"Rhiannon Macfie Miller" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of trying sweetcorn next year. I'm in Perthshire, so I
know this might be a bit of a risk. I also have quite clayish soil,
which I gather sweetcorn doesn't like (though I plan to germinate them
in the greenhouse in any event, so maybe that doesn't matter so much).

The only varieties I can find that say they have good cold tolerance are
all Supersweets, and I had thought that Supersweets were more sensitive
in general than traditional varieties. Am I wrong about this? Would I
be better off going for a quick-maturing Supersweet or one of the older
varieties?

I have grown supersweets inpreference to traditional varieties for several
years because I found that traditional varieties failed to ripen when I was
growing in Warrington which must be 150 miles further south. I have
continued growing supersweets since I moved to Berkshire on a clay on
gravel/chalk soil and have had no significant problems with disease or pest
except maybe earwigs. I start them early indoors then plant them out in May
when they are about 6" high.

Gill M