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Corn Yuck
I had a question about some latter season corn stalks I planted.
While the earlier variety did much better I noticed the late species developed some rotting mush in the tips. I don’t know if over watering contributed to this. There was more! Small black beetle like bugs that caused a black aphid infested mold between the leaves that also attracted ants. Some of the ears had a big ugly worm in the rotting mush! Also, how many ears of corn should one expect per stalk ? I got one regular size and one slightly smaller and 2 or 3 more that were undeveloped. Thanks! |
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Mike wrote:
I had a question about some latter season corn stalks I planted. While the earlier variety did much better I noticed the late species developed some rotting mush in the tips. I don’t know if over watering contributed to this. There was more! Small black beetle like bugs that caused a black aphid infested mold between the leaves that also attracted ants. Some of the ears had a big ugly worm in the rotting mush! Sounds like you got borers &/or black smut. Or that's (smut) what it's called in our region anyway. A lot of corn varieties get this problem very easily it seems. However, I don't know what causes it or how to prevent it. Sorry - maybe someone else can answer that one. I'd be interested in that answer myself. Also, how many ears of corn should one expect per stalk ? I got one regular size and one slightly smaller and 2 or 3 more that were undeveloped. It's not uncommon for different varieties to produce more than a couple of ears. However the stalks that only have 2-3 ears fair better than the ones with more than 3 on them. In other words the less amount of ears on the stalk, the more developed the kernels will be. Thanks! have you checked out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize might be better info there for you..... |
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