It May Sound Corny, but ...

The first tassles just appeared this week on the top of the corn stalks. They are now nearly 5 feet tall.  When the silks start appearing, that's when the pollination beings.  The pollen from the tassles get blown by the wind onto the silks.   Sometimes you can help nature along by removing the tassles and rubbing them on the silks by hand.  We'll see ...