date:Jul 03, 2012
The next couple weeks are critical for corn pollination, because silk growth and tassel pollen-shed must be in sync to create corn kernels. That coordination relies on water.
Silks are at least 99 percent water, and they use it as the driving force to elongate from inside the husk until they emerge outside the husks, or about 10 inches, said William Wiebold, professor of plant sciences in the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. If the pollen sheds from the