Sweetcorn

I haven't had a good sweetcorn year since the first time I grew it, which was at 6 inch spacing. It seems like every time the pollen is about to drop we get a summer storm that sends it everywhere but the tassels!

Picked my first cobs yesterday. I've only grown Swift this year and the weather wasn't kind to them. I thought sweetcorn thrived in heat, mine didn't. Mind you, not a lot of plants did. Veggie did you bother with sweetcorn in the end?

No, I didn't bother and I might as well have not bothered with courgettes either. Its been a bad year for almost everything. Very disheartening.

Sweet corn is off the grow list until I have my other tunnels. My plants are only 2ft high. So I’m guessing I’m not getting any corn this year.

Picked my first cobs yesterday. I've only grown Swift this year and the weather wasn't kind to them. I thought sweetcorn thrived in heat, mine didn't. Mind you, not a lot of plants  did. Veggie did you bother with sweetcorn in the end?

They need lots of water and lots of nitrogen to thrive. My Swift have done OK but the cobs are a bit on the small side. Yesterday was the first time it rained here for what feels like a month.

Picked my first cobs yesterday. I've only grown Swift this year and the weather wasn't kind to them. I thought sweetcorn thrived in heat, mine didn't. Mind you, not a lot of plants  did. Veggie did you bother with sweetcorn in the end?

They need lots of water and lots of nitrogen to thrive. My Swift have done OK but the cobs are a bit on the small side. Yesterday was the first time it rained here for what feels like a month.

They've had the water, but not the feed, perhaps a note to self for next year.  Whilst the cobs are smaller, they still taste great.