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|    Re: Garden Corn    |
|    13 Jun 19 05:25:56    |
      From: pintiha@jhmi.edu              On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 6:38:33 AM UTC-4, T wrote:       > On 6/12/19 5:56 AM, Pavel314 wrote:       > > We've been having corn-on-the-cob from our garden recently, very unusual       for mid-June, but we've had a very warm and early spring this year. My wife       started the seeds in the greenhouse, moved the trays to the cold frame to       harden, then planted them        out in the garden.       > >        > > She makes a series of small corn beds, about 3' by 10', planted a few       weeks apart, so that we can keep up with them as they ripen.       > >        > > Paul       > >        >        > Hi Paul,       >        > Awesome.       >        > I tried to grow corn several times before I got diagnosed with       > Diabetes (corn is one of the causes) to no avail.       >        > The kernels were infested with earwigs every time I tried.       > I remember spraying the kernels with chrysanthemum spray       > and having the kernel erupt with earwigs like a       > kid's volcano science project.       >        > Death to Earwigs!       >        > -T              We don't have earwigs but every few years the racoons discover the corn and       eat it before we can harvest it.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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