Need an answer ASAP! Is my corn safe to eat?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:38 pm
I just posted part of this in the "Hurricane Proofing My Garden" thread, but this needs its own post cuz I need help fast!
Long story short, my garden is now a lake and the wheat looking things on the top of the corn are broken off from the recent hurricane and I am thinking that the kernels/husks won't grow anymore due to that, so I picked 2 ears of corn that were growing. They were definitely not large enough yet, but the silk was brown and dry, and I am going on vacation, and I figured it will probably be dead, rotted and bug infested by the time I got home, so I'd give it a shot.
Anyway, here is my experience with the first ear: When I broke it off, there were all these little tiny bugs on it. Ew!!! I HATE bugs. I brought it in the house and put it the sink and just ran the sprayer over and over and over it. A spider came out! EEK!!! I am petriefied of all spiders, but I was able to wash it down the drain. It looks like all of the bugs are off of it, so I opened it up, carefully, and no bugs, but the kernels stop maybe 1/2 inch from the top, but also, they are not as plump as when I buy corn in the store. Of course, the corn husks in the store is much bigger as well.
Here is the first ear of corn - only about 8 inches (if you click twice, you it will zoom in close)
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050496.jpg[/img]
Looks safe enough
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050497.jpg[/img]
Closeup of the kernels
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050498.jpg[/img]
So now onto the other ear of corn <shudders>
So I throw it in the sink and I notice like this small hole in it.
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050499.jpg[/img]
When I peeled that layer back, this is what was underneath! Ewwwwwww!!!
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050500.jpg[/img]
On the other side, it looks like another ear was forming off of this one??? See the silk coming out of the top? Was it going to form another ear?
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050502.jpg[/img]
So after rinsing it off good, I opened up the top, and this thing was in there!!! (where is the getting sick emoticon?) It was in the silk around the unformed part of my corn!!!!!
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050503.jpg[/img]
So after rinsing everything down the drain (I hope they don't crawl back up!) I opened up the rest half way and it looks like this:
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050504.jpg[/img]
So is it safe to eat??? Even though wormy disgusting gross things were on/in it? I have it soaking right now, and I'm gonna grill it - if you think it is safe???
I am so grossed out right now, I am nauseous and my hands are shaking like a leaf. Like I said, I HATE bugs.
Also, do you think I should let the rest of the corn grow more or do you think it will die in the lake it is now in? Technically, it should have at least a couple weeks left of growing, that would be about 30 days since the silk appeared. And I did try to pollinate it myself by rubbing off the tops in my hand, grinding it up and sprinkling it over the silk. Then again, I have absolutely no idea if I even did that right?
Should I be spraying my corn and other plants with some kind of pest control? I have not sprayed it with anything as of yet...
Please help/give advice!
Oh also, what is this white stuff????
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050493.jpg[/img]
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050495.jpg[/img]
Long story short, my garden is now a lake and the wheat looking things on the top of the corn are broken off from the recent hurricane and I am thinking that the kernels/husks won't grow anymore due to that, so I picked 2 ears of corn that were growing. They were definitely not large enough yet, but the silk was brown and dry, and I am going on vacation, and I figured it will probably be dead, rotted and bug infested by the time I got home, so I'd give it a shot.
Anyway, here is my experience with the first ear: When I broke it off, there were all these little tiny bugs on it. Ew!!! I HATE bugs. I brought it in the house and put it the sink and just ran the sprayer over and over and over it. A spider came out! EEK!!! I am petriefied of all spiders, but I was able to wash it down the drain. It looks like all of the bugs are off of it, so I opened it up, carefully, and no bugs, but the kernels stop maybe 1/2 inch from the top, but also, they are not as plump as when I buy corn in the store. Of course, the corn husks in the store is much bigger as well.
Here is the first ear of corn - only about 8 inches (if you click twice, you it will zoom in close)
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050496.jpg[/img]
Looks safe enough
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050497.jpg[/img]
Closeup of the kernels
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050498.jpg[/img]
So now onto the other ear of corn <shudders>
So I throw it in the sink and I notice like this small hole in it.
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050499.jpg[/img]
When I peeled that layer back, this is what was underneath! Ewwwwwww!!!
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050500.jpg[/img]
On the other side, it looks like another ear was forming off of this one??? See the silk coming out of the top? Was it going to form another ear?
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050502.jpg[/img]
So after rinsing it off good, I opened up the top, and this thing was in there!!! (where is the getting sick emoticon?) It was in the silk around the unformed part of my corn!!!!!
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050503.jpg[/img]
So after rinsing everything down the drain (I hope they don't crawl back up!) I opened up the rest half way and it looks like this:
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050504.jpg[/img]
So is it safe to eat??? Even though wormy disgusting gross things were on/in it? I have it soaking right now, and I'm gonna grill it - if you think it is safe???
I am so grossed out right now, I am nauseous and my hands are shaking like a leaf. Like I said, I HATE bugs.
Also, do you think I should let the rest of the corn grow more or do you think it will die in the lake it is now in? Technically, it should have at least a couple weeks left of growing, that would be about 30 days since the silk appeared. And I did try to pollinate it myself by rubbing off the tops in my hand, grinding it up and sprinkling it over the silk. Then again, I have absolutely no idea if I even did that right?
Should I be spraying my corn and other plants with some kind of pest control? I have not sprayed it with anything as of yet...
Please help/give advice!
Oh also, what is this white stuff????
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050493.jpg[/img]
[img]https://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/SecretlyLovesClay/Garden/P1050495.jpg[/img]