I went out to the corn patch today to see what recovered from the wind storm yesterday. I found this (picture below) where a corn cob, without any husk, is literally growing on the corn tassel.
I don't grow commercially, but I been growing corn these last few years and in my youth. This is the first time I've seen this.
I don't use pesticides nor fertilizers. The variety grown is some sort of bantum sweet corn I first purchased 2.5 years ago (yes the 50 cent packs at wallyworld), and I saved the seeds during that harvest. I chose that variety because of the varieties at wallyworld, it had the shortest time to harvest which is ideal for our limited growing season.
Apparently this mutation is called "tassel ear", and you can read more about it here:
https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/TasselEars.html
