Hi everyone
I planted sweetcorn this year, for the first time. It appeared to be growing well, but sometime in July I noticed that the silks at the top of the cobs had disappeared ? and on closer inspection I noticed earwigs and suspect that they have eaten them. I sprayed them with a soapy solution, which appeared to have cleared them off. But I wondered if the damage to the silks would hinder the cobs growth ? Does anyone know ? I am now looking at the cobs, and they are all about the size of half a cob, and don't appear to have grown any more than when I found the earwigs , so I suspect some damage was done. Also, does sweetcorn require a lot of watering ? and could that have anything to do with the size of the cobs ? We have had a lot of rain this summer, so I did not manually water them very often as I thought the rain would be enough.
Thanks