How are your Sweetcorn doing?

[amandaandherveg]

Failed miserably last year with sweetcorn but they're doing well this year and some tassels are forming nicely. How is everyone getting on with theirs? Any cobs yet?

[zazen999]

Cobs!!! Not yet.

I put mine in a tad later - obviously. I lost a load to wind last year so didn't want to take any chances.

My first batch are going great guns - thickening up nicely.

[FionaH]

No cobs yet but growing well

[deezyb]

mine are very slow unfortunately but checked them there and they are doing okay, certainly no tassels yet!! I gave some to my dad and his are in his greenhouse and are massive!!! how unfair!!

[bjblackmore]

No cobs yet, but 13 2ft tall healthy (touch wood) looking plants. Would have been 16 but the last batch of seedlings I got from Homebase were cr*p, only 1 has survived.

[deezyb]

those look fab, I've only got 3/4 plants that look like that...the others look all shredded!! Have left them in ground though...never give up hope

[shoreham_steve]

Got tassles on mine. I grew from seed this year. I bought seedlings last year which grew well until the wind and rain got them! The few cobs that we did get were good tho'.

[bluemoon]

I always sow mine late, so I don't expect cobs until September, but they're doing well and I usually get a lovely crop just when we're getting fed-up of everything else.

[SarzWix]

Mine are all dead. Out of 45 sown, in 2 batches, I have one plant...

[COMPOST CORNER]

Second week in May 36 from 48 seeds germinated in moist kitchen roll, 24 planted into loo roll tubes, 16 grew but room for 9 only in veg bed, these were put in place three weeks ago. Not much taller but significantly thicker stems. Still only about 10-12 inches tall but still hopeful.

[terrier]

I seem to have no trouble germinating them, just getting them to grow is the problem. I've got so many still in small pots I didn't have room for that are as big as the ones I planted out a few weeks ago! Still, it's only June so hopefully they will take on Triffidic tendencies soon

[taff]

Mine are about 10 inches high, but I'm not sure about the ground they're growing in. It seems to be rock hard underneath, had to break it up a bit to plant something else in there, so hopefully, they'll be ok with it, and next year it'll have some more compost mixed in.

[greengas]

I have 10 planted of which 3 are struggling 3 are doing fine and 4 have cobs!

[Alice]

Mine are looking good. Tassles out the top and cobs with tassles out the sides - 2 per plant so far - so I'm hopeful for a decent crop.
I did start them early - maybe about a month too early - and had to keep them in the conservatory when they were quite big. I'll know for next year.

[Alice]

Sarzwix - what a shame. What happened to your corn ?