17/07/2022
Hi, speckyjagung here!
Do you know the cutworms, wireworms, flea beetles, corn earworms and corn borers are all known to damage corn? How do you handle this? You can handpick and kill pests that you find.
The same goes with an egg laid on silk as it grows, and a little caterpillar follows the thread down into an ear to eat its tips. Place a drop of mineral oil in each ear to smother earworms and prevent them from spreading.
Borers feed by burrowing through the stalks and ears of corn. Control is best achieved by personal selection. The garden should be clean of detritus where earworms and borers can hide.
Corn is also a favourite target for raccoons and other rodents. Pests can be kept out of your yard by using traps or fences.
That’s it for today's sharing, hope you find it, beneficial to corn lovers. Till then.