Same here bill I only gave them 12" and they were brilliant
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Originally posted by Bill HH View PostI dont have foxes or squirrels but my springer spaniel loves them so I fence mine in with debris netting until they get establshed.If you have never grown them before you are in for a treat, its a most satysfying plant to grow and eat) good luck.
Sorry for taking over your thread Kristen.@thecluelessgardener
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Originally posted by NatalieCooke View Post
Sorry for taking over your thread
Originally posted by Spunky View PostSame here bill I only gave them 12" and they were brilliantLast edited by Bohobumble; 08-01-2015, 09:27 PM.
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Originally posted by NatalieCooke View PostI have some Wilko's pond and crop black netting. Would that do that job being held up with some canes?
Sorry for taking over your thread Kristen.photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html
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Originally posted by NatalieCooke View PostWe tend to have a lot of foxes & squirrel's in the garden. Is there anyway I could stop them eating the plant once they start growing the corn?
Last summer they made their way up to the sweetcorn patch and demolished the entire crop!
So you have my sympathy.
I think sadly the only way to protect your crop is with fences although there are products on the market which claim to deter animals like foxes. Not so sure about squirrels.
This year my solution is going to be putting the coypu traps out from this month and to eliminate as many as possible. We put (ironically) cracked corn in the traps, or other sweet things like parsnip and carrots. The worst thing is what to do with the coypu when they are in the trap as they are very hard to kill and very ferocious. I have used an air rifle but it is not always easy to kill cleanly even at close range, so I might consider (which is highly illegal) driving the cages two or three miles away and letting them free. The only other advice I've seen is to drown them in the cages, but that sounds even crueller to me! Couldn't do that.
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Originally posted by the beadle View PostCan I grow a mini sweetcorn eg minipop and a regular F1 eg swift on the same plot please?K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden
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I don't sow my sweetcorn, which will be raised as a greenhouse crop, until 21 March. The outdoor ones I sow on 01-May.K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden
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Last year I grew 7 plants (swift) in a 30L pot and surprisingly it worked ok, I watered and feed them heavily, I only got 1 big cob per plant (if another started forming I cut it off) but I still got 28 nice size corns from 4 pots which isnt bad, so Im really going to cram them in again this year.
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Originally posted by maverick451 View PostLast year I grew 7 plants (swift) in a 30L pot and surprisingly it worked ok, I watered and feed them heavily, I only got 1 big cob per plant (if another started forming I cut it off) but I still got 28 nice size corns from 4 pots which isnt bad, so Im really going to cram them in again this year.
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