yellowing sweetcorn

[francesbean]

help!

I usually have a lovely crop of sweetcorn - this years are all yellow foliage not the lovely green they should be. I havent done anything different.

Soil is good loam, I didnt add any manure to this bed this year - Should I feed - if so what?

Ive got flower spikes but no cobs as yet.


francesbean

[rustylady]

Have they had enough water?

[francesbean]

weve had a few dry days , but also a helluva lot of rain. I'll try more water, but dont think thats the problem. Rest of veg are doing really well apart from beans that got eaten by the chickens!

[SarzWix]

You could try some chicken manure pellets? You can chuck them in some water & then water it on if you want them to act a bit faster

[Alice]

No expert here Francesbean, but all else being equal, yellow foliage could be magnesium deficiency. Try spraying with Epsom Salts ( from the chemist) 3 teaspoons to a pint of water. If it doesn't do any good it won't do any harm. Good luck.