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Charlotte Sometimes

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Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« on: August 21, 2005, 17:49:28 »
OK, what did I do wrong THIS time?  ::)

The corn has grown but the cobs are minute. :-[

What's a girl to do?!?!?
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terrace max

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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2005, 18:22:32 »
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A rain dance?
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jennym

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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2005, 22:43:56 »
Start them off early. Sow mid April so they have a long growing season, plant out mid/end May. Earth up around the stem when about a foot high.
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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2005, 00:18:19 »
Mine were planted out a month late owing to late frosts. Have I still got any chance of getting corn this year?
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Charlotte Sometimes

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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2005, 12:16:39 »
Did start them early - in loo rolls!  I favour terrace's theory on lack of water. 

I am wondering if it is rather late in the day to expect the cobs to get any bigger now?  ???
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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2005, 12:38:00 »
never grown sweetcorn but lots of my neighbours do. they tell me that theirs is not ready yet but they are confident of getting a good crop by the end of september.
we're down in london by the way, if that makes a difference.
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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2005, 12:54:01 »
Charlotte

same with mine..... good job I don't have to live off the crop! :-\
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Re: Teeny Tiny Sweetcorn
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2005, 18:22:16 »
Picked 23 cobs yesterday tastes absolutely wonderful. I had been checking the sweetcorn on each visit to the allotment, using the finger nail test and decided to pick slightly earlier than last year. It has definitely paid off, now need to go down again and pick more before it's too late.
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