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Old 15-06-2006, 11:00 PM posted to triangle.gardens
Anne Lurie
 
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Default What's eating my corn? And how do I stop it?

If the husks seem to have been "peeled" down, it might be squirrels. I once
came back from vacation while living in NJ, and the corn looked as though it
had been vandalized!

It never occurred to me that it could be squirrels until I saw one happily
peeling away the husks -- I swear the little devil waited until I was
standing at the window with a cup of coffee!!

Sorry, but I have no ideas how you might stop the critters -- although if
it is squirrels, you might consider putting out seed or something for them
to eat instead.

Anne




"Rob" wrote in message
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I'm growing sweet corn in containers in a garden area just in front of
my house. I'm doing a batch of about 10 containers every two weeks and
the first batch is almost ready - or was almost ready. Something at
night has chewed into most of the mature ears. I suspect deer but
could it be racoons. The dogs sleeping inside the house have not been
barking so they haven't noticed. Will fox or wolf urine or something
dissuade these nocturnal maurauders? It would take a lot of chicken
wire to corral about 60 containers, and the HOA might complain if the
yard looks like a military complex.