Yay! In no time, you'll be eating it - hopefully. Yep....looks like worm damage to me. Another pest to watch out for is the click beetle. It is very much attracted to corn and potatoes.

EG

LOL I am out there all day scowling at anything that gets near my corn... :)

Get that pot of water boiling, and we'll all be there!

Granny

Here is a link that might be useful: Granny's Blog

Granny - I don't know if you need any corn right now....lol
Poor Granny.....

Crystabel - I know the feeling. I watch my garden like a hawk.

EG

EG, you are sadly correct. So far it's toast, tea and just now, a bowl of hot soup. :-(

Granny

That is great.

This was my first year to get corn and was the 3rd attempt. Of course I still have about 300 plants in the ground that were not done using square foot gardening and they are touch and go if they will make it before first frost.

Yay, Cristabel! I pulled my corn because it just stopped growing. Nothing I did helped it, side-dressing, companion planting, more composted dirt...so I gave up. I assume it was the heat that cooked all of my corn plants, so I'm going to attempt to plant more this month.

Congrats, girl!

LOL, on hand-pollinating daily... hahaha

~Angela

Mike if your corn makes it you will have a bunch of yummy corn to eat! I only have about 9 squares worth.

Granny - I'm only getting about 1 ear per stalk I think, I don't know if I have enough to go around to everyone here! LOL.

Lissa, sorry your corn didn't make it. when did you plant it? I just put mine in at the end of July (too excited to wait for august to roll around) I just planted more this past weekend.

Angela - just gotta do what I gotta do to get that corn!! :)

EG - I know you watch your garden, morning, noon, night with a flashlight... :)

Crystabel, that's why I don't plant corn any more. As delicious as it is, it just takes up too much space for what it yields. When I had a half-acre garden, I could do it, but not now. It's a mile to the nearest farmer's market, where wonderful corn is picked several times a day (they only pick two bins at a time, and don't pick again until those are nearly empty). It's sweet and fresh and $4 a dozen (up from $3.25 last year, unfortunately). I'll let them grow it for me!

Granny

Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden

Crystabel - you left off one thing....If it's at night, I've usually got a loaded 12 gauge shotgun with me too! There...that's better.

EG

Oops, I forgot the part about the shotgun! LOL.

ROFL, I'm SOOO jealous crystabel. My godparents were here this weekend and they pointed out that corn starts turning sugar to starch from the minute you pick it, so the best corn always comes straight off the stalk. Wish I could find an awesome farmer's market like granny has!!

carolynp, the NEW supersweets hold for days! I buy a half dozen, cook two right away, two the second day and two the third day, and day three corn is every bit as good as day one. Not so with the older varieties, those MUST be eaten right away.

Granny

Here is a link that might be useful: Annie's Kitchen Garden

That ROCKS granny (but would rock SO much more if I had a nearby source, lol)! Have you tried the 4/sq ft that Mel suggests, anyone?