Sweetcorn help

I put my sweetcorn in late this year, and want to harvest baby corn as the kids love them, any idea when I will know they will be ready ? how can i tell for baby corn ?

just the normal big corn, umsure of name, nevermind, just have to leave them in and hope I get one or two ?

normal corn will be rock hard if picked small.  Even if you put it in late it may well ripen if we have a bit more sun- summer isn't over yet is it?

Damo, I'd suggest that you have plenty of time yet for your sweetcorn to mature down there in the sunshine belt.

Oop north we have suffered 6 weeks of rain (since our hosepipe ban was introduced) so many things are a little behind. We still patiently await the maturity of our sweetcorn.

hey aidy i thought that the little corn was hardly worth growing as didnt produce much (probably read it somewhere  ) but sounds like your getting plenty  where d'you get mini pop from?

I've grown mini-corn for the kinds the past couple of years. Have to harvest it at just the right moment between "mini" and "maxi" Decided that the kids love fullsized corn as much / more, and there is a much longer harvest window - probably a week to 10 days - so I'm only going to grow normal corn next year.

My last batch was sown on 12 June, and that should make it in reasonable time - silks have appeared on a few of them

hey aidy i thought that the little corn was hardly worth growing as didnt produce much (probably read it somewhere  ) but sounds like your getting plenty   where d'you get mini pop from?

I am getting plenty, its almost like cut n come again corn, honestly I didn't expect the amount we are getting, I am not bothering with cob corn next year, just this minipop one. The best bit is as it dont need pollinating you can grow it in rows or blocks.
Kevinp: I get my seeds from DT Browns, this who our site use for bulk ordering.
( http://www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk/catalogue/product/sweetcorn-minipop-f1/15472/ )