Frost and Freeze Damage
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Frost and freeze damage can affect sweet corn. Unless corn is planted very early, as is the case with plasticulture sweet corn, most risk of frost damage occurs in fall on late-planted crops. Although sweet corn ears are often chilled for storage, a heavy freeze or frost prior to full development can cause damage.
Frost damage.
(Photo: Howard F Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org)
