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Post by Sandbur on Jul 14, 2020 3:22:26 GMT -6
 Army worms? my back foodplot is not doing well for multiple reasons. Lots of browsing on the beans and I guess that is what they are for. The corn in the front plot looks better with less of this damage. |
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Post by sd51555 on Jul 14, 2020 5:56:08 GMT -6
Army worms? my back foodplot is not doing well for multiple reasons. Lots of browsing on the beans and I guess that is what they are for. The corn in the front plot looks better with less of this damage. Did you look on the underside of the leaves to see if the culprits were still there? Or you might sneak out there in the dark and see who's doing it. |
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Post by Bob on Jul 14, 2020 8:02:23 GMT -6
Army worms? my back foodplot is not doing well for multiple reasons. Lots of browsing on the beans and I guess that is what they are for. The corn in the front plot looks better with less of this damage. I just finished up a new book about biological systems. They had a picture in there of a certain strain of stinkbug eating an army worm. Might have to audit your stinkbug habitat? |
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Post by smsmith on Jul 14, 2020 9:05:29 GMT -6
Stinkbugs are the last thing an apple grower wants around in large quantities
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Post by jbird on Jul 14, 2020 9:07:30 GMT -6
Welcome to growing corn....everything out there wants to eat it. The birds, turkey and skunks will dig up the seed or sprouts.... bugs, worms and even deer will browse or eat the plants and then once you start to get ears then the coons, deer and squirrels will move in to take what they can as well. It's a challenge enough as it is to grow it (too much rain, not enough rain, wind, hail, needs a decent amount of fertilizer) and then everything else out there trying to take it away from you!
I get so pissed - come November I shoot the deer eating it!
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