04 July 2010

corn silk

I found silk in the first ear of corn forming!
Like the other gardener advised, I pulled the pollen tassel between my fingers and sprinkled some on the silks, hoping for better pollination that way.

2 comments:

  1. Wow!! this is so freaking cool! I'm totally growing corn next year! I always had this preconceived notion that you had to have a huge farm with fields to grow corn :p But look at you!

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  2. Nope, just a few do just fine, I think! The only trick is I'm hand-pollinating, as not sure if there are enough plants/wind to do the job well on its own.

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