Ants crawling on my corn
 

Hi.

I am trying to grow corn in my garden for the first time. The corn seems to
be growing ok, but they are alot of small brown ants (I live in Manitoba,
Canada) crawling on the corn stalks and leaves. Is this normal? Will they
damage the corn? Are there any good organic pest control solutions?

Thanks.

Jeremy

Would you rather have aphids and mealy bugs instead?


"Jeremy" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I am trying to grow corn in my garden for the first time. The corn seems
to
be growing ok, but they are alot of small brown ants (I live in Manitoba,
Canada) crawling on the corn stalks and leaves. Is this normal? Will
they
damage the corn? Are there any good organic pest control solutions?

Thanks.

Jeremy

Jeremy said:

Hi.

I am trying to grow corn in my garden for the first time. The corn seems to
be growing ok, but they are alot of small brown ants (I live in Manitoba,
Canada) crawling on the corn stalks and leaves. Is this normal? Will they
damage the corn? Are there any good organic pest control solutions?

The only problem with ants on corn is that they sometimes farm aphids.
You might want to inspect the center of the plants off an on. (Once the
tassels emerge, the aphid threat is pretty much over.)
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)