[Beetroot Queen]

Ok the early bird and all that but I love sweetcorn lol
I pre-chitted it as always but I didnt plant until the green bits came through. Much easier to stand up in a pot, I did the same last year which didnt harm it at all. They are now upstairs happily in pots between 1-2 inches high am I the only daft early bird LOL 

[m1ckz]

ill be a week or so yet   bey hey  nothing ventured..gl

[Beetroot Queen]

I couldnt wait for spring, may do another batch or two incase.

[gavinjconway]

BQ - far too early - at least a month early... in my view..  Unless you plant in a heated poly..

[fatcat1955]

Good Luck.

[Beetroot Queen]

Yay i feel like I have taken the challenge now. LOL i'll keep you all posted 

[gobs]

Yay i feel like I have taken the challenge now. LOL i'll keep you all posted 

Send us photos of those falling over pots of  maize lettuce that cannot go out yet!

[Beetroot Queen]

Yay i feel like I have taken the challenge now. LOL i'll keep you all posted 

Send us photos of those falling over pots of  maize lettuce that cannot go out yet!

Yes yes I will 

[Beetroot Queen]

Hope you all have your hats ready for ........... Eating 

[pigguns]

Yup, just showing.  The polyhouse has a temp today of 40 degrees (the gauge in right on top of the sweetcorn!) before I vented it, just chancing an early batch. well snuggled up at night.

[boddy]

Ok the early bird and all that but I love sweetcorn lol
I pre-chitted it as always but I didnt plant until the green bits came through. Much easier to stand up in a pot, I did the same last year which didnt harm it at all. They are now upstairs happily in pots between 1-2 inches high am I the only daft early bird LOL 

When  you say 'pre-chitted' does that mean germinated? Like you would with seed not a potato?
I'm new to this!

[mumofstig]

Here's a thread about chitting sweetcorn
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=34827.msg417144#msg417144

[3 allotments]

Yep i also sowed some more today 250 in all

[Beetroot Queen]

Oooohhh the challenge deepens LOL i waited for the green to show and it gives them a fab head start LOL time will tell.

[gavinjconway]

I put mine one per module, throw them on the heated propagator and in 3 days they start to poke through.. no need to pre chit in my house. Last week in April mine normally get sowed.. No faf and 98% germination last 2 years from 300 odd seeds sowed.. Normally about 3-4 weeks from sowing to plant out in the plot.

Last year I didnt sow enough and started some Incredible off on 23 May - by 9 June they were 5" high and planted out..

Then found another bed to grow more so sowed some Earlibird on 7 June and planted out 24 June... and I had a brilliant crop from them as well.  That's 16 days from sow to plant out..