[Totty]

I hqve grown swift as well, plants range from about 3-4 foot, but nice and sturdy, all tassles are out now. Is it usual for slugs to munch on the tassles?

[goose]

i have two batches of 'supersweet'...sorry I cant remember the name and i am away from my seed box at the moment.  However, one batch that i started very early indoors, then moved into the greenhouse and then planted out quite early (during that warm spell in spring), are about 5 ft high and all have 2 good looking cobs on each.  Hopefully they are about 3 weeks away from eating.....cant wait

the second batch, that i sowed according to the packet (May, i think) are only about 2 ft high and are really struggling.  i doubt i will get anything from them this year. ...i was hoping to get successive crops, although considering the strange weather we have had this year, i am grateful to at least have one good looking crop for the effort. 

 

[rhysdad]

I'm growing Rising Sun F1 Hybrid, a good performer in our 'indifferent British Summer' apparently!! So far so good, plants tall, 6', and healthy with roughly 3/4 cobs per plant. I keep giving them a shake to pollinate them so we'll see if anything happens!! 

[JayG]

I hqve grown swift as well, plants range from about 3-4 foot, but nice and sturdy, all tassles are out now. Is it usual for slugs to munch on the tassles?

That's a long slither for a slug for something I wouldn't have thought was their usual sort of snack! 

Have you actually caught them in the act?

[mashbintater]

Mine are Incredible f1, and it's the first time I've grown sweetcorn too. Silks are forming  . Having followed advice, I gave them a dose of fbb to give them a boost  .

Anyone tried Sun Dance f1? I'm told they're really good and I'm awaiting a sample 

[boldondig]

I planted Swift  - 2 ft high  - tassels are out - silks ( cobs ) just appearing - I am in the Midlands - I get the impression mine are a bit small - Others on our allotemnt are 3 ft tall and look like they are about 2/3 weeks ahead - may be a diffrenet variety though.

[sunshineband]

I've grown Rising Sun F1 and harvested the first cob yesterday


mmmmmmmmmm 

After my disaster last year growing two kinds near each other  I am relieved to have somthing edible this year  

[Azazello]

Mine are Golden Bantam Improved - the plants are about 5ft tall but no sign of anything yet.

[madcat]

Mine are Kelvedon glory and they are about a foot shorter than they were this time last year.  The tassels are starting to open out, but cobs are few and far between.  Last year I got mostly 3 cobs from each plant. 

The big difference this year, other than the obvious of the cold May and June  , is the watering - last year I put 2 cans of water on the patch (28 plants) every morning.  This year, he has been in charge of watering and it turns out wasn't watering the sweetcorn.     For the sake of the peace we are blaming the weather!   

[Lazy-al]

I think i will be taking mine out very soon. all 28 plants are around a foot tall and not looking very well (after a very heavy aphid infestation) i have found 2 or 3 plants which have male flowers just starting to form in the whorl. I might have to just remove them from the ground and make room. I will try again next year with a bit more vigilance. Still it is only my first year and i'm still learning. 

[Quetzal]

mine are in the 4-5ft range, i think, some forming cobs of some for, it's our first time out, and this thread is making me think i need to go reread what to do with them/what to expect/when to harvest. I was generally intending to wait until there were obviously big cobs there to pick.

[rw3272]

Well mine have shot up by about 2 foot in the last week and a half and now have silks/tassels too... prehaps all is not doom and gloom, and I should be thankful for the weather that is producing smiths period after smiths period!  Now just for some late summer sun to ripen them and the squashes

[digalotty]

about 18 inches high but looking healthy and starting to shoot up this week ,   i hope they have time to develop

[goose]

...following on from my previous post, my second batch have really shot up in the last couple of weeks and are now forming tassles....fingers crossed i will get something from them.  they are only about 3ft high though and their big brothers are at least 5ft, but fingers crossed i will achieve my ultimate goal of having successive sweetcorn crops rather than 'all at once' that has been the case for years

[MichelleC]

I'm a little confused re: harvesting Sweetcorn. I'm growing the variety Lark. The silks are brown but when I peeled back the husk the sweetcorn is still white underneath. I pierced a kernel and it is slightly watery still so I pressume it is still ripening. Do I just leave the corn until it goes yellow and the kernels are creamy when pierced?