Remember how I was telling you that I had to cover the seeds with clay pots so the chipmunks wouldn't eat the germinating kernels? Remember how I was wondering if it was worth it?
Today, it looks like this...
There are few things that I wait on the edge of my seat for...ripening corn is one of those things. For the first month, I wait and watch, as the leaves get bigger...
and then the second month...I wait and watch as the tassels (the male flowers) grow, and the pollen hangs...
...and I wait for the wind to carry it...amazed at how each strand of silk (the female flowers) represents a kernel of corn. Sometimes, we walk throught the corn and shake the stalk...just in case the wind forgets..And it is good to plant the corn in blocks. Corn pollen is heavy...sometimes it doesn't go very far.
I wait and wait..for the kernels to be ready. I've grown corn many years, the waiting can drive you crazy. You can tell it is getting ready because the silk at the top starts to look dark and dry. When I cannot wait any more, I pull down a husk and peak at it. What do you think? Ready?....or not....
14 comments:
Yes it looks ready. My mother would have ripped that ear off and ate it there! Enjoy the fruits of your labors.
Yum! We're having corn with dinner tonight!
Oh yum.
Absolutely beautiful and ready, what time do I come for the Tasting party? :o)...Ginny B.
Your pics are just soooooo lovely to behold!!! I really look forward to seeing what you have captured with your lens.
I want some of that corn,Cyndy!
Lovely walk! Your corn looks Yummy! Enjoy!
Beautiful!!! I remember doing all the same growing up. Somehow I just don't think corn grows much in FL... When I was in college in IA, they used to employ the college kids to go out and pollinate the fields. If I recall, a lot of that had to do with hybridization that they were trying to accomplish.
Oh, that's ready all right... ready to be boiled (or steamed) and slathered in butter and salt. ;-)
What a great post! Enjoy every sweet, tasty kernel!
It looks ripe to me! I've nominated you for an Arte y pico award but I see you've already got one. Do you think there's room in the house for the second one? :-)
Mmm, I can feel the kernels popping their juicy sweetness.
oh, my...that ear of corn makes me want to jump into the picture!
you're making my mouth water!
The way my mouth is watering it must be ready. I loved seeing the evolution of your corn crop. I am amazed that the racoons haven't found it.
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