Thanks for that.
My grandmother used to grow a crop of fall corn and I knew she sprayed mineral oil (it was cheap) or vegetable oil (whichever she had) to prevent as much ear worm damage. They were poor and other control methods were pricey. She died before I got all the particulars of every garden thing I remember her doing.
She also used to sucker her tomato plants around the 4th of July, put rootone on them and set them out end of July for fall tomatoes. For free!
I have rooted several Pink Brandywine and Park’s Whopper in a couple of large pots using Rootone. I was going to transplant them yesterday but ran out of time. These are from suckers like you said.
You mentioned that you are going to plant 2 or 3 50’ rows of corn. I think you might be happier with 4 or 5 shorter rows so that the plot is blockier. This helps with the pollination.