Gardener Shares Simple Trick for Growing Full Ears of Corn

It's that time of year when gardens are just starting to really take off. Things have left their seedling stages and entered their ‘teenage years’, getting bigger, bushier, and some even starting to flower. For many plants that require pollination to produce fruits right now is the time just before they open their flowers, ready for pollination!

If you are anything like me, each year I try to advance my gardening skills, either by growing something I have never grown before, learning new tricks and techniques for watering and weeding, or putting focus on how to better care for the health of different plants I tend to grow. This year I am putting that focus on corn and growing ear that are big, full, and not missing on kernel! I was thrilled when I came across the tips that one fellow gardener shared on her TikTok channel. It's all about improving the harvest and health of her corn plants for a good harvest, something we all could benefit and appreciate. Check it out below!

The woman’s advice for growing lush full ears of corn is pretty simple, and one that we most definitely will be trying this year. It’s crucial to make sure each stalk is fully pollinated in order to produce a full kerneled ear of corn. To do so all she does is rub the pollen stalk on the hairs coming out of the kern ear to pollinate it.

Tips for Growing Tomato Plants

Tomatoes are very easy plants to care for so long as they have their basic needs. Read on to learn a few tips and tricks that will make growing and harvesting tomatoes so much easier!

When it comes to planting tomatoes make sure they have been hardened off and that you pick a spot that receives maximum (8 hours or more) of sunlight daily. Dig the hole so the tomato start will sit with its bottom stem about four inches down in the hole, removing all the bottom leaves. Pro tip: add a sprinkle blood meal and rock phosphate for strong root development into the hole prior to planting. Dress with compost.

When it's hot tomatoes are heavy drinkers so make sure they get plenty of water! While they enjoy the heat watch for the cold, tomatoes do not do well when temps drop below 40 so make sure to provide coverings if it does!

Prune off the “suckers” the stems that grow diagonally in between the V of two branches to conserve energy and put more power into the fruits- so long as it is not a determinate variety.

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