Anyone growing sweet corn ?

[Vince G]

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

Fair enough, thought there was a question coming!

[peacegarden2024]

annie8 did part of diagram get cut off because the picture i see says the bed is
20 cm width and 4 meters in length? seems bit crowded?

[annie8]

C is courgette, cp is crown Prince and s is sweetcorn. The x are the onion squash. All are spaced as per the seed packets the only difference is that the crown Prince is planted in the middle of the sweetcorn.

[peacegarden2024]

thank for correcting the spacing in a pm the bed has 120 cm width. 4 meter length

[Muddy_Boots]

I have around 52 sweetcorn plants put in a square and fenced off just in case any local badgers try their luck, they tend to leave them alone until the smell them ripe then they will flatten the plants like a bulldozer so they can help themselves to the cobs.

[mrsbusy]

Yes I have a row in but it's the baby sweet corn variety so they don't need to be in a block as they are picked when finger size..I haven't grown these before. I have sown french beans next to each plant - kind of 2 sisters instead of 3 !!

[smallblueplanet]

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.

If you're really unlucky badgers absolutely love them, and know exactly when they're ripe, and eat them before you can pick them! We don't grow sweetcorn any more, unfortunately.

Edit: beaten to the punch by Muddyboots.

[peacegarden2024]

the local wildlife learned their lessons over many years. that I do not share
my garden produce. stealing or attacking crop gets them kill when comes
non mammals. the mammals get trapped and relocated. As for wild boar they
are to dangerous to handle personally but I know someone who has permit to
hunt and deal with them if they ever show their face in my garden. my fence is
designed to keep out small mammals except squirrels. the squirrels learn their
lesson after they try steal my hot peppers every year. the naga peppers have killed
several squirrels in last few years. grey squirrel were the ones that died not red ones.