[andy dewar]

Hi i planted my sweetcorn out 2weeks ago and its looking rather sad    it was lovely and green when planted out but is now yellowy looking , should i give it a feed any help would be appreciated thanks in advance

[snowdrops]

Can you protect it from the cold & wind? Stick some canes in & wrap around them with plastic or bubble wrap,

[Dopey113]

I am growing it for the first time this year, thought you plant it out when its warm, so in a few weeks time, its too could at night right now I think?

[snowdrops]

Yep too cold in my opinion, I only sowed mine last Thursday. Someone on our plots planted plants that they had bought at least 3 weeks ago, but they don't look very good now

[Aunt Sally]

I agree with Snowdrops.  The weather has been too cold recently for sweetcorn; I'm only just hardening mine off ready for planting out.

If, like Snowy says, you can protect it from the wind it may pick up again.

[Hampshire Hog]

Put mine out this week covered by cloches. They were 6 inches tall and escaping from the root  trainers.
Add whatever protection you have available or can improvise. There are more sweetcorn on our plot but all are protected from the current cold weather. Good luck to all of us!

Cheers HH

[robinahood]

It's amazing the difference in size and vigour, I had plastic bottles over a few of mine when I grew them and can vouch for the benefits of wrapping them up!

[DD.]

Mine are still nice and cosy in the greenhouse.

At this latitude I wait until June before I even consider hardening them off.

[Salmo]

Cold is the problem. Sweetcorn do not like temperatures less than 10 C. Our nights have been down to 5 and less and days have struggled into the teens. The wind does not help. This next week looks better. They will have a sulk but should pick up. Shelter if you can and give some liquid feed.

[Mr Dog]

One of my near plot neighbours has had his sweetcorn out since the end of April! They've survived longer than I expected. The few covered with bottle cloches look decidedly 'unwell' whilst the uncovered ones look pretty dead. It isn't that surprising as the highest overnight temperature in my greenhouse at home has only been 5°C over the last week or so, with a couple of nights dropping below 0°C.

[ghost61]

I just wish mine would germinate!  When they have they've rotted off at the bottom, and I only mist them rather than water them.  Really bad luck with them this year.

[Goosegirl]

In previous years when I've planted mine out around the end of May, their leaves have tended to go yellow but recover after a bit of liquid feed. What I do now is give all my plants a boost with liquid feed a week or two before planting out and it really seems to help, or sometimes I do it on planting as well as adding BFB. Sweetcorn are very hungry plants and it takes time for the BFB to get going.

[Robster]

I think I'd feed and nurse them along but I'd sow some more today.  They germinate so quickly and grow on to make up any gaps or get rid of the sickly plants that'll always struggle.

[Eightball]

Temperature, temperature temperature. Remember those 3 things when growing sweetcorn. It REALLY does not like cold weather. Even if you have to put out sweetcorn a lot later than you would like they will catch up fast as they grow super quick. Once they get their growth checked by cold temperatures they can sulk for AGES!!!

As others have suggested I would protect whatever plants you have on your plot but sow some more. Even if they have to go onto the plot at the end of June they will catch up.

[Hampshire Hog]

Just checked mine on the plot this morning look happy in cloches at present (17 deg C ) but taking no chances I have erected a small wind break to help them keep warm as possible.

HH