The corn seeds I planted grew really well and produced lots of ears of corn. When they started looking ripe and I checked them this week I discovered they were full of grubs-nooo! Thankfully the grubs hadn’t gotten all the way into all the corn. I was able to cut off the tops and bottoms where the grubs were and keep the rest. Thankfully I could also cut off those bits without having to look at the grubs too much, cause that would have put me right off eating corn. I blanched the ears that were allright so we could freeze them…plus blanching meant if there were any grub eggs in them they’d be killed! We stilled managed to get a fair bit of corn. I have pulled out the corn plants now, as the remaining unripe ears were riddled with grubs. I was suprised how rich the soil still looked after all the corn that had been there...until I noticed all the earthworms in the soil. There were several worms falling off the plant roots as I tapped off the excess soil-it looked like they were living right under the plants.
We will try planting another batch of seeds and keep them sprayed for grubs this time.
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