flattened sweetcorn

I've just come back from the plot  I was hoping my sweetcorn would be ready to pick, but its been flattened by the rain and wind and is now lying in the mud. the cobs are not even ripe  anyone had better luck with their sweetcorn this year ?

Last year wasn't great for sweetcorn, but even so mine were finished and in the compost bins by now.

This year I have only just started harvesting them, and the quality is not great. 

They haven't blown over so far though; the block of plants has canes round the outside with a single string around and diagonally through them at about 2-3' high, which is enough to help them support each other if they are reasonably close together (life's too short to stake each one individually!)

For the second year running my sweetcorn has been a failure so I won't bother growing it again (well until I forget what a failure it was and try again in a few years time!).  The plants are no more than 2 feet tall and in some cases smaller. 

Debz, I am eating my sweetcorn in Glasgow. I have good sweetcorn every year.

My second year growing sweetcorn,and wev'e just finished the last cobs so they are now out and on the compost heap!
Last year I learnt my lesson when they all got flattened in a gale,and so this year I staked every one as soon as they were big enough.
Once again this year pollination time coincided with a persistant strong wind....as a result some of the cobs were patchy.
I think sweetcorn is very hit and miss,but a block of a dozen or so plants doesnt take up much room,and boy does it taste good. Rushed back from the plot and cooked within minutes of being picked it is one of the joys of summer.
I'll be growing more next year.

we did really well as its our first time so far 28 cobs majority good quality have full sun from sunrise to sunset.

we have had great luck but next door had complete opposite nothing at all and really short  :blink:

not sure what happened really 

I am going back tomorrow to see if any progress has been made. a fellow allotmenteerer suggested they were ok as the roots were still covered. heres to hope of a sweet cob for tea