Aug 062010
This week hubby noticed something strange on some of the corn plants. The kernels looked gray and hugely deformed. We had no idea what this was and hadn’t seen it before. We were growing a heirloom type called Golden Bantam. After posting this short vid on YouTube many shared with us its called Corn Smut. And in Mexico and other southern areas people actually eat it. Ok I think I’ll pass! LOL
This has been a very wet and humid year for us. That’s led to more mold problems then normal.
Yep!that’s Smut.My uncle and some buddies told me they rip out as much as they can, right out of the field.Also they said put it right into the burning barrel, DO NOT till it back in the ground or through it in a compost pile because it’ll just sit there,fester and grow while burried.Then you’ll have it all over,wherever you use the compost or turned the soil.Good luck guys.. hope that helps out!;D God bless!