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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 27, 2011, 09:58:30 pm

Title: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 27, 2011, 09:58:30 pm

Only just got it in the ground, they are about 6 inches high, I saw someone elses and its about 3 feet high, made me feel depressed. :(

Title: Re: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: ellied on June 28, 2011, 07:33:32 pm

Mine have been in the ground a month and are little more than 6" so you're not alone - cats dug up 2 of the 8 aswell so like the tomatoes they're on my bad list this year :(

Title: Re: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: Greenerlife on June 28, 2011, 07:46:15 pm

My first lot all died, so my second lot have just gone in.  Mine are smaller than yours!  (Does that make you feel better?  LOL.  I hope so)

Title: Re: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on June 28, 2011, 07:54:14 pm

yes it does a bit, I suppose they have some time to grow.

Title: Re: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: egglady on June 28, 2011, 09:05:35 pm

as soon as it warms up they''ll shoot up

Title: Re: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: melodrama on June 28, 2011, 09:20:58 pm

I've got sweetcorn for the first time this year so don't know what to expect (except hopefully corn of course ha ha) mine are about 6 inches tall and the cats have left them alone remarkably.  Is it true I'll only get one cob per plant if I'm lucky???? ???

Title: Re: sweetcorn only just planted
Post by: Womble on June 29, 2011, 06:24:14 am

I planted a whole packet. Only three germinated, then a slug ate two. The final one is now about 5" tall despite having been on the go for months now.

See? Cheer up! There's always somebody out there doing worse than you!  ;D