[Mike.white]

Grew about 20 or 30 "Sundance" this year - some in pots - most in deep beds, sufficiently spaced and they have got as far as large cobs starting to form... and then just stopped. We got to the stage of the tassles coming from the end of the cobs but no change at all after that - now it looks as if they are starting to die off. To investigate I pulled a few cobs and all we got was one full cob - the rest have started to form a few bits of yellow corn at one end and that's it!

Anyone any idea where I went wrong?

[tode]

Corn needs lots of warmth and lots of water, if not they wont grow, and just dry out.
I wouldn't think they would do very well in a pot (unless very large), but I expect others will have had succes.

Not getting grains on the cobs is probably due to poor pollination: the pollen from the male flowers at the top has to fall down onto the female "flowers" (silks) on the cobs. Which is why they're always grown in a block, to prevent the pollen being blown away and lost.
Better luck next year 

[Babstreefern]

I did c***p this year on sweetcorn.  Plenty of sunshine and rain - corns were pretty small.

[bigginge]

My wife and I have just had our first cobs, the first we've ever grown as we got our allotment in April this year. They were wonderful, and plenty more still on the plants.

[Riala]

I have about 12, they all hot tassels, all felt nice and firm, but the 3 I have pulled off so far (over the space of 2 weeks) have been only half grown, or fully grown but solid corn not squishy.

Now I dare not touch the others, even though the tassels have all disappeared.

[tode]

Riala: you mustn't leave too long, or theyll be rock hard. Pick when silks have just gone brown.
I put a pic somewhere, but dont know how to link it.

[Riala]

*sigh*

I was told on here to wait until they 'had' gone brown, not just brown.... dammit.

They were like this, and I was told to wait longer!

[DD.]

I suppose the jury's out on this.

My corn is never ready until the silks have gone a really dark brown and practically died off. I'd never contemplate harvesting cobs like those in the picture.

You should be able to feel the corn underneath the husk without peeling it back.

[tode]

That's too early Riala, they're still golden.
Wait till brown and dryish. And the grains should be pale yellow:

[Riala]

The ones i picked, had no tassels at all, they had gone brown and all disappeared.

[tode]

Well, you can always give em to the chickens (if they've got good teeth 

[peapod]

And the old test...peel back the husk and stick a fingernail through a kernel.  If its milky juice coming out its ready..if its clear it isnt

[Rangerkris]

I got tiddly widdly ones and about 15m away my dads are huge like shop brought ones. Im putting it down to shade on my plot. Next year im going to be planting corn on my new plot thats in full sun till late in the evening and lots of water will be given.  Even tho tiddly they still taste great.

[Mike.white]

Strange really - they were in quite deep beds by and large - just a few in pots... and in blocks too - still never mind - there's always next year! Thanks, peeps!

[jolly jen]

my sweetcorn done fab .i used an early variety....picked 5 in the morn a few weeks ago ,went back in the afternoon,,,,and the rat had ate the 6  fattest juicyest ones left,,but of course only ripping into one side of each cob.he did it right under my nose when i was walking down to them wirth my knife ready to take them off,he was there munching away.if he hadnt off been soo quick to run off under my butternut squash ,,i would of chopped is head off,although my knife was bunt,,,would of too a while,,,yuck!!!