Re: Old Guy Needs Info

Posted by jdemarisj on March 14, 2005 at 07:11:20 from (209.23.28.183):

In Reply to: Old Guy Needs Info posted by Allan in NE on March 14, 2005 at 04:50:06:

I'm in Central New York and it's still done here - with mixed results. Depends a lot on soil acidity, weather conditions, and what kind of corn you're planting. And of course, there are new chemicals and recommmendations every year. There's a lot of chemcials that I can use on feed corn, but not on sweet corn grown for human consumption.
I know of some local growers (including myself) that have given up on chemical treatments for root worms and ear worms, and have tried leaving plots in pasture for 5 year periods instead. Guess that has mixed results also. My neighbor left one field in alfalfa and peas for 6 years, then plowed it up last year and put in sweet corn. No root worm problems, but he had just as many ear worms as before.

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