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Closeup of two heads

photo 116a

 The more mature head on the right is from an older tiller, while the left head, which is more green, is from a later tiller. Also, you can see the later tiller has a greener stem than the right head’s stem. You are probably asking yourself, "will this difference in maturity of these two heads affect when they can be harvested?" Good question. Because they are only several days apart in kernel development in their respective heads they will be ready for harvest at about the same time. So, the answer is there won’t be any problem here.

 

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