Re: pests in the sweetcorn

Posted by john d - entertain those coons! on March 15, 2001 at 13:48:32 from (206.141.74.34):

In Reply to: pests in the sweetcorn posted by nick w on March 15, 2001 at 12:05:20:

First let me say that my suggestions DO NOT come with any sort of guarantee!!!

I've had some success with an electric fence strung around the patch. Two wires, about 6" and 10" off the ground seem to have worked pretty well, especially when the ground was damp. However, this system has been wrecked a few times when deer wandered into the wires!

I used to have a dog that would bark when the coons got into the corn, but he wasn't interested in trying to chase the bunch of them out. Other dogs might be of more use....

Believe it or not, the BEST success I've ever had against coons is to put a radio about every 75 feet or so around the perimeter of the patch between the outside two rows. Put each one in a bread wrapper or a zip-lok bag to protect against rain. Turn them on just before dark, and set the volume loud enough to be heard at least 100 feet away. The key to it is this: Use at least 3 or 4 radios, and put them on DIFFERENT stations! I usually set one on a talk format, one on some really ugly rock or hip-hop station, one on CW music, etc. The coons don't seem to like the discord, and will generally stay out. I have NEVER lost sweet corn on a night when I remembered to turn the radios on, and when the batteries were good enough for them to still be on in the morning!

So far the coons haven't learned to turn them off, but I've found that if the system breaks down (from me forgetting to turn them on!) and they get in there for a taste, they'll make up for lost time!

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