Our corn has grown amazingly well this year. 

On June 30^th it was Linki size

then on the 4^th of July it was Bladen size,

and today it is showing signs of tasseling out.

Tasseling out is one of the most critical stages of corns’ development. What a farmer is aiming for is a large kernel number per ear on each stalk of corn.  In other words a full ear of kernels!  Most corn ears have about 12 to 16 rows of kernels, but if the conditions are just right you can sometimes have rows of upwards to 20!  Now that is cool and helps with the tonnage at harvest.

I won’t go into tasseling and silking and pollination at this time.  But suffice it to say, the corn is definitely ‘knee high by the 4^th of July’!