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After all your hard work in the garden, it's a massive disappointment to peel open a corn ear only to discover missing ...
They were the last two ears of Jimmy Red. A local moonshiner – and the last known grower of Jimmy Red corn – had just died, and the family no longer wanted to grow corn for whiskey distilling.
CORVALLIS — If you grow corn in your home garden, then you might want to harvest fresh "baby" corn ears this summer. Baby corn, those tiny ears of corn popular in Asian cooking and a favorite in ...
If you've ever grown corn and ended up with patchy ears missing kernels, you're not alone. But one gardener's clever tip for ensuring full, juicy ears is making the rounds on TikTok — and it's ...
Sweet corn is a warm-season annual crop that produces ears of yellow, white or bicolored kernels. Also known as maize, corn is native to the Americas and has been cultivated in Central America ...
Corn has a pretty broad growing season -- the only caveat is that the soil needs to be warm enough to facilitate your corn's growth. Technically, you can start planting corn as early as mid-spring ...
Dripping mineral oil, about 20 drops per ear, into the ear tip (do this between 3-7 days after the silks appear) can control earworms safely. Our own experience in growing corn was more ...
Corn is harvested over a relatively short period as all of the ears ripen at about the same time. If you have room, you can extend the harvest season by planting seeds every two to three weeks ...