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Current gene delivery methods for maize are limited to specific genotypes and depend on time‐consuming and labor‐intensive tissue culture techniques. Here, we report a new method to transfect maize that is culture‐free and genotype independent. To enhance efficiency of DNA entry and maintain high pollen viability of 32%‐55%, transfection was performed at cool temperature using pollen pretreated to...