Topic: Sweetcorn loving pigeons

[Pigletwillie]

Due to mice eating my first two sowings my sweetcorn is really late harvesting. Normally its in the freezer in August.

I went to the plot today and found a few cobs around the edge of the block of corn scoffed by ruddy pigeons. They must stand on them and munch away.

Just look at whats left.

http://pigletsplots.blogspot.com/2007/10/pigeon-damage.html

[shirlton]

We put plastic bottles over ours and we ate them insted of the maggies and pidgeons

[Pigletwillie]

Thanks for that, by coincidence I saw another plotholder using 2 litre milk bottles for the same thing.

Hopefully as its a one off that my corn is so late I wont need to bother next year but will now know how to counter the problem.

[cornykev]

Bloody rat ate mine, I caught the little fecker munching away.  >:( >:( >:( :'(      ;D ;D ;D

[theothermarg]

covered mine with 2lr drinks bottles and have enjoyed the first un-nibbled corn in 3 years ;D found i needed to ventilate the bottles tho
marg