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sweetcorn help
My sweetcorn are going great this year despite the weather. However I've got a small problem
On all the hobs (or is it cobs?) The stingy bits have been eaten by something. By the millions of slugs I seems to have on my allotment this year I'm assuming it's them. Hopefully they've already been pollinated. So far I have peeled back the skin to let more of the stringy bits out. Any more advice? Has this happened to anyone else? |
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sweetcorn help
jason2234 wrote:
My sweetcorn are going great this year despite the weather. However I've got a small problem On all the hobs (or is it cobs?) The stingy bits have been eaten by something. By the millions of slugs I seems to have on my allotment this year I'm assuming it's them. Hopefully they've already been pollinated. So far I have peeled back the skin to let more of the stringy bits out. Any more advice? Has this happened to anyone else? It could be birds or rodents too. D |
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jason2234 wrote: My sweetcorn are going great this year despite the weather. However I've got a small problem On all the hobs (or is it cobs?) The stingy bits have been eaten by something. By the millions of slugs I seems to have on my allotment this year I'm assuming it's them. Hopefully they've already been pollinated. So far I have peeled back the skin to let more of the stringy bits out. Any more advice? Has this happened to anyone else? Go to a nursery and ask for a snail/slug bait in which the active ingredient is "iron phosphate" (actually it is ferric phosphate, but that's another story). It is safe for vegetables. Non-poisonous to pets, unless you have a pet gastropod. It is even a food supplement for humans, but deadly to snails/slugs. Forty-eight hours later, 98% of you slug and snail problems will be history. You will need to reapply every couple of weeks, but gives nearly 100% protection. You can still peel back the jacket of the corn a wee bit, and brush the the tassels against the silks to pollinate the corn. A lot of work, but you'll get a crop. -- Welcome to the New America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA736oK9FPg or E Pluribus Unum Green Party Nominee Jill Stein & Running Mate, Cheri Honkala http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/13/green_party_nominee_jill_stein_running |
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Thanks for the replays. I'll be pollinating asap thanks for the tip for the slugs will give it a go as its just out of controll this year especially as the allotments either side of me aren't being looked after this year and are very over grown
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