Stan, to get a AB cross-breed, you plant A corn (four rows) then B corn (two rows) and remove the tassels from the A corn. The B corn produces enough pollen to fertilize most of both A plants and B plants. Then you chop the B plants before maturity ( or leave it to finish) but only harvest the A plants, which now yield AB seeds.
We used to put male rows on each end of 6 row planter, then you got two males next to each other with each pass. Now they use a 32 row planter near here. With GPS, precision makes all of this easier. Males and females are often planted at different times to synch the pollen and silk.
I actually ran one of those Hagie detailing rigs that 2002Silverado described back in 1986. Worked day shift maintaining test plots from Ohio to The Mackinaw Bridge, then ran the detasseller at night (I'll sleep when I'm dead!). Got one row off for half a round one night and really got my arse chewed! We had a crew of over 200 following up, mostly Spanish folks back then, even.
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