Anyone growing sweet corn ?

[peacegarden2024]

anyone growing sweet corn ?

[Vince G]

Yup, what do you want to know?

[Jungle Jane]

Yes,I’m growing a new variety this year

[peacegarden2024]

Vince G i don't want know anything except if other people are growing sweet corn.

[Nicos]

Yup - I am too.
Not grown them for a few years as the wild boar like them and we didn’t want to encourage them into our potager.

[MelanieSW]

I'm growing some, in-between the marrows and courgettes. This year the variety is Ambrosia if I remember correctly.

[peacegarden2024]

nico you need fence strong enough to resist the boar.
or is resistance futile.

[Nicos]

^^^ yeh, I know, but it’s pretty futile tbh - it’d be cheaper to buy fresh cobs at market than pay for all the fencing.

[annie8]

Yes am growing more this year in a bed with squash and pumpkins.

[peacegarden2024]

annie8 what spacing are you growing corn, with squash and pumpkins

[annie8]

It is probably easier to show on a picture as it’s an unusual shaped bed. Essentially the sweetcorn are in the middle of the bed in a grid about 35-40cm apart, I have a courgette at each end with about 90cm space, 4 onion squash at the top ( they get trained up a frame ) and have put two crown Prince in the middle of the sweetcorn about a m from each other and will leave them to spread. I’ve grown all these types before but never combined in a bed with sweetcorn. So we will see.

[Snoop Puss]

Have a look at this thread, guys. Seems like we and wargarden2023 and peacegarden2024 have been here before.

https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...for-the-spring

[Jungle Jane]

Well done for finding the thread Snoop,really similar thread

[peacegarden2024]

annie8 could you post diagram that gives an overhead view of the spacing
and a key so I can tell what letters mean for each plant type.

[Nicos]

annie8 could you post diagram that gives an overhead view of the spacing
and a key so I can tell what letters mean for each plant type.

Its clear in the picture what is planted where PG