Sweetcorn

We bought sweetcorn from a garden centre in a small flower pot. There were about 5 plants in each, but they were so tightly rooted together that we couldn't seperate them. I have looked up how to plant corn and it clearly says you should plant in grids individually. Whoops :hehe:

Will they be ok? As I say we have four clumps of five plants. They look extremely healthy, are about 2 foot tall and already we can see corn inside beginning to develop.

Also - how do I tell if carrots are ready to pull?

 

I am no expert but I have just planted seeds for my grandaughter which have sprouted. i think the grid thing is to keep them close together because of pollination so maybe yours are grand. Have you them in the garden or in containers? I don't know what to do with these.

 

They are in the veg patch - I was just a bit concerned because of them being bunched, but they look ok on it!

 

Sweetcorn is a greedy plant - it does best in rich soil. So you might find that each plant only produces a single smaller cob as a result a of too much root competition.

However you should have no problem with poor pollination as they are so close together. Suggest a general feed is applied after a few weeks to help them along.

 

Brilliant thanks :thumb:

I fed them with the miracle grow form the hose gun this morning. Will that suffice until they start producing, when I would swap to tomorite.