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Thursday, April 24, 2014
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Matt D.
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Corn Seed Maggots…
Not what you want to see when you go to check on your plants. The first sign is a severely wilted plant. Then when the main stem is inspected just below the soil line there will be a rotten area and continues down to the main roots. The maggots hatch at the first warmth in the soil and migrate to the plant and then eat their way into and up the plant.
There is essentially no cure and only preventative measures. The most effective method is to heat the soil before the plants go in the ground. I thought I was doing that this year (as I have done in the past) but my GFCI outlet tripped and shut off power to my heating cables. I now have an indicator light to make sure I know if the GFCI outlet trips again and I have drenched (watered) the remaining plants with a combination of contact and systemic insecticides as well as Garlic tainted water to try and repel the maggots from the plants.
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