Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Dale Dewing 9/1/2009Corn is manturing slowly this year. I was out looking over fields in the Delhi area today. Even the earliest planted corn was still only in the milk stage, the kernals would still squirt when you pressed them with a fingernail. The hill top corn was only at the blister stage (picture at right). Let's all pray for more heat.
Tom Kilcer of Advanced Ag Systems (click for more info) included this chart in his August 2009 Crop and Soil Newsletter.
If your corn is currently at:
Full Dent Stage: 1 week – 10 days away from ¼ milk line
Early Dent Stage: 2 weeks to ¼ milk line
Late Milk Stage: 2 ½ weeks to ¼ milk line (doesn’t squirt, but does not have much dent.)
Early Milk Stage: 3 weeks to ¼ milk line (squirts when the kernel is pressed.)
Blister Stage: 25 days to ¼ milk line
Just tasseled: 40 days minimum to ¼ milk line Wait for a frost to dry it somewhat before chopping.
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