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Can't seem to find anything in the books I have, and I must be searching for the wrong terms online!
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You put it in miscellaneous with things like Rhubarb.
Technically its a grass.
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Sweetcorn belongs anywhere you have a gapAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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im pretty sure sweetcorn is a member of the grass family so it will grow anywhereComment
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I intend putting mine with squashes/cougettes this time, but they need to be block planted for the wind to pollinate them.
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Found this - it may be of use to anyone unsure of crop rotation
The Six Bed System
1. ROOTS: Carrot, parsnip, Beetroot, chicory, spinach beet, chard, and celeriac
2. ALLIUMS: Onions, garlic, leeks, and shallots.
3. LEGUMES: Broad beans, runner beans, French beans, peas
4. BRASSICAS: Cabbage, cauliflower, sprouts, broccoli, Swede.
5. SOLANACEAE: Potatoes, tomatoes
6. CUCURBITEAE: Courgettes, Squashes, and (Sweetcorn)
Salad crops can be fitted in around the others as catch crops.
“If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles Churchill : A dog will look up on you; a cat will look down on you; however, a pig will see you eye to eye and know it has found an equal
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i follow early potatoes with sweetcorn which i start off in pots and plant out when the spuds have been lifted.Comment
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corgettes did very well under the sweetcorn last year and kept the soil moistComment
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Mine went in a bed with a load of dwarf beans last year and did very well which is a shame to me as I think it's horrible stuff but OH was happy.
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