how do i know when my sweetcorn is ready ?

its ready when the brown tassel thingys go brown and start to die off hammer.mine wont be ready til august/september when did you sow/plant them ?

Shaun and Adw both offer good advice. However, I'm surprised that they are ready unless you are growing them in a tunnel or greenhouse?

My sweetcorn plants are all of a foot tall  

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I have about 6 sweetcorn plants all in various stages of growth but all appear to have fruit (is that the correct term ?). How do i know when they are ready to pick :?:

The following text is from the RHS website

'Test for ripeness when the tassels have turned chocolate brown; squeeze a grain between thumbnail and fingernail - if a watery liquid squirts out then it is unripe,[/u] if it is creamy the cob is ready. Twist the ripe cob from the stem.'

http://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/crops/sweetcorn.asp

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too much wine last night sorry :roll:

the tassly bits are their, they are more red in colour than chocolate brown, they were planted in May and are about 2 - 3 feet high. Every plant has cobs on it of various thicknesses but are all covered. Do they become exposed on their own or do i have to open them up ?

By the way Planted them in raised beds which as i've said elsewhere seems to dry out quicker than ground level.

the tassly bits are their, they are more red in colour than chocolate brown, they were planted in May and are about 2 - 3 feet high. Every plant has cobs on it of various thicknesses but are all covered. Do they become exposed on their own or do i have to open them up ?

By the way Planted them in raised beds which as i've said elsewhere seems to dry out quicker than ground level.

Mine were planted out in May and won't be ready until Aug/Sept
You harvest the cob complete with its outer leaves ie covered - the ones you see in supermarket have already been de-leaved so  you can see the kernels... they dont appear like that on your plants!