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Title: Sweetcorn loving pigeons
Post by: Pigletwillie on October 06, 2007, 19:30:15

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

Title: Re: Sweetcorn loving pigeons
Post by: shirlton on October 07, 2007, 08:41:10

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

Title: Re: Sweetcorn loving pigeons
Post by: Pigletwillie on October 07, 2007, 10:24:41

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.

Title: Re: Sweetcorn loving pigeons
Post by: cornykev on October 11, 2007, 20:23:46

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

Title: Re: Sweetcorn loving pigeons
Post by: theothermarg on October 11, 2007, 21:12:42

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

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