Good evening everyone, where oh where is the rain? ? ?
A few weeks ago when the sweetcorn pollen was being produced I cut a few seed 'branches' from the sweetcorn head and popped them into a glass jar. Lid on and a good shaking I had what apeared to be pollen in the bottom of the jar.
I removed the bits of stalk and rubbed the pollen into the silks, ensuring a good infiltration into all the silks. After a quick look it seems it has worked, there are small yellow kernals right ut to the tip of the cobs. I tied red thread round those I had 'treated' and tomorrow morning I'll be gathering a few to futher inspect. Fingers crossed, a laborious job but seems to work.
Cheers, Tony.