As I mentioned in the garden post yesterday, the corn shot up and the ears are starting to form. I have more photos today to share with the growth. Including the height of the tassel, half of the corn is over 5 feet tall.
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| Corn and Tassels Getting Taller Every Day |
Most of the corn is all green, but I seem to have received a variant in this batch of corn seeds that produces yellow stripes in the leaves. It is actually quite pretty to look at, being all different in the crop, and all.
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| Yellow Stripes in Leaves |
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| Corn with Yellow Stripes on Leaves |
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So we have a variety of tassel heights and a variety of ear starts. Some of the ears are quite long already, but don't have silk yet. Others are rather short with a good tuft of silk already presenting. Some of the tassels are way above the corn, and others are just peeking out.
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| Large Ear No Silk |
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| Small Ear with Silk |
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There are some stalks that have two ears forming, but not all are producing double ears.
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| Double Ears on Stalk |
There are some tillers (suckers) that also have a tassel peeking out.
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| Tassel in Sucker Branch |
This has truly been an interesting year for my corn journal! Ha.
