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Good solutions for animals eating your newly planted corn
Posted on 4/1/25 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 4/1/25 at 3:41 pm
About two weeks ago I planted a few different veggies in our garden and trying corn for the first time. They started sprouting about four days ago and they did well with the bad weather we had yesterday with the rain and strong winds. This morning I go to check on everything and roughly a dozen of the corn were either ripped out of the ground or bitten off at the base. I'm thinking it could be a rabbit but not sure. The cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes and watermelons weren't touched. I went and blocked any holes or gaps in the yard under the fence where anything could come in but does anyone have any suggestions and/or recommendations
What animal do you think it could be?
What are some good ways to avoid whatever it is to come back?
I have read anything with an unpleasant smell like onion or garlic powder or cayenne pepper should work.
TIA
What animal do you think it could be?
What are some good ways to avoid whatever it is to come back?
I have read anything with an unpleasant smell like onion or garlic powder or cayenne pepper should work.
TIA
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 4:00 pm
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:16 pm to poolplayah
years ago, i had planted corn in my garden, and started noticing plants bent over a few inches above the ground with ears missing...it turned out to be raccoons...one evening i saw the mother climbing a stalk, knocking it over in the process...then i saw her 3 babies in a nearby tree...she never touched anything else in the garden, so i just let her have the corn 
Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:41 pm to poolplayah
Could also be deer, which can jump a 4 foot chain link fence like its nothing. I used to see them in my garden when it was still cool in the mornings. They would eat the stalks/leaves of anything in the garden. Some sort of netting helps. I put tomato cages up around the corners, and ran some netting over the whole thing about 2-3 feet off the ground.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 7:17 pm to poolplayah
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This morning I go to check on everything and roughly a dozen of the corn were either ripped out of the ground or bitten off at the base
This happened to me a few decades ago (in the 80s). It turned out to be a family of nutria. That is also the first time I ever ate nutria, corn fed nutria
But they did not leave anything lying around, they ate it stalk and all. And we were very close to a coulee.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 7:59 pm to poolplayah
My Dad was having this problem with coons eating his corn. Someone told him to make a mixture of water and tabasco sauce and spray it on the corn plants with a pump sprayer.
It solved the coon problem and didn't change the flavor of the corn. Maybe it will work on your pest.
It solved the coon problem and didn't change the flavor of the corn. Maybe it will work on your pest.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 7:32 am to poolplayah
Do you have a dog in the yard? My lab will eat the hell out of corn sprouts
Posted on 4/2/25 at 7:46 am to poolplayah
If you don’t have a dog guarding it, a short electric fence should help.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 8:06 am to Dallaswho
No dog and have a standard wooden fence in a gated subdivision but have plenty of wildlife!
Posted on 4/2/25 at 8:28 am to poolplayah
Does wifi reach the area? I use this solar powered camera with a light. When motion is detected a light comes on and I have notifications set to alert my phone.
Amazon Pan Zoom Tilt solar camera
Edited to add link to 180 degree camera if you don't want the pan tilt zoom. I have both of these and they are both great cameras.
Wide Angle 180 degree view camera
Amazon Pan Zoom Tilt solar camera
Edited to add link to 180 degree camera if you don't want the pan tilt zoom. I have both of these and they are both great cameras.
Wide Angle 180 degree view camera
This post was edited on 4/2/25 at 8:34 am
Posted on 4/2/25 at 1:34 pm to TimeOutdoors
We do
Just have a ring camera in the backyard but mainly facing the patio and back door. Every once in awhile we have motion on the front overnight between 1-3 and it’s been two rabbits.
Just have a ring camera in the backyard but mainly facing the patio and back door. Every once in awhile we have motion on the front overnight between 1-3 and it’s been two rabbits.
Posted on 4/2/25 at 7:28 pm to ruzil
Capsaicin is your answer if birds aren’t your problem. Birds aren’t affected by peppers.
ETA. Sounds like crows. They love to pull them up and eat the seed.
ETA. Sounds like crows. They love to pull them up and eat the seed.
This post was edited on 4/2/25 at 7:38 pm
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