Sorry, La Puce, I didn't answer your question.

I grew all my sweetcorn from seed in pots first and then planted out. I
planted twenty five in a block 5 x 5.

The soil on that part of my plot is the best soil anywhere on the allotment
but I don't know why. That's how it was whn I got the plot.

Most plots here have an abundance of flint stones (we suspect is was
originally a Stone Age flint mine!) but there are hadly any on this part of
mine.

Over the past 2-3 years, I've dug plenty of well-rotted compost in and ged
the bed with Growmore before I planted anything.

I, then, fed it with tomato food, as I had read to do this in a gardening
book. That's all I did but it seems to have worked!

Regards,

John


"La Puce" wrote in message
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On 2 Sep, 11:23, "John Vanini" wrote:
I don't intend to eat it as it looks most unappetising and even spread
with
butter its looks would not be improved!

LOL!!

Just out of interest does anyone know what this is?

It happened to me many times - last year I'd left about 10 cobs,
looking just like the one you describe, to the 'beasts' visiting our
allotment. This year our corn is not really looking good and I suspect
we will have many tiny cobs - I blame all the rain and not enough
sunshine but also lack of feed. In my case I didn't give enough
nitrogen/potassium which the sweet corns benefit immensely from at the
flowering stages, I went on holidays for too long ... and too often
this year. Also I was late planting our corn this year, which didn't
help. Did you straight sow or in pots first and then transplanted? And
did you feed your sweet corns?