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Sweetcorn with brown staining on the bottom of the stem

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Goosegirl

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Sweetcorn with brown staining on the bottom of the stem
« on: June 03, 2014, 13:45 »
My corn planted in the GH are ok, but the ones I had outside to harden off and have just planted out have brown staining at the base of their stems. I'm sure I have seen this before but can't for the life of me remember if it was ok or not. They have been in 5" pots in good compost and fed with liquid feed and are about 8" high.
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Re: Sweetcorn with brown staining on the bottom of the stem
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2014, 15:06 »
Hi Goosegirl, I have a similar problem with mine (i'm suprised one of the Mods havn't commented on this yet) i transplanted mine to 3" pots to grow on, got to about 4" high, then about 2 weeks ago put them outside to harden off! lo and behold they have all succumb to the stem rotting  :(  Was there a cold snap? too much damp? I don't know. i have started some more on the windowsill, just hoping it's not too late.  :)
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Re: Sweetcorn with brown staining on the bottom of the stem
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2014, 15:12 »
Just been out to have a look at mine (still in paper pots thanks to the weather!)

They are about a foot tall, and the lowest few inches of all of them is a reddish-brown colour, which as far as I'm concerned is perfectly normal colouration, even though TBH I've never noticed it before.

Brown and soggy would be a different matter of course.
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Re: Sweetcorn with brown staining on the bottom of the stem
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2014, 15:33 »
Yeh JayG---- brown and soggy is about right, the center seems to have died off :( wont be able to get to the lotty today, so don't know what has happened in the last few days!
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