My corn is going to pot... I've always done well with corn in the past, but this crop look terrible.
The corn in the photo below is fine, and it's growing across the path from the dodgy stuff. I would have said the soil, but it's the same soil on both sides of the path, I put it there myself. Is it the mondo grass taking away from it? There is mondo on the other side next to the good corn too though.
I've got no idea what's wrong. The leaves are going brown,
bizarre cobs are forming way too early, and the corn is only knee high and on very thin stalks.
It just looks dodgy all round... and I don't think it's going to get any better. But I am not sure if I can bring myself to just rip it all out. I was looking forward to it :(
What on earth is wrong with my corn?
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Dont know Ali...but I would rip it out and put more in..........I just lost a whole crop of brussel sprouts, months and months of waiting..and they all got eaten by ear wigs...I was very dissapointed, but thats life in the garden....I would ditch the lot in case it spreads to your nice crop.....x
Oh cripes, that must have been really hard, I'd be crushed if that happened. And I've just put down some brussels sprouts too! I'm really not excited about ripping out this crop, but maybe it will pave the way for something new :)
Ali Brussel Sprouts just don't do well in Brisbane even in the winter, so rip 'em out now and compost them.
The Corn ... too many plants in the space. Chop down two of every 3, give them plenty of compost or whatever fert you have to hand. The brown patches look like sunburn or failing that, some kind of a bacterial infection. I've never seen it on Corn but plenty of plants get sunburned when there's been dull patches followed by very hot days.
Oh yes, is it Balinese? I've had those weird cobs on Corn but not sure now which variety, not the currently-grown F1s so suspect it might be a heritage variety. No matter, the kernels are quite edible! And all the small un-fertilised cobs are really edible, too just pick them as mini-corn.
More/less sun/shade? I would do what Elaine says...remove some. But if they don't smarten up I would take the lot out. Corn grows so fast that you will be able to get another lot up and going quickly.
The healthy looking corn in the photos is the Balinese Elaine, the dodgy ones were from some jumbo pack I got for $1 at the pet store. Perhaps I am getting what I paid for? It's true it could be sunburned, the spot they are in along that side passage doesn't get warmed up, it gets hit with the hot sun at around 10am, but nothing else seems too bothered by that...
I am very sad you are thinking the brussels sprouts won't work, but you know me, I have to try!
I will follow your advice re the corn and pull some out, see how it goes. Have you got your Balinese seeds in yet?
I missed your comment there Hazel! You are right, it is quick to grow, and I am in Brisbane, for goodness sake, we get winter tomatoes here!
Ali, I would agree with the brussel sprouts, all your 'cold'weather veg, cabbage, etc need the cold....
Must be hard in the tropics, here in SA I have my set Winter and Summer crops I plant...but I guess having it warm all the time means salad ALL the time which I would love....
Good luck with your corn caper................x
Those brown markings could be water burns, where water has ben on the leaves and then the hot sun has dried it rapidly. Although it is normally only seen in greenhouse plants not out doors.
I am sorry I don't have an answer for you, but how are you fertilizing if at all? What is your watering schedule like?
The short corns is what I am looking at when I ask that.
Growing Vegetables, it could be water burns, it has poured down and then been blazing hot here in Brisbane a few times, and you are right, it does look like a burn.
Ezzirah, I'm not watering because it's been raining so much here over the past few months, and I fertilize with aged cow, horse and chicken manure.
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