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?

"jimswiffy" wrote in message
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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?




--
jimswiffy

There is no male or female in sweet corn. If conditions are right ears will
appear when the tassels start blooming.

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:


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?

Seriously? I think you're putting us on but, if not, how do you tell
they're all male?

Ross.

Ross@home wrote:
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:


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?

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

"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
...
Ross@home wrote:
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:


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?

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:

Pull their genes down.

David

HaHaHahehehe
Nice one David

In article , jimswiffy.6dff247
@gardenbanter.co.uk says...

'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:
;897579']Ross@home wrote:-
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:
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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?-

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

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 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....

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/Pollination.htm

http://ohioline.osu.edu/agf-fact/0128.html

http://www.gardenguides.com/127380-s...pollinate.html

http://www.bsntech.com/bsntech-blog-...ning-mainmenu-
301/891

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize

"jimswiffy" wrote in message
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'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:
;897579']Ross@home wrote:-
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:
-

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?-

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

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!




--
jimswiffy

Uhhh...., nah I refuse to get into a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:51:44 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:


'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:
;897579']Ross@home wrote:-
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:
-

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?-

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

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!

You mean there has to be a blow job before you get to eat something?
Wow, the things you don't learn on a gardening newsgroup.
Seriously now, corn is monoecious, has both male and female
*thingies*. Tassels are male, (that's why they're on top, sort of
missionary style), females are, as they should be, silky and smooth.
The male tassel supplies the pollen which the wind blows onto the
female silk to fertilize. Corn also has a bit of a free and loose
society because the male is busy only fertilizing his neighbours.
Here's an extra little tidbit for you. There's a whole lot o'
fertilizin' goin' on. Each strand of silk on an ear of corn is
responsible for snagging a grain of pollen which in turn will only
fertilize that strand's single kernel of corn.

Ross.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:42:23 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

Ross@home wrote:
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:02:10 +0000, jimswiffy
wrote:


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?

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

That HAS to be the best line of the month.
Thanks for a real guffaw.

Ross.