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By DR. DIANE RELF
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
Virginia gardeners anticipating enjoyment of fresh-from-the-garden corn, should be seeing the plants growing out in the garden. The early maturing varieties should be fairly tall.
The ripening process will be later in the season and the pollen shed and kernel development in a com plant is a well-organized event. Pollen shed from the tassel, the male part of the plant, normally begins two to three days prior to silking of the ear, the * female pan.
Silk Catches and Holds Pollen
The silk has a large number of sticky hairs to he/p catch and hold the pollen. A silk is present for each potential kernel on the ear. Before the kernel will develop, the egg (ovule) at the end of the silk must be fertilized by the pollen grain.
The pollen begins to germinate within a few minutes after it falls on a Silk. A pollen tube grows down the silk carrying the sperm with genetic material to combine with the ovule on the ear and develop a kernel. Each
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