Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Oscar Too on April 30, 2007, 13:26
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Well, both the pot sown and the chitted sweetcorn seedlings have done well, with the chitted ones catching up very quickly when I put them into pots. Will be chitting in future.
When will they be big enough to withstand mollusc attack? The largest are about 6 inches now - is that big enough to plant out? I've lost too many to slugs, and there's too much male pride and "look woman - man grow sweetcorn, feed you" riding on this.
Oscar
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Your Profile doesn't say where you are ???
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Good question would be interested too.
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Bung em in bottle cloches
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good point - I'm in the warm and sunny South East.
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I am in sunny Blackpool ish and most people were planting them out over the weekend, myself I have only just sown them.
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Thanks for that
It's more a question about the height and size of the sweetcorn seedlings than one about the weather. I really don't want to lose them to slugs, so was wondering whether they ever become invulnerable, or whether I need to put us some sort of barrier.
I think I'll plant them this weekend and use lots of repellent. I need the space, apart from anything else.
Oscar