On 2 Aug, 14:14, David Stokes wrote:
Someone gave me a few sweetcorn plants that were surplus to their
requirements. I've planted them but as with most surplus plants they
probably went in a bit later than optimum.
They have grown well and the one flower on each are just beginning to show
but not yet open. I don't know whether they are too late to produce crops
and so dig them up?
What stage should they be at?

DAvy

Mine are 5 or 6 feet high and the cobs are pollinated (tassels on cobs
turning brown) Should be ready in a couple of weeks. I am irrigating
regularly. I chuck loads of compost round them too.
But it depends where you live. I am in Herefordshire.
They will be OK, don't worry unless we have exceptionally cold weather
this month.. They progress very quickly from the point your's are at
now.They need another month of warm weather so you should be OK.