[BarefootDancer]

We're growing Minipop, bought as eight plug plants from the garden centre. Came on pretty well in our south-facing bay window and planted them out in early June.

Looked a bit straggly outside for a while, but are now quite tall and very sturdy looking. Flowers just beginning to appear and one plant has a cob forming   

Next door on "The Big Plot" they are also growing about eight plants, although not sure which variety. Their plants look a lot more spindly than ours, but have been flowering for ages and each have about three cobs.

So hopefully we will both be enjoying some sweet, sweet corn soon!

Barefoot x

[mumofstig]

Sorry if this is bad news but minipop is the kind you stirfry!

Bred especially to produce mini corn - this variety produces 3-5 cobs per plant and should be picked before the tassels appear.

Tender cobs can be eaten raw or cooked.

Plant closely at 8in/20cm spacing.

•Baby Corn!

quote from - http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/sweetcorn-mini-pop-seeds-pid2579.html

[8doubles]

My sweetcorn was very slow to get going but the last week of sun we had worked wonders and the cobs  seem to be forming nicely .

[BarefootDancer]

Sorry if this is bad news but minipop is the kind you stirfry!

quote from - http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/sweetcorn-mini-pop-seeds-pid2579.html

Yep, that's what we eat the most    Although, will admit to not doing my homework re harvesting - seems we don't have to wait for flowers/ pollinating etc, so can probably harvest the first cob now 

Might have a go at growing the full size version next year, for a change and as these seem to have done well

[mumofstig]

Yep, that's what we eat the most   

*big sigh of relief* 

[angelavdavis]

Sorry if this is bad news but minipop is the kind you stirfry!

quote from - http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/sweetcorn-mini-pop-seeds-pid2579.html

Yep, that's what we eat the most    Although, will admit to not doing my homework re harvesting - seems we don't have to wait for flowers/ pollinating etc, so can probably harvest the first cob now 

Might have a go at growing the full size version next year, for a change and as these seem to have done well

I made the mistake the first year I grew these of leaving them too long before harvesting and they were inedible!  Am giving them another go this year.

[GrannieAnnie]

Mmmm may try those next year, I love baby corn!

My sweetcorn plants aren't as tall as they usually are, but all but one have cobs forming, and a few have 3 cobs on one plant.  Hope they turn out okay!

[JayG]

I have 8 plants, all 7 foot high and bearing 2-3 cobs each. Considering the poor growing conditions this year, and how the plants were struggling earlier on, I'm really pleased 

What variety are they Aelf? (at 7' tall I'm assuming they're not Swift, unless I've been doing something really wrong for the last 3-4 years!) 

[aelf]

Hi JayG, I'll have a look for the packet when I get home, can't remember the variety off-hand but I don't think they are Swift.

[Pony Girl]

I've got 7 plants - most of them have cobs on (some plants have a 2nd cob forming). Tassles are starting to go brown but they are not very tall and the cobs don't look that big.

How do you know when they're ready?

[sunshineband]

Sorry if this is bad news but minipop is the kind you stirfry!

quote from - http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/sweetcorn-mini-pop-seeds-pid2579.html

Yep, that's what we eat the most    Although, will admit to not doing my homework re harvesting - seems we don't have to wait for flowers/ pollinating etc, so can probably harvest the first cob now 


Might have a go at growing the full size version next year, for a change and as these seem to have done well

I made the mistake the first year I grew these of leaving them too long before harvesting and they were inedible!  Am giving them another go this year.

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Same here.

So far the plants are about two feet tall but no sign of any cob growth yet. Watching  carefully 

[Agatha]

I decided this year that I didn't really want any sweetcorn, so I'm just growing them for the lovely feature they make in my garden, a beautiful mass of six inch high greenery... Well, that's what I'm trying to convince myself of anyway...

[Springlands]

I decided this year that I didn't really want any sweetcorn, so I'm just growing them for the lovely feature they make in my garden, a beautiful mass of six inch high greenery... Well, that's what I'm trying to convince myself of anyway...

 

[Wavertree Red]

Getting there slowwwwly.....

The small one on the right is a result of a co-planter bending the plant to within an inch of its life  .

[mumofstig]

mine have finished producing pollen and it doesn't look as if many cobs have been pollinated, it's just been to windy
So I'll just have to wait and see.

On a plus note the winter squash growing through them seem to have set a few squashes, fingers crossed for them as well