My children and I are growing corn and seem to be doing rather well.
Roughly 10 planted and so far 5 have tassels. Our problem is they are all male, will they bear cobs if there are no females at all?
Sweetcorn
Aug 16, 2010
9 Replies
There is no male or female in sweet corn. If conditions are right ears will appear when the tassels start blooming.
Seriously? I think you're putting us on but, if not, how do you tell they're all male?
Ross.
Pull their genes down.
David
pull back the shuck?
Funny ;-) Male corn have the tassels right at the top. Female have theirs half way down the plant. They are self pollenated by the wind blowing them together. So much for coming on here to get tips!
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in news:i4cid6$i59$1 @news.albasani.net:
HaHaHahehehe Nice one David
David comes up with a keyboard wrecker every once on awhile.
There are no male and female plants.
The tassel is male. The silk that you see, which are stigmas are female.
Both come on the same plant and come along about the same time. The tassels are a few days earlier. You probably won't notice the where cobs will be until you see the silk.
The answers are out there....
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Uhhh...., nah I refuse to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
That HAS to be the best line of the month. Thanks for a real guffaw.
Ross.
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