🌽✨ Harvesting Sweetcorn | How to Know When It’s Ready

Ready for the sweetest cobs? 🌽✨ Here’s how to spot perfect ripeness: silks have turned brown and dry, the ear feels full from base to tip, and it sits slightly away from the stalk. Do the “milk stage” test—press a kernel: milky juice = ready; clear = too soon; thick/doughy = over. Harvest by pulling the ear down and twisting to snap. Pick in the morning, cook ASAP for peak sweetness, or keep husks on and refrigerate 1–3 days. Bonus: blanch and freeze for winter! #Sweetcorn #CornHarvest #WhenToHarvest #GrowYourOwn #Allotment #UKGardening #GardeningTips #HarvestGuide #KitchenGarden #Polytunnel #Greenhouse #GardeningWithBen