great question as i am growing my first corn this year and have far fewer than recommended (maybe 12).
I googled "hand pollinating corn" and was back to gardenweb (funny!).

Here is a link that might be useful: hand pollinating corn

might be too much info on the whole "creating hybrid corn" process... but i found it very informative and you see how to hand pollinate corn.

I think I'll just dump the pollen in paper bag and immediately sprinkle on silk. rinse and repeat.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pollination Methods: Corn

should I be worried that I halve tassels and no "silks"? Not even sure I can tell where the silks should be coming from to cut the tip like he did in the video.....

Here is a bigger photo in case someone can help...
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The corn tassles first. Then the ears grow. The silk is on the ends of the corn. Hard to miss once it starts to silk.

can baby corn thrive in containers? With all the trees not far behind it, i bet it is shaded a lot.

The trees are actually to the west of the container (photo was taken at about 6pm). So, they get much of the full day sun. I would say about 8-10 hours if not more.

They look great! and about the same size as the ones I have. Mine just started putting out the tassels, but I don't see any little corns or silk either.

I don't know how big that corn is supposed to get. But the plants are awfully small and nitrogen deficient. The ears will definitely be babies, midget babies.

The plants are too dense in that pot. 3 or 4 plants would have been a better choice.

DarJones

after some more googling, "Ears should be ready to harvest about 3 weeks after silk emergence."
So i think we have time for our corn/silk to appear.
Hope you come back and post pictures... I think the idea of growing in container is cool.

so excited...almost every stalk has a tassle with pollen being produced.....AND....I got my first silk today!!!

Can anyone tell me if purple is normal?
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seems I'm a couple days behind you... just got my first silk (or at least noticed it today). This afternoon, I put a sandwich bag over one of the tassels and shook it... but all i got were pod/nodules (no pollen). I'll try to wake up early and see if that makes a difference.

I'm not sure we actually need to pollinate baby corn. Check out the responses to my baby corn post in the container gardening forum...

So confused which direction to take! plus, a lotta rain in my area so I haven't gotten a chance to go out and pollinate even if I'm supposed to. hopefully the rain hasnt knocked it all away....

had to look up baby corn, never thought about where those tiny stir fry corns come from. cool! Mine is "sweet" corn. so maybe i still have to hand pollinate. since i'm only growing about a dozen stalks.

I'm not sure we actually need to pollinate baby corn. Check out the responses to my baby corn post in the container gardening forum...

So confused which direction to take! plus, a lotta rain in my area so I haven't gotten a chance to go out and pollinate even if I'm supposed to. hopefully the rain hasnt knocked it all away....

I'm guessing corn starts producing when the days get shorter... because all my corn 6-foot to 1-foot and everything inbetween are starting to make tassles.

i have sweet corn... and i tried planting every 2 weeks so i wouldn't get all my corn at once. guess that idea failed.