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Q: When is corn ready to harvest? A: When the raccoons eat it all

daryljurassic
15 years ago

Had to vent. After putting up a huge scarecrow, several pie pans on strings and rat-traps, the coons chowed on my corn again for the second night in a row. Must be ready to harvest...an sh2 variety called 'Gotta Have It'. Two days ago I had about 300 ears. Today I'm close to 100. Most were only partially eaten. The ones left look like they have a week or so until they would be ready. I'm not very optmistic at this point. I know they can easily climb over the 4 foot fence but was surprised when they didn't set off a single trap. The only satisfaction: about a 100 feet away, they did happen to get into a bowl of antifreeze(oops.) If they weren't nocturnal, they would be eating lead & copper...

Until I can justify the expense of an electric fence, this is the last time I plant corn. They also are trying out the ripe tomatoes. First time thats ever happened.

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