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You detassel field corn to prevent cross-pollination, often from an adjacent field where seed corn is being grown.
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How old do you have do be to detassel?
It depends who you do it for.
What is a field where corn grows called?
A "corn field".
Can you plant sweet corn and field corn in same field?
You can, but if they pollinate at the same time, the sweet corn will taste all starchy and not sweet because it crossed with the field corn.
Why do some farmers remove tassels from corn?
Since tassels are the male flower of the corn plant (silk is the female part), detasseling is done to control how the corn pollinates itself before the kernels on the ear develop. When the pollen from a tassel touches the silk, a corn kernel develops, which is why detaselling is a good method of controlling how ears grow. Typically, farmers will grow two different types of corn in one field, but only detassel one kind, leaving the other to pollinate all. The detasseled corn will then be a cross-breed (it cannot self-pollinate), which allows for custom-designed ears or produces a higher yield.
How do you spell detasselled?
That's spelled correct. Detasseling, detassel, detasseled.
What does field corn look like?
Here is a link to a picture of field corn: http://www.bigoo.ws/backgrounds/food/off-the-cob-field-corn-179995.htm
What corn is left in the field longer feeder corn or sweet corn?
Feeder corn is left in the field longer to "dry down". It is sometimes Novmber before it is finally harvested.
Is cornmeal made from hard corn or sweet corn?
Field corn, which is sometimes known as dent corn.
If corn grows in a corn field what grows in a magnetic field?
magnets?A magnetic field surounds the entire Earth, so figure it out from this hint.
How do you prepare Cow Corn for eating?
ok.. what is cow corn? I have made corn for decades... Can we assume field corn? For cattle, we let it dry before collecting. Around 12% is awesome. For humans, we do not eat field corn.
What is the most common type of corn?
Field Corn or Sweet Corn are two most common
Can you feed deer corn to cattle?
There really is no such thing as "deer corn." Corn is primarily grown in two varieties: field corn, meant for livestock, and sweet corn, meant for humans. Field corn is most likely the variety or cultivar of corn you are referring to, and yes it can be fed to cattle.
