Corn May Be Coming Soon To My Garden

It was only a couple of days ago that the tassels began to grow from my corn and it looked like that I was going to get some corn in the near future.  I went outside today and discovered that there were some silks appearing from one of the corn stalks.  This was the first sign that I could be getting corn in a week or so.

Granted this was only one corn stalk, but it signaled that my corn was growing correctly and I have been doing something right.  I would be very surprised if this was the only stalk that began growing ears of corn.

Tassels are very easy to spot and once they begin to release their pollen you can then search for silks that will be at the beginning stages of corn growth.  Here is what the tassels look like:

Here are the silks that need the pollen in order to produce a mature ear of corn.  Most corn plants can have up to three ears of corn in a season.  This one here is producing two silks which could possibly mean two ears of corn.

Here is another one on the same stalk.

Soon the other corn stalks will begin to produce tassels and silks and then eventually ears of corn that will hopefully be sweet as all corn should be.

Remember that I planted corn at different times and that is why that they are not at the same height as the first ones that I planted.  The first one is in the back and the last are in the foreground.

Had a couple more zucchinis to add to my harvest today as well.  It doesn’t seem like that they are letting up because they are continually growing zucchinis every time I look at the plants.  I am not complaining because last year I got a really bad harvest.  This year is making up from last season.

Picked another cucumber today as well which was one that I didn’t see because it was hiding underneath a leaf.  This happens sometimes, but luckily I caught it before it began to rot.

This one was bigger than the first one that I picked so they are getting bigger and more are coming along from other plants that I have.  This is a fair size so I am pretty happy with that.  As long as they are sweeter than what you find in the store I have succeeded.

Still waiting for pole beans to begin growing their fruit and I know it is just a matter of time before they begin producing all at one time.  Take a look for yourself.

The tallest sunflower that I have is only about seven and a half feet.  It was one that happened to grow from last year.  I guess a seed fell and when the weather got warm it germinated.  This happens often especially when you don’t clean up after the year.

If I was to take care of it better I am sure that it would have grown at least a couple more feet.  This shows that mother nature is a good gardener herself.