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Stop squirrels and mice and rats from
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eating your sweet corn. Welcome to
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Gardening with Ben. And in this video,
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we're going to show you how we stop the
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rodents from eating your sweet corn. One
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of the years I came down and thought,
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I'm going to pick my sweet corn
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tomorrow. The next day, it had all been
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devastated. The lot had been stripped.
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So, ever since then, I've protected them
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and it's worked 100% in keeping the
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crops and stopping them from eating the
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sweet corn. And I've seen other people
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on the plot have their stripped and
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yeah, it works. So, let's show you how
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we stop the squirrels and the mice and
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the rats from eating them.
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So, as you can see, they're starting to
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turn brown now, which means that they're
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nearly ready. And they will be screaming
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out to the rodents and sending out the
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scent, saying, "Eat me. I'm ready. I'm
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getting ready. And I've got delicious
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sweet corn inside of me." So, how do we
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stop them from being eaten? And what do
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we use to protect them with? Well, we
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use bottles. Yes, bottles. This works
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fantastic. Obviously, you've got to wait
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until they start going brown because
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then you know they pollinated and that
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the sweet corn has been formed. So, what
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you do is chop off the bottoms off the
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bottles. And all you do is just stick it
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over the cob like so. And there you go.
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That's your sweet corn protected. And
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you can let it ripen and pick it when
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it's ready for harvesting. So, yeah,
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let's get them all covered.
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So, we've got a lot of them covered with
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the bottles. I know it looks unsightly,
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but it is a case of protecting them from
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the squirrels, and we'll take these off
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and put them on the others as the others
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start to ripen. Hopefully, next week I
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may be harvesting some as they're
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looking pretty ready now. They're
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getting ready towards harvesting. So,
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yeah, if you want to protect your crops,
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this is what you do to save your sweet
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corn. I hope you found that tip useful.
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and let me know if you're going to do it
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yourself. Make sure you share it to
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other people that grow sweet corn as
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well and to a lotment groups. And give
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it a like, leave a comment. Until next
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time everyone, remember keep smiling,
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keep shining and keep gardening with
