Hi Jon,
Well..... If nothing else, You have a great First Name ;-)

I gave up on Corn last year (it is a very heavy feeder and it is almost always very inexpensive during the season for Corn)

But try a different variety than you did in the past and see how it goes (but DO report back with your findings), gardening is all about trying new and different techniques (lots of ways to Skin a Cat with so many different regions)

Jon E. Hughes ;-)

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Cool set up ya got there. Are those Cucumber flowers I see on the corn stalks?

Corn needs 8-10 hours of sunlight per day. It also needs more fertilizer than practically any other crop.

"disgusting little balls of snot"... LOVE IT! That's absolutely the very best description of those pests I've ever seen or heard!

As soon as you plant your lettuce seeds, sprinkle the area with one of the iron-phosphate-based slug killers, like Sluggo, Worry Free or Escar-Go. Sprinkle thinly, you don't have to put it in piles. Repeat weekly. It's the only way to have lettuce here in the PNW.

Sue

Hi Jon,
Yeah , I intermix everything I can get my hands on (just to see if it will work, so far, I have been real blessed ;-)

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John H, your pictures always amaze me and are such a pleasure to look at.

And ditto LOL on the little balls of snot! One of the best pieces of advice I got on slugs was to control them BEFORE you plant. Put out your bait at least a week or so before you plant those yummy seedlings. That way you're at least severely hindering the population before you put your plants in.