When will I know when my white and yellow corn are ready to pick? Also some ants are on the plant do I need to
Question:get rid of the ants? Will they eat the corn?
Answers:
the silk at the top of the ear will turn brown. Dust with seven dust or other ant killer wash well before eating
True, when the silk from the ear turns brown it is ready to be picked.
However, as far as pest control, growing a healthy crop of sweet corn is nor really hard, sometimes time consuming.
Sweet corn or any other type of vegetation will attract pests. A light dusting of a of a enviorment friendly dusting of a pesticide on both the plant itself and around the stalk should do the trick.
Depending upon the investation that you have you mave have to take more drastic measures. If it is light then you will be fine and have a nice crop. Just do what I suggest.
The ants will not eat that much to mess with a spray unless your looking for photo perfect cobs. When the tass is brown open a ear and prick a cornial, If it squirts its ready. If you have coons in the area, they will tell you "a day late when you should have picked them. Coons have tha ability to find ears that are at their sweetest. One coon will rob you of about fifteen ears a night.
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