultivating weeds out is a bit difficult.
For small gardens, plant it in sq blocks instead of rows... for better pollination. My sister uses a 3'' x 3' square of plastic lattice to lay down on the seed bed as a pattern with which to plant the kernels in and keep it all square and compact. She just sets it down, plants the kernels in certain diamonds of the lattice, then picks the lattice up and moves it down. Once done to the end, she moves over one square width, and goes back the other way. You get a lot of corn from a lot smaller area, tho cultivating weeds out is a bit difficult.
