My maize plant are 63 days old today and some of these maize plant are already growing tassel. I am someone who is familiar with maize plant very well because my deceased Father was once a big time farmer. So maize plant is what I am really familiar with for a very long time. But not until recently, things I am familiar with with these maize plant do have have their own meaning. Have seen maize plant that grow tassel and hair. These two major things are very important when maize plant are growing.
What's maize plant and what does it mean when maize plants grow it?
When you have plantation of maize plant,it is not all the maize plant that will grow tassel and not all will grow maize hair. But I will talk about tassel now,then in my next post will discuss about maize comb. When a maize plant grow maize tassel,it has a lot meaning. Some of the meanings are....
Tassel is related to the male flower of maize plant as a reproductive organ.
When you see tassel surfacing on a maize plant,it shows the growth of the plant is completed.
When a maize plant grow tassel,just have it in mind that you should at least 3 weeks more before the maize plant reaches harvest.
Tassel also provide pollination for the maize plant which makes the ear to grow. Usually maize tassel makes pollen which pollinates the corn silk so that the ears will grow and this is done between maximum of 6 days. It can also be termed process of fertilization. That's the maize tassel fertilizing the silk which makes the ear to be fertilized.
Note that the corn silk serve as the female reproductive organ of maize plant.
