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Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:33 pm
by Killerbunny
Well after the ghastly corn last year we found our favourite again, honey select. DIscovered that it is bred so as not to be affected by other varieties growing in the area!
https://mckenzieseeds.com/products/corn ... weet%C2%A9
Lots of others sell seed too.
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 11:45 am
by WLLady
definitely "sweet" corn! we tried it one year, and *gasp* we decided it was too sweet for us. LOL. I'm just doing the regular peaches and cream SH1 this year again. INSIDE the garden so the ducks and chickens don't eat it on us again. ha ha.
glad you found it again, it was hard to find last year. our neighbours grow it, and ended up growing some other alto or something like that, which just wasn't the same and not as good against blight.
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:14 am
by Kbr42
We grew corn one year...raccoons really enjoyed it!!
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:33 pm
by Ontario Chick
Kbr42 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:14 am
We grew corn one year...raccoons really enjoyed it!!
ours did too :)
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 5:44 pm
by lolotsung
thank @Killerbunny i bought the corn because it really can't be too sweet for me...i hope the raccoons don't eat then...does anyone put mineral oil in the corn to stop bugs from eating it?
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 9:00 am
by WLLady
I just spray BTK (bacillus thuringicus) on mine just before tassling-the BTK kills the ear worm when it eats it. and BTK is organic, it also works on cabbage loopers, cutworms, etc and most caterpillars (just be careful not to spray on monarch caterpillars because it will kill them too-i don't spray my parsley or milkweed). BTK will also do in gypsy moths and tent caterpillars! and it's non toxic to mammals, bees etc. it really is one of the better pest controls i have ever found.
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 10:03 pm
by lolotsung
Ok great and I just found out I'm really allergic to gypsy moths. I thought it was an immune response to something because every day I keep on getting more and more puss filled welts. Then my friend asked me to sign a petition to get Caledon to spray BTW on their forests to control the moths. I complained about how many moths there are and the welts on my arms and she said it must be from the moths. They were falling like rain from our birch tree when I was mowing the lawn and it was sooooo hot so I only had a T-shirt on and now I have extremely itchy welts all over my arms. I found this article and in a this was interesting.
An epidemiologic study of gypsy moth rash.
Re: Corn - Honey Select
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 10:04 pm
by lolotsung
So I had no idea what BTK was yesterday and today 2 people mention it! Learn something new every day!
