vladmech@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTrying corn for the first time this year! I'm pretty hypedlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down11
arrow-up1201arrow-down1imageTrying corn for the first time this year! I'm pretty hypedlemmy.worldvladmech@lemmy.world to Gardening@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoProtip 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.
minus-squarevladmech@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoI’ll have to read up on that! Do you just kind of coat the tassels with it?
minus-squareJimmyeatsausage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYeah, basically. They’ll suffocate in the oil, trying to dig through the silk to get inside the husk.
minus-squarevladmech@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoAwesome, thank you for that tip! Would be a huge bummer to make it so far only to find out worms feasted and not me
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.
I’ll have to read up on that! Do you just kind of coat the tassels with it?
Yeah, basically. They’ll suffocate in the oil, trying to dig through the silk to get inside the husk.
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