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)

Trevor
Kirkburn
East Yorkshire

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Trevor wrote:

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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"David Rance" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Trevor wrote:

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


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"Mike" wrote in message
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: "David Rance" wrote in message
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: On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Trevor wrote:
:
: 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
: --
:
: 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

www.rraa.moonfruit.com

"David Rance" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Aug 2006, Trevor wrote:

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.

Here in west Notts I picked and cleared my corn plot two weeks ago. I
planted out my usual 16 plants in a block 4 X 5ft (closer than is
usually recommended) on 17 May and this produced a very good crop of 28
cobs, all full size and well pollinated.
I found the July drought slowed growth to a standstill and I feared the
crop would be a wipe-out, but after I started watering every day plants
soon recovered to about 6ft.
Water was the key to cropping this year because for the first time I
persuaded my neighbour to grow a corn crop...... I gave him 20
plants......he did everything by the book and followed my lead but his
plants didn't grow any taller than 20inches ! A disaster. The only
difference was that he neglected to water regularly during the scorching
weeks.
pp.