Sweetcorn seedlings

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AlaninCarlisle

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Sweetcorn seedlings
« on: May 09, 2012, 20:28 »
I foolishly left two seed trays of seedlings (about 10cm high) in my polytunnel last week when the temperature in there dipped to -2C. The top two thirds of each of them has turned a dead-looking brown colour but the bottom bit still looks green and alive. Do you think they'll survive or am I better chucking them out and starting again?
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Re: Seetcorn seedlings
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2012, 20:31 »
If the brown bit goes down inside, the chances are they will rot off


Sweetcorn are not hardy so -2C is likely to have done for them tbh
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Re: Sweetcorn seedlings
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2012, 21:01 »
sow some more there should still be time.

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Re: Sweetcorn seedlings
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2012, 21:13 »
sow some more there should still be time.
I just sowed my first lot on Sunday so get some more in! My kids would kill me if I did not get them their sweetcorn.

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Re: Sweetcorn seedlings
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2012, 21:20 »
Yep, you still have time. The farmers where I live, and I am not that far south, have not started sowing it  yet, the fields are ready to be planted but we have a cold snap on the way so it could be another week before it goes in.
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