Every year we seem to experience some BLUNT EAR SYNDROME in some locality.This year is no exception. This shot taken near Thamesville,Ontario shows how the ear on the plant appears very sharp pointed.A dead give-away,with some additional ear pinching, that something during pollination went wildly wrong.
Usually associated with Blunt Ear Syndrome is silk balling,giving indication that the hybrid incurred some kind of stress that diminished its ability to push silks out.
There are very few answers to explain exactly what goes wrong in the plant to cause BLUNT EAR SYNDROME to occur.Everything from prolonged cold soils,to cold temperature stresses at the 10-12 leaf stage, to herbicide interaction,to a weak silking hybrid, to some type of soil disease not yet understood have all been blamed for BLUNT EAR SYNDROME but to this day no one really knows why.
Growers can be fortunate that BLUNT EAR SYNDROME only impacts a limited number of acres and a limited number of growers each year.When it does impact a grower though it can be nasty.Yields have been cut in half when Blunt Ear Syndrome becomes severe in a field.
The interesting thing with Blunt Ear Syndrome is that it may show up one year and not impact a grower for several more years to come.There are definitely some hybrid differences,though its difficult to predict when or why a hybrid will react with Blunt Ear Syndrome or sometimes referred to as Beer Canning worse than another hybrid.
Every year we seem to experience some BLUNT EAR SYNDROME in some locality.This year is no exception. This shot taken near Thamesville,Ontario shows how the ear on the plant appears very sharp pointed.A dead give-away,with some additional ear pinching, that something during pollination went wildly wrong.
Usually associated with Blunt Ear Syndrome is silk balling,giving indication that the hybrid incurred some kind of stress that diminished its ability to push silks out.
There are very few answers to explain exactly what goes wrong in the plant to cause BLUNT EAR SYNDROME to occur.Everything from prolonged cold soils,to cold temperature stresses at the 10-12 leaf stage, to herbicide interaction,to a weak silking hybrid, to some type of soil disease not yet understood have all been blamed for BLUNT EAR SYNDROME but to this day no one really knows why.
Growers can be fortunate that BLUNT EAR SYNDROME only impacts a limited number of acres and a limited number of growers each year.When it does impact a grower though it can be nasty.Yields have been cut in half when Blunt Ear Syndrome becomes severe in a field. 
The interesting thing with Blunt Ear Syndrome is that it may show up one year and not impact a grower for several more years to come.There are definitely some hybrid differences,though its difficult to predict when or why a hybrid will react with Blunt Ear Syndrome or sometimes referred to as Beer Canning worse than another hybrid.
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