In this video I discuss how to combat and defeat common corn pests. Corn Ear Worms and Earwigs can be devastating to corn crop. I show you how I manage these common corn pests to ensure a successful crop of sweet corn this growing season. Thanks for watching!
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Thank you!!
Whip, whip it real good!
How do you store your leftover pesticides over winter? I have a garden shed, but am always concerned about condensation when temps in the shed go from hot to cold. I'm running out of climate controlled space inside the house.
Corn looking might good Oppe. I wish ours look as good as yours. Great tip on how to fight caterpillars and earwigs.
Thanks for sharing.
I have heard a lot about BT. I will have to add it to my Arsenal. It's pretty gruesome how you explain it working. Lol!! But if it works. Sure beats hand picking every night.
BT is the bomb diggity!!! Never knew that's how it worked. I was recommended sluggo in the spring when slugs destroyed some of my plants, I never tried it!
Thanks for that! I sure do love my BT, I couldn’t imagine trying to grow anything in the cabbage family without it! I have never seen Sluggo Plus or equivalent here I will look out for it, my wife always seems to hustle me away from the plant products section, I can spend ages looking at that kind of stuff, she says. By the way thank you for the Japanese beetle video! They started to show up in my garden a few days after you put up the video, I’m using your soapy water method to good affect! Fortunately they seem to favour my grape vine so are easy to find!
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Awesome info buddy on how to control pest on your corn. Hope you have a great week!
My daughter is now into ducks and we have two. Word around the homesteading community is that they are voracious slug hunters and do not dig up gardens like chickens. I used BT last year on your advice and it really does work!
Nice crop of corn. Great tips. We have a few pests on our corn too out east here too. I'll have to try this. Take care
I agree with you Oppe Sluggo plus works very well. Enjoy your vacation.
Mighty fine looken corn there my friend!
That corn looks great! Good job.
How can we avail that product? Thanks and have a good day.
I hate them worms, I collect them put them in a sealed container and let them eat each other.
Oh no they don't sell Sluggo Plus in Canada 🙁 Earwigs are taking a liking to my 2 cornstalks.
I appreciate the great tips! Which type of corn did you plant, just out of curiosity?
Why would Hose Tools recommend Spinosad for on the ears if it kills pollinators?
Great Great video very informational. My questions my corn plants are about 8 inches in height I have notice some of the bottom leaves are chewed up should I apply the Sluggo Plus?
Sluggo plus is not sold here in Canada because spinosad is found to kill honey bees and other pollinators. Does anyone know a good alternative?
As a novice gardener, I appreciate some of your good info. One concern at 10:36: "Spinosad," which is the extra ingredient in Sluggo Plus, is toxic to bees and some other insect predators, so I'd likely suggest staying away from Sluggo Plus or from any product with Spinosad because of that.
that's what I was looking for!
this video really helped with a sustainable farm project for my environmental biology class, thank you!
The caterpillars tend to come out in the cool of the evening so apply it more in the late afternoon. They'll feed on it overnight
Lots of good information and recommendations but sound track is way off not aligned with the video
I agree about the pill bugs. I harvested my potatoes, grown Ruth Stout style, and lots were nibbled on from the incredible pill bug population. There was plenty of rotting hay, but they still moved in on my potatoes. So next year, i will consider it.
I also grew bush bean near them and they were inialated by slugs. So… I'll be getting the slugo next season.