Growing Sweet corn, also corn,maize

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11 Feb 10 T (Australia - temperate climate)
Having grown baby sweetcorn for the first time, the silks are red in colour at the moment can someone inform me when is the right time to pick baby corn, is it the same rule as normal corn? where the silks should be brown?
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09 Aug 16 Ann-Marie (Australia - tropical climate)
Baby corn is picked much earlier than normal corn. The silks should be just emerging ( aprrox 1 cm long) and still soft. I find that the silks just poking out can be ready that evening or the next day as they grow very fast.
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