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Had To Harvest My Corns Dang Ants : - (

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Posted by jollygreenpimp 9 (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 28, 07 at 23:54

Well I had to harvest my corn today. Got a decent harvest of about 2 dozen ears especially from 18 Sweet Illini Extra corn plants. A few have yet to be fully matured but I had no choice because ants were just taking over. They would probably destroy my all my corn for sure within the next week as they were just invading the plants. The Ladybugs and Spiders were just too outnumbered. Oh Well.

Well I stripped the stalks of their leaves. I really felt bad having to relocate the ladybugs to my Bigbeef tomato plants. I'll tie the stalks in a way to use them as support for my Zucchini vines since they are more than sturdy enough.

Now I'm just waiting for the Bigbeef tomatoes, Mustard green (again), Chinese Broccoli (Gai Lan), Zucchini, and Cabbage.

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RE: Had To Harvest My Corns Dang Ants : - (

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This is a tough time of year isn't it, jollygreen? The transition of one season to the next is accompanied by new insect populations that can mean the end of a crop even if the weather is still favorable. Of course where you are, the ants are going all year long. I have read that the Argentine ants in the west have adapted to form one giant colony.
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I keep the fireants busy with cornmeal sprinkled all around plants they like to attack/devour/destroy. Kept them off my corn till it was ready to pick.

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