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Show Mineral Oil Protects Sweet Corn To protect growing sweet corn from the corn earworm, use an inexpensive in-expensive white mineral oil (medicinal (med-icinal oil), the Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture advises. Wait at least 3 days after the silk first emerges before oiling, and not later than 7 days. An ordinary glass medicine medi-cine dropper when half full of mineral oil is enough for a small ear of corn, and about a quarter of an inch into the silk mass, just inside the tip of the husk. Since not all silks mature the same day, treated ears may be marked with a crayon or strip of cloth. The oil kills worms in the silk and prevents pre-vents the entry of others. |