Identifying Mini Corn and the Big Stuff

[susieq100]

I have growing both mini sweetcorn and the normal full size version. Both are doing well - about 30 inches high and on the one batch the male tassels are developing nicely. Foolishly I did not label which corn was which - in my idiocy I thought I would remember. Ha! So, is there any way in which I can reliably identify which is which? Will the minicorn stop growing if I do not pick it? The batches are in different beds and one lot has more slender stalks and is not quite as well developed - the tassels are not so prominent.

Sorry to be so dim.

[Harry T]

I have just baby sweetcorn (which I hoped would develop into the normal size if I did not pick all of the cobs). The only guide that I can give is that my sweetcorn are the tallest out of all the 24 plots. The seed packet claimed that at least 6 cobs per stalk would develop and it looks like they are true.
Harry

[JennieAtkinson]

I grew minipop last year (mini sweeetcorn) and they grew far taller than the ordinary variety of sweetcorn and had red tassels on the male flowers.

That might not help at all of course!

PS Harry I'm not growing them again as I only got two cobs per plant which seemed a bit of a waste for such small cobs.

[squashysu]

being a first timer, i didnt keep or remember the packet for my sweetcorn, of course will do this in future, but mine have red tassels, what does this mean??

thanks

[susieq100]

Thanks for your help

I have just baby sweetcorn (which I hoped would develop into the normal size if I did not pick all of the cobs). The only guide that I can give is that my sweetcorn are the tallest out of all the 24 plots. The seed packet claimed that at least 6 cobs per stalk would develop and it looks like they are true.
Harry

Thanks Harry - at least that gives me a clue! One lot is taller than the other and looks as if some of the stalks may have (she said hopefully) 3-4 silks; they're the bits that turn into cobs aren't they? Jenny, your experience seems to back this up. I'll let you know when I am able to properly identify them!
Cheers both

[bluemoon]

Lol. I haven't a clue how you'd tell them apart, but if it makes you feel any better I'm currently growing a row of sprouts and a row of cabbages which I can't tell apart until they start to develop properly. We all make this mistake at some point. Hope you manage to sort it out.

[valmarg]

The difference between Minipop and large corns is when you pick them. Minipops you pick a few days after the tassels appear, and no Harry T, you can't leave them to grow into large corns. They will be as tough as old boots, and not produce kernels..

The large corns you pick when the tassels have withered.

Labelling would have been a big help, but the large corns produce much fatter husks.

valmarg

[JennieAtkinson]

being a first timer, i didnt keep or remember the packet for my sweetcorn, of course will do this in future, but mine have red tassels, what does this mean??

thanks

My post above yours squashysu explains that the colour of minipop tassels are red!