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  • #1

    Squirls and sweet corn

    Dropped the wife off in town with the car.
    On returning home there was a squirl sculking on the drive.
    My sweet corn bed is next to the drive.
    I wonder if it was eyeing up the cobs?

    Anyone had trouble with squirls and sweet corn?

    Thanks Jimmy
    Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!
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    Yes they love 'em and don't just take one at a time either, be afraid

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    • #3
      Squirls - may be a typo but I love it They'll never be squirrels again!
      Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
      Endless wonder.

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      • #4
        Not only squirrels but rats as well like it. They can leave it looking like peeled bananas.

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        • #5
          Re squirls and typo, sorry it was 60 years or so ago I learned this stupid language. Even then it confused me with its ridiculous inconsistancies.

          Jimmy
          Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

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          • #6
            I've heard that cutting the top off of 500ml plastic drinks bottles and slipping them over each cob is a good way of keeping rats and squirrels (or tree rats, as I prefer to think of them) off your sweetcorn. I've never tried it myself, though.

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            • #7
              I read that growing corn together with squash can discourage rodents as they don't like the coarse leaves. I tried it and it seemed to have worked successfully until a few days ago when a squirrel had a good chomp on the last 2 cobs. The squash foliage has wilted and died a little in the cold/wet so maybe it did work up until then. I will try the same again next year anyway as it seemed to help and if nothing else you can get 2 crops out of the same bed.

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              • #8
                Fingers crossed no damage yet. Two nice cobs last night.
                Jimmy
                Expect the worst in life and you will probably have under estimated!

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