Corn
John980
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i have grown corn for the first time & the plants are looking healthy with several set cobs. My question is, do I remove the seed heads at the top of the plants?
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John980
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John980
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NO, NO, NO. The so-called seed head is the male part of the sweelcorn. Remove it and you won't get any sweetcorn.
Basically the male flower at the top of the plant produces the pollen which falls and/or is blown onto the 'silks' of the female flowers of the cobs below ... only when this has happened will you get sweetcorn.