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Old 30-08-2006, 10:18 PM
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Default Somethings eating my sweetcorn and its not me!

I have grown sweetcorn for several years on my allotment but this year a problem has arisen that I have never seen before.
Many of the cobs have had their outer leaves shredded to reveal the cob and all the corn has been completely removed from the exposed cob leaving the inner corn.In some cases the whole cob has gone this way.
Has anyone any ideas about what could do thi?


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Old 30-08-2006, 10:27 PM
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Hi George, how about Squirrels?
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George, I agree with nick that the problem is proberbly squirels, but they are hard to control
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