First time sweet corn grower. For background: been dealing with ants farming aphids on just 1-2 stalks (weirdly) and diatomaceous earth/dish soap spray hasn’t helped. Besides that, there’s some browning happening. I may have damaged one’s tassels by not rinsing the soap spray off thoroughly. I last gave them bone and blood meal 2 weeks ago and fish fertilizer 3 weeks ago. The tallest is 3ft and the seedlings are 1ft. What can I do at this stage or for my seedlings to give them the best chance?
by Medium_Deer_1397
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Zone 9b!
u sprayed dish soap on em…
Corn shouldn’t need anything it’s probably from the dish soap. I got corn in the native rock/clay barren dirt and they grow wonderful after I plant them I water for like 2 weeks and then I don’t even check on them until end of summer
Corn is very demanding on nitrogen. Never mind bones, blood and other sorcerer stuff.
Professionally, corn needs ammonium phosate before sowing, urea a couple of times after a month from the birth of the plant.
Alternatively, buy a fertilizer (mineral) for green plants and follow the dosages on the label but give it instead of water once out of two.
For aphids the only non-chemical remedy is nettle extract.
HI