Re: corn tassels

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Posted by Veronica on July 20, 2003 at 19:58:14:

In Reply to: Re: corn tassels posted by Wayne Perrier on August 01, 2002 at 14:19:19:

: I grew corn last year and received advice from a friend who said to go around touching the tassels to essentially "pollinate" the corn. If you don't do this, the cobs may be incomplete in terms of the kernels. The cobs I did this on turned out nicely. I definitely would not top the tassels off and don't plan to this year.

This is my first year growing corn, and I heard something about removing the tassel at some point. But I don't know for sure. What should I do?

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: : I grew corn last year and received advice from a friend who said to go around touching the tassels to essentially "pollinate" the corn.  If you don't do this, the cobs may be incomplete in terms of the kernels.  The cobs I did this on turned out nicely.  I definitely would not top the tassels off and don't plan to this year.

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: This is my first year growing corn, and I heard something about removing the tassel at some point.  But I don't know for sure.  What should I do?



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