Re: [gardeners] Another corn newbie question
Bill Loke (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Tue, 18 Aug 1998 18:04:55 -0400
But healthy bugs, mind you! :-)_
bloke@silicon-north.com (Bill & Chris Loke)[Z4/5 on a good day]
The Lokeation, RR#1, Kars, Ontario K0A 2E0
Elderberries have more fun than younger berries!
-----Original Message-----
From: Seyfried,Alice <seyfried@oclc.org>
To: 'gardeners@globalgarden.com' <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 4:10 PM
Subject: RE: [gardeners] Another corn newbie question
>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