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Corn growing without husk (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by psx_crab@lemmy.zip to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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Yes, there's issue with the plant. Yes, there's issue with pollination. Yes, planting corn in small amount is difficult.

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[โ€“] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I tried that, but the timing of the tassle and silk is so off for mine that most pollen will just fall off before the silk even came out. It's also awfully windy the past two months.

[โ€“] fireweed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

the timing of the tassle and silk is so off for mine that most pollen will just fall off before the silk even came out

I've had this happen before too; I assume it's too prevent self-pollination, but is super frustrating. As far as keeping the pollen from blowing away, I read somewhere that the best time to hand-pollinate is around 10-11am, which has worked well for me (but I don't live in an especially windy climate).