Mini Corn

[Cloud]

Growing mini corn for the first time.Started them off in jiffy pots cos corn don't like its roots disturbed.Then read to plant them in rows
I thought corn was supposed to be grown in blocks.Got any ideas peep's.

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, in blocks.
We grew them last year. Disappointing crop. Won't waste the space on them again.

[vegnut]

Cloud, you say that you are growing mini corn. If that's the case then you can grow it how you want. Because you pick the mini cobs before they are germinated, so pollination is not necessary. Hope this helps.

[Cloud]

Dunno.bought seed from T&M Mini corn and it says on the packet grow in rows.

[vegnut]

Sounds about right Cloud. Follow the destructions and you'll be ok

[lynda66]

i was looking at these the other day, but didn't buy any, think i have enough for this year ..... so if you pick them before they are pollinated, does that mean you have a massive plant with a tiny little cob on? or am i being thick

[Cloud]

So I take it that a mini corn is an un pollinated normal corn?

[vegnut]

No you aren't being thick lynda66, that's exactly what happens, you get three'ish cobs on a plant that grows probably six feet plus some. That is why not everyone grows them. See Two Sheds reply at the top.

[lynda66]

blow that then lol, all that waiting for it to grow that tall, then only a mouthful of corn, definitely not got enough space for them

[vegnut]

So I take it that a mini corn is an un pollinated normal corn?

Not quite. I don't know the science behind it , but you cant use a normal corn plant for mini corn. As i'm led to believe. I could be corrected here if i'm wrong.

[vegnut]

blow that then lol, all that waiting for it to grow that tall, then only a mouthful of corn, definitely not got enough space for them

HaHa Just grow the real ones. They arent as tall and you get three big ones per plant. Just remember to sow them in Blocks

[lynda66]

too late for that, cos i already planted them in 2 rows, mind you, they are next to each other so hopefully they'll be ok, i've over planted everything,(just in case) cos half my garden isn't ready for anything to grow in it yet, so if they grow, and i have to move them, i'll replant them in a block

[The Doctor]

So I take it that a mini corn is an un pollinated normal corn?

Minicorn seed has been specially bred to produce better, smaller cobs rather than the larger ones of traditional corn.

It's rather like the difference between courgette and marrow plants.

[Cloud]

Yeah but if you leave a courgette on the plant long enough it becomes a marrow

[TrustyTru]

Just remember to sow them in Blocks

Being a new comer and abit thick what do you mean by growing things in block, do you mean close together?