Corn Leaf Blight

Sweet corn is seldom seriously damaged by diseases in the home garden. Reduce many of the potential disease problems by following proper cultural practices, including: Use commercially grown certified and treated seed to improve stands. Plant varieties that are recommended for South Carolina (see HGIC 1308, Sweet Corn). Plant corn when the soil temperature is above 55 °F to reduce most seedling rots. Keep the garden free of nearby weeds, which can harbor viruses. Remov

A couple of weeks ago I planted several rows of corn at my parents’ house. I wanted to try growing my own popcorn this year and didn’t have a large enough area for both popcorn and the field corn I usually plant, but my motivation was a little deeper than that. My parents like corn, my grandparents liked corn, and I’m sure my great-grandparents did also. I planted corn at my parents’ because I was sure it would make my parents happy (it did), and to honor the generatio

Sinking your teeth into a perfectly ripened ear of sweet corn is one of the finest pleasures of summer. Be sure to start with young corn plants from Bonnie Plants®. Strong and vigorous, they will give you a great start on a big harvest. Corn needs plenty of space for two reasons — it takes up a lot of nutrition from the soil, and it is primarily pollinated by wind. As grains of pollen are shed by the tassels that grow from the plants tops, they must find their way to the delicate str

When dark lesions appear on the stems of seedlings, at or near the soil line, it may be an early symptom of the fungal disease phomopsis blight. Eggplant is particularly susceptible. The lesions can encircle the stems, resulting in girdling and death of seedlings. Oval brown spots also can appear on the older leaves; infected leaves turn yellow and drop off. More serious damage occurs on developing fruits, where the first symptom is pale round spots. These spots enlarge and turn brown, and frui