[Kleftiwallah]

Quite hot out there aint it!
Will I improve the flavour/size of the resultant cobs if I remove the sideshoots emerging from the main stem at groud level?

Cheers,  Tony.

[mumofstig]

Most recent research suggests that removal of tillers has little, if any, effect on corn grain yield.

https://www.agry.purdue.edu/Ext/corn/news/articles.03/Tillers-0623.html

[Kleftiwallah]

Thanks for that, a very interesting article.  I'll leave them alone.

Cheers,  Tony.

[mumofstig]

I decided to leave mine alone, as well