Buckeye Rose

electric fence low to the ground

janell2009

Try this.. it worked on my beets... I used a full bottle of cheapest hottest hot sauce I could find, put it in a blender with hot water to make about 1 quart. I strained it thru a coffee filter and put it in a spray bottle. I sprayed the foliage with it...They came back one more time AND NEVER BOTHERED MY BEETS AGAIN. So with the corn, spray it on the emerging ear and surrounding foliage... once they get a bite of the hot stuff they will not come back.. and it washes off for humans.

Or you can use oil instead of water. I had luck with the water so did not need to use the oil. If they come back use the oil with the hot sauce.

Kappy

That's what we do too, except we wrap small pieces of aluminum foil around it which encourages them to "touch the shiney stuff", and they usually leave the corn alone!

thepolyparrot

I thought you were asking about a quilt block - you know, "Hole in the Barn Door," "Geese in the Puddle," "Racoons in the Corn..." ;)

ptquilts

I think you need two strands of electric, low to the ground. I have given up growing corn.

sweetpea

lifeboy soap,or hair. go to the beauty shop and ask them for some. put it around your patch, both have work for use.

justflyingin

Me too. I thought maybe it was a picture quilt.

GrannieAnnie

Rent my two dogs---------------maybe not. They wouldn't have much sympathy on the corn.

PrettyCurious

I thought "Racoon's in the Corn" was a name for a quilt pattern that I just hadta see!

*hangs head and exits

Kappy

That is so funny....it really does sound like the name of a quilt pattern, unfortunately for those of us who are trying to grow a garden it's not as cute as it sounds! Maybe "Pelts on the Barn Wall"!!!