Planting corn cob needs moisture to germinate. Make sure that you water it well after you plant. Keep the soil moist by watering again in two to four days if there's been no rain. Too much water for the seed however, is as bad as...
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Planting corn cob needs moisture to germinate. Make sure that you water it well after you plant. Keep the soil moist by watering again in two to four days if there's been no rain. Too much water for the seed however, is as bad as too little and the seed has the potential of rotting in the ground. Once the plants are established you need to water frequently and even more once the plant produces ears with tassels. Once this occurs you need to water at least one inch every week.Corn is not a drought resistant plant, so keep it watered. Make sure your soil has adequate drainage by mixing liberal amounts of organic material into the soil. This is especially important for those areas where the soil is clay or sand. Pests and Preventing methods Knowing how to grow corn on the Cob require remembering that the biggest problem to most sweet corn from pests comes once the ear forms and tassels. Corn earworms and silkworms often attack the ear and munch on it long before you get the opportunity to have your first bite. While commercial insecticide, like Sevin, works well to eradicate the problem when you dust with it or apply it to the silk, many organic farmers like to control the earworms by applying a few drops of mineral oil on the silk. In a small garden this is easily done and it suffocates any earworms on the corn. It's far more difficult if you have acre after acre of sweet corn. Deer are also munchers that love the corn as well as you do. Aside from an electric fence, there are few effective methods to keep the deer from the ear. Just like birds, such as the blue jay, when they see the snack, they go whack. Okay, so that's not good rap, but it makes a point. These types of pests are difficult to control, but very beautiful.
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