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Trying corn for the first time this year! I'm pretty hyped (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by vladmech to c/gardening
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[–] Jimmyeatsausage 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Protip from my first year growing corn. Make sure you treat the tassels or ear worms will get in there and eat about 1/2 of every ear. There's some pesticides you can use, hit we just used vegetable oil, and it seemed to work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Childhood torture memory of Dad making us put drops of olive oil on every ear of corn in our vegetable garden that was big as half a football pitch. And these caterpillars with saddles on their backs stinging me.

[–] vladmech 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ll have to read up on that! Do you just kind of coat the tassels with it?

[–] Jimmyeatsausage 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, basically. They'll suffocate in the oil, trying to dig through the silk to get inside the husk.

[–] vladmech 1 points 8 months ago

Awesome, thank you for that tip! Would be a huge bummer to make it so far only to find out worms feasted and not me