RE: [gardeners] Another corn newbie question
Seyfried,Alice (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 15:55:06 -0400
I'm going to have bugs in my corn???? Eeeeeewwwwwwwwwww!! Oh well. If
it's the only way I'm going to get really fresh corn, I guess it's worth
it.
Alice
seyfried@oclc.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Margaret Lauterbach [SMTP:mlaute@micron.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 8:59 AM
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] Another corn newbie question
>
> Peeking in the husks to see the maturity of the corn is a good idea.
> I
> usually only check one ear over and over. If you wait until it
> "feels"
> mature, it's probably overly mature. I usually grow corn with tight
> husks,
> so don't have earworm problems. Even loosening the husks doesn't seem
> to
> admit earworms. But earwigs are in there, tight husks or not.
> Margaret