certain temperature ranges. i spent a lot of time reading about corn sex yesterday and i talked to a few farmers who were walking me through, sort of a miracle if they get it together to produce the kernels. we were really worried the other day because we couldn t find our pollinator melons that didn t get planted correctly. the boy melons and girl melons. i want to show this photo of your nieces. this is poignant and adorable. standing next to the sweet corn. should be three or four fealt higher than that. that is what drought and heat look like at the individual level of someone trying to extract nutrients from the earth. that was planted in april. you can see on the right, the ones that have tasseled. so, once the corn s tasseled, it stops growing. that s as high as they re going to go. as high as they will go. and they won t make the ear of