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Question about Sweetcorn

Discussion in 'Edible Gardening' started by Paul Blackburn, Mar 24, 2018.

  1. Paul Blackburn

    Paul Blackburn Gardener

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    I planted some sweetcorn in small pots and put them in one of my heated propagators.Most of them are now over a inch high could I now put them in my unheated greenhouse to grow on as I need a propagator to start my chillies,peppers and cucumbers off.
     
  2. Phil A

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    A tad early for sweet corn, frost could get them in the greenhouse.

    Got a window cill?
     
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    • pete

      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      I've never sown sweetcorn until late April.;)
      I'd have sown the chillis and peppers about a month ago:smile:

      Hold fire on the cues.
       
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      • Verdun

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        Yes a tad early. A cold gh may be ok but I would cover with fleece for 2 to 3 weeks
        I would sow again in a month's time; these will catch up and probably be better plants Paul :)
         
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        • Scrungee

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          I'll be sowing 'normal ' sweet corn for eating late April/early May. In a week or so I'll be sowing some tall South American varieties that need a very long growing season to stand any chance of producing cobs and theI'll be sizeable plants in deep 2L rose plants by the time they're planted out.

          My Chilles were sown in January, a bit late now for sowing.

          And it'll be several weeks before I sown any Cucumbers.
           
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          • Linz

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            What they for Scrungee, chickens?
             
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            • Gail_68

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              @Linz we hung sweetcorn from a middle tree a few years back to stop the squirrels eating the bird food...they love them mate :dbgrtmb:
               
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