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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: tode on July 29, 2009, 20:44

Title: Sweet corn
Post by: tode on July 29, 2009, 20:44

Just eaten our first sweet corn (first of the year and first ever :) )
Delicious  :)

Title: Re: Sweet corn
Post by: Bombers on July 29, 2009, 20:52

I thought you were very early until I read your location.

Lucky you. Was it nice and sweet?

Title: Re: Sweet corn
Post by: jjbull on July 29, 2009, 22:00

im in the north east and think some of mine are going to be ready very shortly the tassles are just starting to turn brown and i cant wait

Title: Re: Sweet corn
Post by: AlotArds on July 29, 2009, 23:23

Congrats on sweet corn - I can't wait mine are coming on slowly, but then I'm in Northern Ireland - I might take a sun lamp down too speed things up - thats if the rain stops lol

Title: Re: Sweet corn
Post by: tode on July 30, 2009, 07:56

They have done very well (to my inexpert eye  ;) ) and taste great.
We had a month of really hot weather, and thats whats made the difference I think, but have been watering every 3 days.
Cant take any credit for them though: it was Madame who sowed them: I told her not to bother because they never come to anthing  :blush: :blush: :blush:
Will definitely do them again next year, especially cos we dont often get them in the shops round here.

Title: Re: Sweet corn
Post by: Kristen on July 30, 2009, 10:30

I grew a small block in the greenhouse.  They were very good, recommended! I planted Swift which are quite short, so they only got to about 5' - unlike the old fashioned varieties that would have lifted the roof!