The corn began tasseling a few days ago, the male flowers producing the pollen, carried by the wind, which will pollinate the corn silk.
The ear of corn is quite a wonderful construction; each silken thread carries pollen to a kernel. If you get an ear of corn with some kernels missing, they just didn't get pollinated.
Who knew? What a fantastic system, thanks for the explanation. I've never seen redheaded corn before - and that blip of yellow at the top of the picture reads like a word that says CORN.
ReplyDeletewhat variety is this?
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for some that has the pink/red silk gene. Preferably a flint or indian corn instead of sweet corn. Thanks.
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