[alinda]

Does your allotment allow you to grow it our allotment has a problem with it

[mumofstig]

Hello and welcome to the forum. Where are you growing?

As far as growing Maize - how would they know the difference between maize and sweetcorn?

[Norfolkgrey]

Hi and welcome.

Has anyone or any printed docs. said why growing maize is an issue on your site?

[LotuSeed]

Just a guess, but if you're referring to corn other than sweet corn, like Indian corn or dent/flint corn, then cross pollination could ruin any sweet corn (or super sweet corn) that is tasseling nearby, making it unpalatable.

[Norfolkgrey]

Just a guess, but if you're referring to corn other than sweet corn, like Indian corn or dent/flint corn, then cross pollination could ruin any sweet corn (or super sweet corn) that is tasseling nearby, making it unpalatable.

I thought sweetcorn and supersweet would do the same thing

[New shoot]

Normal sweetcorn can cross pollinate with a supersweet variety and reduce the sweetness.  Maize isn't that sweet at all and has a different texture.  Although it is good to eat in its own way when you get used to it.  If that crossed, people would really notice the difference to their sweetcorn 

[LotuSeed]

They will, but I'd rather have a cross between two sweet varieties as opposed to one sweet crossed with dent corn, since flint/dent/Indian corn/maize  isn't used for fresh eating but rather for use in making cornmeal, masa, etc.

[New shoot]

There are some varieties that people from African countries roast and eat fresh Lotus.  That is how I have eaten it - freshly picked and put on a BBQ.  It is chewy, but a bit moreish when you get used to it.

I think it is the same stuff that that would dried and ground for meal in their home countries.  The drying is not easy in the UK in our damp autumns, but the fresh roasted cobs give a little taste of home