"Jayne" wrote in message
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Hi Beth!

I'm also at the stage of organising a "new" (to me) garden. Ours is about
1/2 acre. I want to grow vegetables too & am going to start off with some
raised beds.
I have sweetcorn sprouting nicely in little pots in my utility room (I
don't
have a greenhouse as yet) & was wondering if anyone can tell me how big
they
should be before planting them out?

I'm trying to learn from books, magazines & newsgroups as I've only been
living & gardening in the UK for 4 years (previously lived in South
Africa)

I'm sure you'll find lots of useful info here.

:-)
Jayne

Size is not such a big problem, depends on the size of pot they are in. I
plant mine out when they are only about 6 inches high, but they are only in
fairly small 3" pots, so they haev to go out before root restriction becomes
a problem. The more important bit is that they should not go outside until
the last frosts have occured. Bit of guess work there really. I plant mine
out at the end of May, and live in Oxon, in the middle of the country near
to one of the weather stations which records some of Englands
earliest/latest and worst frosts, which is odd since we aren't that far up
the country just a long way from the warming sea!.
Duncan