Bulbs
Flower Basics
Flower Beds & Specialty Gardens
Flower Garden
Garden Furniture
Garden Gnomes
Garden Seeds
Garden Sheds
Garden Statues
Garden Tools & Supplies
Gardening Basics
Green & Organic
Groundcovers & Vines
Growing Annuals
Growing Basil
Growing Beans
Growing Berries
Growing Blueberries
Growing Cactus
Growing Corn
Growing Cotton
Growing Edibles
Growing Flowers
Growing Garlic
Growing Grapes
Growing Grass
Growing Herbs
Growing Jasmine
Growing Mint
Growing Mushrooms
Orchids
Growing Peanuts
Growing Perennials
Growing Plants
Growing Rosemary
Growing Roses
Growing Strawberries
Growing Sunflowers
Growing Thyme
Growing Tomatoes
Growing Tulips
Growing Vegetables
Herb Basics
Herb Garden
Indoor Growing
Landscaping Basics
Landscaping Patios
Landscaping Plants
Landscaping Shrubs
Landscaping Trees
Landscaping Walks & Pathways
Lawn Basics
Lawn Maintenance
Lawn Mowers
Lawn Ornaments
Lawn Planting
Lawn Tools
Outdoor Growing
Overall Landscape Planning
Pests, Weeds & Problems
Plant Basics
Rock Garden
Rose Garden
Shrubs
Soil
Specialty Gardens
Trees
Vegetable Garden
Yard Maintenance
How to Pollinate Sweet Corn by Hand
How to Pollinate Sweet Corn by Hand. When you are growing sweet corn in your garden, you will want to pollinate it as best as you can so the growth of the corn ear begins. In a normal corn field, plants are spaced out enough that the pollen on the tassels will shake off and land on the silk of the corn ears. In a confined area of a garden you will...
When you are growing sweet corn in your garden, you will want to pollinate it as best as you can so the growth of the corn ear begins. In a normal corn field, plants are spaced out enough that the pollen on the tassels will shake off and land on the silk of the corn ears. In a confined area of a garden you will not always get proper self-pollination, so it is best to do it yourself.
Break off one well-developed tassel on the top of a sweet corn plant. The tassel is an approximately 6-inch straw attached to the top of the corn stalk. It will have little seed pod balls on it. About eight to 12 tassels are on top of each stalk.
Wait for the silk to come out on the corn ears. The silk will begin to appear when the corn stalk is 3 feet tall. Silk looks like smooth strings protruding from the top of the corn ear.
Rub the tassel you broke off on the silk of every ear of corn. Drop the tassel on the ground once you are done.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 every week until the sweet corn is mature.
