Stage Description Tasseled Tassel fully extended but not shedding pollen. Silked Silks have emerged and pollen is being shed. Silks brown Pollination almost complete. Seventy five percent of silks show purple to brown color. Pre-Blister Silks are brown but not dry.
Kernel has appearance of a pimple.
Blister Kernels appear as watery blisters. Kernel fluid is colorless. Early Milk Beginning of roasting ear stage. Kernels changing from white to yellow. Thin milky substance in kernels.