Dent Corn shuck and dry or dry then shuck?

I harvested some corn today.
The plants were largely dried down and didn't know when I would be back, so I took every cob and chop n dropped the stalks.
I was ready to shuck them all and let them dry, but my wife pointed out we had just watched a video that showed the opposite-let them dry, then shuck.

Any opinions?

I am definitely someone who drys than shucks. Usually many other things to do at harvest time. I peel the husks back than dry it as long as I can. I believe it’s easier to shuck when it’s dry. As doing it when still wet I imagine it would stick to the cob. Along with the kernels smearing/ breaking in half.

I also store them on the cob. And shuck as needed.

Someone I once knew, would harvest the stalk above the ears, feed that to his animals. He left the rest in the field to dry, still on the stalk. Once dry, harvest and shuck as needed. The remainder of the stalk was then fed, or stored for later.

How to know when the ears were dry? When the Canada geese start stealing it, it's ready! They'd peck at the ears and kernels would fall. Thieves!

I might be using the word "shuck" wrong.
I thought it refered to removing husk and silk.
It doesn't mean removing kernels from the cob, does it?

I think I'll put the green ears in one of our cars to dry.
We just cleaned up other ones, and I'll put them in a stee cabinet (we have mice)

William Bronson wrote: I might be using the word "shuck" wrong.
I thought it refered to removing husk and silk.
It doesn't mean removing kernels from the cob, does it?

I think I'll put the green ears in one of our cars to dry.
We just cleaned up other ones, and I'll put them in a stee cabinet (we have mice)

I call removing the husks 'shucking'. Removing the seeds is 'shelling'.

I peel back the husks and lay the ears out on the driveway to dry in the sun. It's nice when we have hot, dry days. Hang them up somewhere they get hot sunlight and dry heat.

I worry a lot about moisture and mold damage. I see a lot of it and throw away a lot of corn because of it. If I leave the husks on, there is a lot more mold, so I shuck them as soon as I pick them.

Do NOT put the green ones in the car to dry. Unless you are driving with all the windows down, or you have a convertible and the top is off! It gets way to hot and humid otherwise, and it's instant rot and mold. Any enclosed space is bad when they are still moist inside. Indoors if you have a dehumidifier is Okay. Or if you live in a dry climate.

I remove the husks as soon after harvest as possible. The quicker I can dry the kernels, the less likely molds devour them.

I hope this isn't too off topic, but how do you setup your corn to dry successfully?

Do folks hang them or put them up on cooling racks?

It must depend greatly on scale. I've most enjoyed it when the corn dried down on in the field, but my weather doesn't usually permit that. One year, I built a rack out of 2x2s and some fencing and then put a big box fan underneath pointing up -- but it seems like I don't have any pictures of that.

Here's a couple of my corn drying methods.

1-layed out on a screen or tarp. Turn periodically.

2-on a custom built seed drying rack with fan.