Originally Posted by
Tcharlie
I guess I am a city girl after all, I have never heard of those terms before. I have pulled weeds but have never heard of detasseled the corn before. We always pulled the ears and detasseled them when we shucked the ears getting them ready for freezing or to be cut off.
When you rogue milo you cut everything that's too tall, too short or the wrong color and all the weeds. For it to be seed milo it has to be as close to all the same as possible. The stuff on the ears of corn is the silk, not the tassel. The tassel is at the top of the plant.