Sweetcorn

What varieties do others favour?

I can't say that I seek out anything special, I've grown Swift, Lark, Incredible and probably a couple of others too. They've all tasted great so far.

Swift and Lark mainly but like Mcdood a few others.

Maybe its my pallet but I i cant tell the difference in supersweet varieties

I think I grew Swift last year mainly because of the name and assuming it would mature early......it didn't.  I still got a reasonable crop but it was well into autumn in arriving.

This year I am growing Earlibird......once again because of the name, but we shall see. They will be direct sown at the end April as I did with mine  last year with some success.

Last year I used a structure similar to Danny's cold frame to sow them, basically a pallet collar covered with a double glazed window pane.

I have visions of working at my Uncles smallholding where he fed the hens on a mixed corn mix of maize,barley and wheat thrown on the ground to allow them to scratch for it. I remember if the temperature and moisture was right there was sweetcorn plants popping up all over the place.

I may even dabble with the 'Three Sisters' by sticking a squash plant n the middle and a few climbing frenchies round about.

I have some "Medzi" (a super-sweet open-pollinated variety) that I bought last year in a fit of enthusiasm, but didn't get round to sowing because my garden wasn't really ready in time. This year I'm going to stick them in around the squash and courgettes, with no great expectation of getting a serious crop - it will be a nice bonus if I do!

I agree with the Boss, I've grown swift, lark and wagtail and couldn't really differentiate between them. Well see what Picasso does this year.

I think I grew Swift last year mainly because of the name and assuming it would mature early......it didn't.  I still got a reasonable crop but it was well into autumn in arriving.

This year I am growing Earlibird......once again because of the name, but we shall see. They will be direct sown at the end April as I did with mine  last year with some success.

Last year I used a structure similar to Danny's cold frame to sow them, basically a pallet collar covered with a double glazed window pane.

I have visions of working at my Uncles smallholding where he fed the hens on a mixed corn mix of maize,barley and wheat thrown on the ground to allow them to scratch for it. I remember if the temperature and moisture was right there was sweetcorn plants popping up all over the place.

I may even dabble with the 'Three Sisters' by sticking a squash plant n the middle and a few climbing frenchies round about.

Hiya Vinny

So did you grow them on in the pallet collar, if so how many did you grow in that area?

I've grown Inredible (F1) from fothergills for the last couple of years. Mainly because of the number of seeds in a packet (50). With about 2 cobs per plant gives about 90 cobs, (or would if the birds et al would leave them alone and stick to the Maize grown in the field adjacent). Last year I grew some in a bed of their own and some in with the squash and quinoa.

I think I grew Swift last year mainly because of the name and assuming it would mature early......it didn't.  I still got a reasonable crop but it was well into autumn in arriving.

This year I am growing Earlibird......once again because of the name, but we shall see. They will be direct sown at the end April as I did with mine  last year with some success.

Last year I used a structure similar to Danny's cold fram e to sow them, basically a pallet collar covered with a double glazed window pane.

I have visions of working at my Uncles smallholding where he fed the hens on a mixed corn mix of maize,barley and wheat thrown on the ground to allow them to scratch for it. I remember if the temperature and moisture was right there was sweetcorn plants popping up all over the place.

I may even dabble with the 'Three Sisters' by sticking a squash plant n the middle and a few climbing frenchies round about.

Hiya Vinny

So did you grow them on in the pallet collar, if so how many did you grow in that area?

Started in pallet collar and grew on under glass and only removed glass for watering and when the plants reached the glass. From memory I had 3 rows X 4 rows so 12 plants to a collar!

I got some Incredible (f1) in Wilko today, mainly because that's all they had