On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:15:45 GMT, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:


"Boron Elgar" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:48:14 GMT, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:

I am a fairly experienced gardener but this is my first year growing
sweet
corn. The plants are all well grown, the cobs are large and the kernels
are
full and juicy. But the taste is quite poor. It would be less than half
an
hour between cutting and cooking. I have been sampling some every few
days
for a couple of weeks but the result is the same, the texture when cooked
is
heavy and chewy (despite the kernels looking good) and the flavour is
bland
and not sweet (despite the variety being supposedly very sweet).

So what's wrong? Is it too young, too old or some other thing?

David



What variety did you plant?

Boron

Kelvedon Glory which is an F1 hybrid.

David


That is a variety that *should" yield a sweet and fine textured ear,
but sometimes the Garden Fairies just don't bless us. Somme years are
great for tomatoes, some for corn (every darn year seems to be good
for zucchini), some for the grapes...etc.

It might be almost anything, from the weather to the soil, to the
time of planting, etc....the only thing I can recommend is not to use
the same variety again.

Wish I could offer more advice.

Boron