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   Pavel314 to All   
   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.   
      
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