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Peter Clayton commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"Thanks John & Stephen for the comments. I have also spoken today to another allotment holder and he says every year is hit and miss on all his veg but he has stated that he chits his seeds in the airing cupboard on wet kitchen towel, checks…"
John Martin commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"Hi Peter
I try manfully to grow sweetcorn up here on The Moray coast NE Scotland. I find that gentle heat from below and try not to have the compost too moist works fairly well for me with about 80% germination. My main problem is…"
Stephen Byrne commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"P.S. I should add I did lose some though - in a gale in May, when a parasol was blown on top of them as they were being hardened off!"
Stephen Byrne commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"Hello Peter, it was my first try at sweetcorn this year. At the first sowing only 8 out of 15 germinated, which doesn't give much for a block-planting, does it? Before the second attempt I did a bit of reading up and so I ended up chitting them…"
Peter Clayton commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"Thanks Jan and Flighty for the comments. I have also noticed that the seeds used for the sweetcorn plants I purchased from the garden center were a red colour and I have purchased some of these seeds before, although it was some time ago. I believe…"
Jan Willetts commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"I have had similar problems this year-the first lot rotted and the second lot look so feeble I didn't know whether to bother planting them out. But I put some chicken manure pellets around the planting holes and have watered well and they are…"
Flighty commented on Peter Clayton's blog post Sweetcorn disaster"Hello Peter and welcome to the forum. I presume that you sowed seed that didn't germinate and you had to buy plants instead.
As I'm sure you realise there really is no foolproof way in gardening and we all have problems like this now…"
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Hi all, Can anyone help me?I have been a keen gardener and veg plot holder for some 20 plus years and until this year have had extremely good results with sweetcorn. After planting three varieties in different types of compost in my greenhouse I gave up and purchased some from a garden center. Is there a full proof way anyone knows of?Would love to hear as always learning the error of my ways!PeterSee More
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Sweetcorn disaster
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 18:02 7 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all, Can anyone help me?
I have been a keen gardener and veg plot holder for some 20 plus years and until this year have had extremely good results with sweetcorn. After planting three varieties in different types of compost in my greenhouse I gave up and purchased some from a garden center. Is there a full proof way anyone knows of?
Would love to hear as always learning the error of my ways!
Peter
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