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  • #16
    I'm growing swift for the first time this year due to other members recommendation.
    @thecluelessgardener

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    • #17
      I have grown lark sweetcorn for the last few years with excellent results here in Yorkshire. I have never grown beans up them but I always plant my squashes outside my sweetcorn square and encourage them to romp through the sweetcorn. This seems to keep the weeds to a minimum.

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      • #18
        Thank you all for varieties and tips - suspect three sisters will be courting disaster. Any thoughts on giant sunflowers?
        No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home.

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        • #19
          I have grown Swift for years, last year grew Lark instead (which I have always regarded as being "similar" - seed of Swift not available from my normal supplier). Lark grew more cobs-per-plant than Swift, other than that (rather major bonus!!) I thought it was much the same. Bred to be not very tall so gets on with producing cobs early in its life, important for the short summer in the UK [compared to, say, USA] and also bred to be very very sweet (a so called "super sweet" variety)
          K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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          • #20
            I had a superb crop of swift last year, most were frozen within minutes of picking and I am still using them now.
            photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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            • #21
              I'm doing something wrong as I don't grow enough to last the Summer out, let alone freeze !
              K's Garden blog the story of the creation of our garden

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              • #22
                I'll be happy with one.
                He-Pep!

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                • #23
                  Ah a gardener after my own thought process.
                  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison

                  Outreach co-ordinator for the Gnome, Pixie and Fairy groups within the Nutters Club.

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                  • #24
                    Originally posted by kris1960 View Post
                    Any thoughts on giant sunflowers?
                    Good companion for corn,slugs got mine last year,but good for attracting predatory insects
                    Location : Essex

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Kristen View Post
                      I'm doing something wrong as I don't grow enough to last the Summer out, let alone freeze !
                      Youm eatin em too fast !
                      photo album of my garden in my profile http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...my+garden.html

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