Should sweet corn be grown in a greenhouse or outside? The plants are in
growbags.

Thanks

I grow them outside in Plymouth and they do very well in the open ground

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Should sweet corn be grown in a greenhouse or outside? The plants are in
growbags.

Sweet corn will grow very well outside in most parts of UK provided that
the plants are raised indoors first. Plant them out after frosts have
finished in a block, rather than in a row to assist pollination.
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Should sweet corn be grown in a greenhouse or outside? The plants are in
growbags.

Thanks

I have about 15 plants going in west wales. Plant them in pots in a
greenhouse or cloche etc until they are about 6 inches high and then plant
out in square blocks. this is essential, about 2 ft apart....mine are about
2 foot high now and doing nicely. Just planted out another 2 to replace 2
lost, and they are about 8 inches high, planted the seeds about 3 weeks
ago...be careful not to damage the root structure in the posts when you
transplant.

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Should sweet corn be grown in a greenhouse or outside? The plants are in
growbags.

Thanks


We have acres of it growing in the Isle of Wight. Every year fields are
covered in polythene covering the rows of young plants, this is removed
when all trace of frost are gone.

Went by a field yesterday and they were watering it with huge sprays and
the plants are about 2 ft high in old money.

(Anyone coming to the Isle of Wight in the Spring and going along the
road from the Hare and Hounds to Brading, could be confused to think
that there are Lakes everywhere. No, fields of polythene. Fascinating to
see it laid and even more fascinating to see it 'rolled up' when lifting
it off)

Mike

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I find the ones sown later directly into the soil do just as well as
the ones which have had a head start in pots, if not better. Sow a
couple of seeds at each station as the birds or slugs may get a few.

On 23 Jun 2003 04:29:30 -0700, (David) wrote:

I find the ones sown later directly into the soil do just as well as
the ones which have had a head start in pots, if not better. Sow a
couple of seeds at each station as the birds or slugs may get a few.

I lost all my indoor sown sweetcorn to damping off this year. I
bought another packet (of the earliest I could find in B&Q - Jubilee
F1 if I remember correctly) and sowed them direct, in pairs, about 3
weeks ago. They've all germinated so I now have to kill half of them
:-(.

A couple of years ago I started Sundance F1 in pots and when I planted
them out I filled the remaining space with directly sown seed of the
same variety. By harvest time I couldn't tell the difference.

I suspect that a lot depends on the timing and the weather, but
directly sown seed will not suffer the trauma of transplanting.

I am in Manchester.
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On 23 Jun 2003 04:29:30 -0700, (David) wrote:

I find the ones sown later directly into the soil do just as well as
the ones which have had a head start in pots, if not better. Sow a
couple of seeds at each station as the birds or slugs may get a few.

I lost all my indoor sown sweetcorn to damping off this year. I
bought another packet (of the earliest I could find in B&Q - Jubilee
F1 if I remember correctly) and sowed them direct, in pairs, about 3
weeks ago. They've all germinated so I now have to kill half of them
:-(.

A couple of years ago I started Sundance F1 in pots and when I planted
them out I filled the remaining space with directly sown seed of the
same variety. By harvest time I couldn't tell the difference.

I suspect that a lot depends on the timing and the weather, but
directly sown seed will not suffer the trauma of transplanting.

I am in Manchester.
--
Stuart Baldwin
news\at/boxatrix\dot/co\dot/uk