Is it safe to put sweet corn out

[darcyvuqua]

Have loads that need putting out but have no cloches left this Is the week ahead forecast from my iPhone app

[Shroomy]

Mine have been out a week but i am in kent my suggestion would be plant some out keep some in reserve see how they go :~)

[rustylady]

Should be OK at those temperatures Darcy.

[darcyvuqua]

I do know that the last frost was meant to have past

[Norfolk drew]

I planted mine out so I hope its ok

[Shroomy]

will also say remember that when they give a min temp on the forcast that is a town temp not a rural one

[zazen999]

The thing that can ruin sweet corn is a harsh nasty wind, remember Friday?

Nobody can say if anything is 'safe'. You need to make your own assessment and take your own precautions if weather is likely to cause damage to your plants.

[marchogaeth]

The thing that can ruin sweet corn is a harsh nasty wind, remember Friday?

Nobody can say if anything is 'safe'. You need to make your own assessment and take your own precautions if weather is likely to cause damage to your plants.

I have looked at mine, weighed up the likely good weather between now and the end of September and taken into account that this is one of the windiest years here since we moved and planted them in the tunnel. This doesn't help you but it is the wind that really stunts them so you might want to rethink their site if you don't think it is sheltered enough or protect them. I use 2l water bottles with the bottom cut off and a stick through the hole, this lets plants that grow tall get well established after planting out before you subject them to the wind.

For clarification, it is not wimpy wind I'm talking about. We have only approximatel 25-30 days a year without wind. It's the speed and roughness this year. It's also coming from directions we don't normall get it so shelter belts and building fronts are all tending to face the wrong way.

[VirginVegGrower]

The wind is worse than the cooler temperatures. I am beginning to think sweetcorn should be a PT crop for me or that we simply aren't geared up to grow sweetcorn in this country. One cob off each plant seems not worth bothering with to me.

[marchogaeth]

The wind is worse than the cooler temperatures. I am beginning to think sweetcorn should be a PT crop for me or that we simply aren't geared up to grow sweetcorn in this country. One cob off each plant seems not worth bothering with to me.

I hate sweetcorn in the tunnel. It is soooo dirty! But I love fresh corn.

The local farmers make maize silage and they shouldn't really be cutting it until it flips from starch to sugar but last year crops were in the field until the end of October and I suspect it was still a case of get it while they could. If you look at the rows on the field margins they are tŵty if they aren't protected by the hedge.

[Chef_uk]

Mine are in the cold frame for now hardening off. It's June next weekend for heavens sake.

[stelladays]

Mine went out yesterday, fingers crossed

[toby6668]

Worried about planting mine in the lottie now. Really windy up there on top of a hill. Might have to rethink that one.

[Niall]

Mine went out yesterday with some old bottles with the tops cut off slotted over the smaller plants for protection against the wind. The larger ones I put a brick next to the base of the plant so when the wind catches it it blows against the brick - it worked for me last year whilst they established some proper roots.

[Mr Bones]

Mine have been out for a week but are shielded by two foot high wind breaks.