what is the hair like stuff in corn and why is it there?
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It's called corn silk. Ironic huh? The purpose of cornsilk is to help hold in the moisture while the corn is growing, and to help keep out the bugs.
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It's called silk, and I guess it's there to protect the kernals?
It's called silk, and I guess it's there to protect the kernals?
It's the silks and I don't know why it is there, but it is. clean it off the ears before you eat them.
The silks are elongated stigmas that look like tufts of hair, at first green, and later red or yellow
the unspun part in mythology
it's called corn silk .the pollen from the tossel falls on the silk to make the corn kernel . its for pollination
it is called silk and is there to protect the corn kernels.
its called cornsilk, and it is sort of like a stamen in a flower. each kernal of corn is attached to a silk, and they hang on the outside of the ear. in order for the kernels to grow, each silk has to be fertilized. try growing corn in your own yard, its really fun and you can see how stupid your ear of corn looks when they dont all get fertilized. corn is a member of the grass family and will grow almost anywhere, and i doesnt really take much space.
It's called corn silk and it's there for pollination.