From an article on Sweet Corn after a GOOGLE search .....
How do farmers know when sweet corn is ready to harvest? Sweet corn should be harvested at the milk stage. As the name implies, the kernels are full of a milky-looking juice when ready to pick. To test, growers will pierce the soft kernels with their thumbnail to look for the milk, or even bite into a raw ear to test for sweetness. Immature corn will ooze a clear liquid, while over-mature sweet corn kernels are tough and almost doughy inside.
There are also visual cues that you can use at the store without pulling back the husks. Ready-to-eat ears are plump. The silks at the end are brown and starting to dry, but the husks are still bright green and supple. Skinny ears with extra pointy ends and white silks are immature. These are signs that pollination just occurred and the kernels inside are not fully formed. Also avoid buying ears with completely dry silks and husks that are pale green, brownish, dry-looking. This indicates over-mature or not freshly picked corn.
Can you pick field corn early and eat it like sweet corn? You can eat it, but it won’t taste nearly as good. Field corn also goes through a milk stage like sweet corn. As mentioned earlier, field corn has a much higher starch. This makes the kernels considerably less sweet and much tougher, even when harvested during the milk stage.
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