Cornish lad Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi ,I know the Game season has only just finished ,but Iam looking ahead for working out our game cover for next season .Has anyone tried the no cob maize I think it's called foxxi ,apparently it doesn't in a normal summer produce cobs ,the reason we're maybe looking at this maize is to not have the badgers /deer knocking it down to get to the cobs which we have a problem here with .prefer maize over kale as we have acres and acres of cauliflower s grown on our shoot ,have anyone out tried this maize any feedback would be great thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Not sure if it was that variety but was in a shoot that had a drive next to a farm yard and had to put cobless maize in to stop rat problem near buildings. functioned exactly the same as normal just no food value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish lad Posted February 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 Thanks for that reply ,I just wondered if the maize had any damage from the badgers or deer looking for the cobs or they left it alone ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 We have the same problem with Badgers going to try Sorghum this year which also stands the weather better than Maize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 Why maize if you don't want cobs? Try kale or some of the vigorous grasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish lad Posted February 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 We have tried sorghum on several occasions and more hit and miss with weather when growing down here ,last year would have been brilliant with all the heat but you can get caught out with the wrong summer with this here in cornwall maize is far better growing temp wise .Growing kale is fine but issues are that the ground has been heavily growing commercially cauliflowers for the last 5years and we struggle with club root 😡😡even to the point we have planted utopia which brights said was club root resistant ,when they saw a sample they changed there wording for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Some good reeds and grasses that hold up well self seed and get better every year. Find maize oy good for first half of the season then it gets too bare and cold to hold the birds when the bad weather kicks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 17 hours ago, figgy said: Some good reeds and grasses that hold up well self seed and get better every year. Find maize oy good for first half of the season then it gets too bare and cold to hold the birds when the bad weather kicks in. This. Even on big BIG shoot, the maize was past it's best before christmas, but the canary grass was still looking good on beaters day. There is a grass I see locally which grows thick and sturdy, with wide long spearhead shaped leaves, and in the autumn turns a vivid straw colour; it is wonderful to see and wonderful cover...if only I knew what it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Have you considered artichokes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Scully I forget the name, it was Grown and cultivated as thatching material in any wet areas of fields. Very very good cover that lasts all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 We had the same badger and deer problems last season on one of our bigger maize crops. We also see no point in Kale as we as you know are also covered in cauliflowers. I think we are going to go for a traditional cover crop with a bit of everything in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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