"Mike" wrote in message
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: "David Rance" wrote in message
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: On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Trevor wrote:
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: Does anyone manage to get 2 cobs on a plant?
:
: I have been picking inside (polytunnel) for several weeks now and out
: door
: sweetcorn from tonight. Theres always a small secondary cob, but never
: anything on it.
:
: I'm in East Yorkshire, and nowhere further north than here receives any
: more
: sunshine. (Climate probably comparable to Lincolnshire)
:
: Yes, I've had a variety in the past that's usually produced two,
: sometimes three cobs per plant on an allotment in Reading. However this
: year the last time I saw my sweetcorn (three weeks ago) they hadn't
: developed any cobs at all.
:
: I look forward to them when I get back in September! Hope I'm not
: disappointed.
:
: David
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:
: I have noticed that the Sweet Corn crop here on the Isle of Wight is
: dreadful. Sparce coverage of plants on the fields and not very 'alive'
: looking :-((
:
: Mike

Here in the south the thieving magpies have eaten most of the crop. Thought
it was mice and greased the stems but have since seen 3 magpies at a time on
the plants, so yet another crop to be netted next year

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