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terry d

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« on: July 09, 2009, 22:26 »
Hi
I have lark fi hybrid sweetcorn growing on my plot and i have noticed that some of the plants are throwing up one and sometimes two sideshoots growing up from the base of the plant would it be favorite to remove these and have just one growing stem or does it not matter
cheers terry d

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titch

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Re: sweetcorn
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 22:28 »
now i amight be wrong and sure if i am someone will correct me but think they might help stabilise the plant - bit like an anchor? sure someone with way more knowledge than me will be along in a bit to tell more on this
sorry not much help  :wacko:
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Re: sweetcorn
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 22:30 »
Have alook at recent question about this
here

Titch i think you mean the extra roots that grow from the stem? you can earth these up if you want to help stabilize the plant :)

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Re: sweetcorn
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2009, 22:38 »
thanks mos, i wasnt sure but knew that something coming out the bottom was like and anchor  :wub: -
couple of mine have the extra tiller so hoping ofr extra cobs - keeping an eye out for the roots and wont get them confused now  :wacko:
thank you :)

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Re: sweetcorn
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2009, 06:15 »
I'll lock this thread as there is a very recent one in existance on the same subject.
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?



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