sweet corn - am I too late?

[jackyspratty]

Have sown my strawberry popping corn which is coming along nicely in the polytunnel. Have just discovered my sweetcorn seed isnt viable, is it too late to buy some new and sow it this week? Its to go on a new plot, which still needs a bit of work on it to put it midly!

Thankyou

[Jeanied]

I was really late with my sweetcorn last year and it all came right in the end - albeit later than the rest of the plotholders on our site!

[HayleyB]

Yep to the end of May I was late last year but still got a crop.

[Pies]

You can clumps in pots at the garden centres now could save you a few weeks

[CaroltheCarrot]

mine is only just germinating in the airing cupboard

[HayleyB]

This years are just poking their heads out of the compost

[vicky]

I'm planning a second sowing at the end of may to stagger the harvest - you're not too late!

[HayleyB]

Same here, got my seeds ready for a second innings

[selfraising]

Only four of mine have come up so far so have sown another lot and bought some in the garden centre as back up.

[elsie-scot]

seeds are only getting sown this week, too cold to plant out here until first weeks in June

[Bramble_killer]

some of mine are just poking up, going out in ten days or so.

[binley100]

I didn't sow mine till June last year and we got a decent crop off them.

[CaroltheCarrot]

i need to ask, mine all germinating but how long do i leave them in cupboard and do i bury them when planting or do i leave the wee shoot poking out of soil

[Kittypickle]

Are you starting them on tissue paper? If so the white bit you see is the root. You just make a hole in the compost then op the deed in with the root going down, cover with compost and in a few days a green shoot should appear from the top. If you plant in loo rolls you can then just put the whole loo roll into their final planting position once hardened off.

For anyone wanting to get theirs going quickly but no airing cupboard, lash year I put mine in a takeaway container on damp tissue, then onto a covereed hot water bottle or heated wheat bag in a cool bag. 48 hours and they had roots. I've just used this method to get my cucumbers going and MSG had started within 24 hours, all of them plus 3 pumpkin seeds and some sunflowers in 48 hours.

[jackyspratty]

Thanks every one. My lotty buddy said it was too late to sow, but I wasnt sure as a lot of the books say may/june. We are running out of space in the poly tho, as lotty 2 is not yet ready to do much on, so we may plump for ready grown from a garden centre nearer the time.

Thanks for all the tips as usual.