sweetcorn

just thought i`d show you these.im really chuffed! :D i started them off in a large coldframe,i think around twenty odd but ended up with fifteen.we`re gonna have them with chops for tea. :D

 

Very nice Elainefiz.We picked all of ours last week,but forgot to take photo's before they all went into the freezer...Enjoy

Kandy

 

thanks Kandy.did you blanch them before freezing?

 

Hi ElaineFiz,
your cobs are making my mouth water just looking at them! Hope you really enjoy them and congratulations on a really good harvest!
Kind regards
Roy

 

Well done, Elaine. Corn on the cob is my favourite. Our friends here have a veggie patch and we "share". I supplied them with some sugar snap peas and sweetcorn. They planted the sweetcorn, went off to England for about a month and came back to discover the rabbits had eaten them all!

 

Elaine your corn cob looks so inviting fresh pepper and melted butter can just tast them now.Well done.

I have never grown corn cob.I posted thread in edibles I would like to grow baby corn an dbaby courgettes.

Are grown the same way and how and when would I start.

Should I sow seeds,complete novice.

 

Hi Scotkat,last year was my first attempt at sweetcorn and so i was a bit dubious,especially when the man in the next allotment said he`s never had much luck on account of the dodgy climate here in the North East.I can`t tell you much about how to grow baby corn but there is a note of a one called Minor in my book that is ready for harvesting when the cobs are about 4inches long.I started mine off 2 per 3inch pots and removed weaker seedling(they don`t like root disturbance)in a cold frame in early May.You could use peat pots but that`s up to you. They take around a fortnight to germinate.Harden off before planting out in early June in blocks(so they can pollinate) or when seedling touches glass.They are ready about late August early September.To tell the truth i just followed what it said on the packet and they turned out OK.