Growing Sweetcorn above other crops

[MarkHackwell]

I have just tried to have a quick plan of where I am going to put everything on the Allotment and it appears that i am going to be struggling slightly with space I was thinking of possibly putting my cabbages under the sweetcorn plants as the summer cabbages should be out before the sweetcorn gets too high, has anyone done this before? and what do other's intercrop?

[SarrissUK]

CHarles Dowding does a lot of intercropping - if I was more organised, I'd be inspired by him lol

My advice would be.. get another allotment. No space issues then. If you still have space issues, get another allotment

[Jungle Jane]

I’ve heard cabbage between tomatoes helps against diamondback moth but I’ve never grown cabbage yet. I planted squash amongst the block of corn & runner bean teepee on the edge. It’s difficult weeding the middle of the block but squash trails outwards.

[Mark_Riga]

As Jane says, if you grow squash or marrows, they can have sweetcorn in between. Make sure the sweetcorn are big enough before planting out as squash leaves grow big but do help control weeds in the plot.

Cabbage would be OK but you won't be able to cover them at all if pigeons or butterflies are a big problem.

[PyreneesPlot]

I also grow corn amongst my squash - the corn in blocks in the midle of the bed and the squash (start) all the way round the edges. Sometimes I pop in lettuces or radishes if i'm short of space, but they often get swamped by the squash which has also been known to pull the corn over!

[snuffer]

One of my allotments is divided into 6 x 3.5 metre plots. I often plant three pumpkin or butternut squash plants in the middle of one of these beds then plant the rows of sweetcorn. Always seems to work well. One theory is that the trailing habit of the squash helps to prevent weed growth but unfortunately, I've never found that to be the case.

[Snadger]

Traditionally it is the' three little sisters' Sweetcorn,Squash and climbing beans together in one area.

[Mamzie]

Thats interesting, I am just trying to plan mine out and thinking about hat to grow with my sweetcarn. Mine doesn't often make it to pot as I eat it raw.

[Snadger]

Thats interesting, I am just trying to plan mine out and thinking about hat to grow with my sweetcarn. Mine doesn't often make it to pot as I eat it raw.

Ditto! Much better raw when fresh from the plant.

[Muddy_Boots]

Our sweetcorn have to be grown on its own in a square so you can isolate it with posts and wire fencing, barbed wire and/or an electric fence.

Its not to stop any humans stealing but the animals that like to raid our plots, namely the Badgers that will roll on and flatten sweetcorn so they can eat the cobs and leave you the husks. Its not worth trying to grow anything else within the rows as if they manage to get through the defenses you will lose those plants as well as the Sweetcorn. The little blighters or rather big blighters are a constant irritant to everyone and when they can't get the Sweetcorn they switch to Carrots and dig them up and scoff them instead.