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Originally Posted by masraum
I think the tops of the cobs aren’t “pretty" which is a requirement in grocery stores.
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That, plus the silks make a mess - for the supermarket. If you buy them with the tips and silks still on, after you husk the ear you can snap the tip off and pull it down toward the big end, dragging a lot of the silks off with it.
The “strings” on the cob are called “silks” BTW. The tassels are on the top of the corn stalk, they provide the pollen, the silks receive it.
The self-pollination theory is nonsense. The ear has been pollinated and the kernels formed long before the ends were cut off.