Err.... asking for a friend... but is the chitted bit of the sweetcorn that appears the root or shoot? So which way up would it go in a toilet roll tube?

The root is first to sprout followed a day or two later by the shoot. Root is pointy with hairs coming off it, shoot is blunt and smooth.

3 today 

Has anyone grown this variety (from the telegraph strain). I have on in a 10" pot and is 18" tall with 5 small cucumbers  on it-one of the 4" long. Amazing.I wasn`t expecting any thing `till June.

I always grow from seed. It doesn't seem financially logical to grow from sets but so far dire. Hardly any seeds have come up. Growing in trays in greenhouse/conservatory.
Might be the seeds are passed it though. I do have some doing very well which I planted in the autumn. I must admit they are rarely large but on the other hand it's dirt cheap to grow from seed. Specially as I buy from premier seeds! Twice the amount for half the price!

Can't say I have problems with sweetcorn in pots. 1 failure out of 35 I assume you haven't got the space as pot grown is very successful.