What size paper pot for sweetcorn?

It's been a while since I grew sweetcorn (never bothered with chitting either :?). But I think you could probably get away with the pot size you're already using, thought slightly deeper might be good. The main things with sweetcorn are:

1. It's a relatively tall crop, so it might need a good root system for it to remain stable, hence the deeper pot. (staking/ pea sticks might be useful as they get bigger too).

2. They're hungry! REALLY hungry! so a good amount of manure and other fertiliser ("Gromore" if you're not a chemical free gardener, or Blood, Flish and Bone if you are) will help massively at planting out time, along with plenty of water throughout the season.

And finally...

C! Don't forget to grow them in a "square". Sweetcorn are wind polinated, and a group of them in a square is more likely to yield a better crop than a row.

Good luck!
Stu

The roots are starting to come through the sides of my paper pots and it's a good three weeks until I can plant them out. Will they be ok?

I make them up to the lid of an aerosol can, Snappy 

Snappy actually posted that question 5 years ago! 

 

Oooops...  :blink: