Squirls and sweet corn

[Jimmy]

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

[mcdood]

Yes they love 'em and don't just take one at a time either, be afraid

[mothhawk]

Squirls - may be a typo but I love it They'll never be squirrels again!

[Mark_Riga]

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

[Jimmy]

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

[ameno]

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.

[mcdood]

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.

[Jimmy]

Fingers crossed no damage yet. Two nice cobs last night.
Jimmy