Suitable sweetcorn for the NE of England

[wbmkk]

This will be my first year with an allotment, so I am obviously keen to do as well as I can.

My wife has asked (rather .... demanded) that I grow some sweetcorn, as it is one of her favourite vegetables.

She reckons it is easy to grow ... and it was when we lived in South Africa. However, the north east of England is quite a different story. The last frosts are at the end of May, so the growing season isn't very long.

Which variety should I consider growing

I am aware of the fact that I might only get one, or at best two cobs per plant, but I better do what I am asked, or I'll not be allowed to buy any more toys (sorry, tools) for the allotment.

[Bigmallly]

Here is an extensive list to blow your mind.............

List of sweetcorn varieties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[greenishfing]

Here in not so sunny Yorkshire I've grown a few varieties over the years. For the last 3 or 4 years I have grown "Lark" because I have been so happy with them. They are really sweet. as soon as my extended family realise that they are ripening they appear at the allotment in droves. I usually get 2 or 3 cobs per plant as you expected. I usually start them off in individual pots towards the end of April and plant them out at the end of May.

[realfood]

Swift is an early tendersweet type and always succeeds in Glasgow.

[Spunky]

Swift is an early tendersweet type and always succeeds in Glasgow.

How tall did the plants grow real food?

[Kristen]

Swift is an early tendersweet type and always succeeds in Glasgow.

How tall did the plants grow real food?

The Swift I grew in the greenhouse got to about shoulder height, outside a bit less than that. I've never had more than one cob-per-plant off Swift, but clearly they are designed to start producing cobs when the plant only has a very few leaves, and by that means the plant is able to make a cob in the shorter season of the UK.

[realfood]

Swift usually grows to between 5 and 6 ft with me.