Topic: mini sweetcorn

[loulou]

reading about normal sweetcorn would it be the same for mini as this is the first time growing mini sweetcorn  blocks and the pollination process etc any help would be very much appreciated

[agapanthus]

Apparently these need to be grown in rows...so they don't pollinate :)

[amanda21]

::)  Gardening - contradictory, confusing and down-right puzzling at times!  I'm loving it more each day!   ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

You won't stop sweet corn pollinating by growing it in rows. It's wind-pollinated, and the pollen blows about. The most you can say is that pollination will be a little less efficient.

[Jesse]

I grew my mini sweetcorn in tubs, I don't think they need to pollinate as you're eating them as immature cobs and therefore don't need to grow them in blocks like normal sweetcorn.

[Curryandchips]

This sounds like a very worthwhile crop, for my family consumes a lot of minicorn, and it seems reasonably expensive to buy frozen. Can anyone suggest a typical yield per plant, so I can consider how many plants to put out?

[loulou]

reading my packet of minipop f1 it says produces 5-6 cobs per plant  so if that are right its one pland a day for me then (only 4 in my family)

[angle shades]

I start my mini-corn off in individual pots in the greenhouse at the end of april,when danger of frost has passed,plant them out, I use mine as a wind-break
around the plot. You pick the cobs before they are pollinated so it does n't matter
how you plant or space them. You usually get 3 or 4 cobs per plant and if you get
a glut freeze them dont leave them on the plants ,they get big and tasteless.
Hope this helps/ angle shades x

[loulou]

thanke it dose help
 from loulou

[Jesse]

Pretty much the same yield as for normal sweetcorn except they're picked before they're big. Do plant more than you think you'll need, my daughter enjoyed snacking on them so not many reached the dinner table let alone the freezer.

[agapanthus]

I agree with you Jesse.........found that I ate more on the lottie than actually cooked ;D