Author Topic: sweetcorn all out :) (Read 5586 times)

OP · « **Reply #20 on:** June 01, 2004, 16:18:10 »

well it's not going to do any harm, but grass clippings don't compost very well as they have very high silica levels.

Multi - Yeah, but I planted what I had from last year, and I had runners :)

ina · « **Reply #21 on:** June 01, 2004, 20:04:54 »

This crooked picture shows my corn. Notice how low and scummy the water is in the small canal that borders the lottie, it has been so dry lately.

philcooper · « **Reply #22 on:** June 02, 2004, 08:55:28 »

With no water on my allotment and approx 6" of thin soil on chalk, I wouldn't object to to scummy water that close to my corn!!!!!

Phil

In dry (despite a damp Tuesday) Hampshire

Mrs Ava · « **Reply #23 on:** June 02, 2004, 12:00:46 »

I agree Phil, Inas canal makes our stream look like a ditch in comparison!!

Also Ina, your corns look great! Mine are still quite small. I have never had any success with corn and it is begining to show! :'(

PoleDragon · « **Reply #24 on:** June 04, 2004, 21:36:09 »

Am having a go at the 3 sisters plot too. But since I discovered heirlooms, I'm going to extremes. 8) Purple popcorn, with Cherokee Trail of Tears pole (climbing French) beans, and ground cover is being provided by some Red Warty Thing winter squash and a Black Beauty zucchini/courgette.

Yeah, yeah, I know, my garden is a gourmet restaurant for slugs.

ruud · « **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2004, 22:03:44 »

Hi poledragon,i am also in the three sisters business.I have planted different kind of corn, tarbais a very old french type of runnerbean and a big unknown russian wintersquash.I hope everything works out well.

Multiveg · « **Reply #26 on:** June 05, 2004, 11:40:40 »

Got my sweetcorn and french beans planted out, and today, I will add some more of the third sister.

busy_lizzie · « **Reply #27 on:** June 05, 2004, 16:57:37 »

Our sweet corn were planted out a few weeks ago and the leaves now look yellowish. My husband says they don't like to be watered too much and will recover once we get the really hot established weather. I thought they needed quite a lot of water, so perhaps I have overwatered them. What does anyone think? :D Thanks, busy_lizzie

ina · « **Reply #28 on:** June 05, 2004, 22:06:40 »

Same thing happened to mine after planting them out Liz and I started to worry, also thought it was due to watering too much. Now they are doing great as you can see on the picture so I think they'll get over it. I water them twice a week a good amount.

john_miller · « **Reply #29 on:** June 05, 2004, 23:57:01 »

Sweetcorn will go also go yellow if it is too cold for them as their physiology is adapted for warm climates. They should recover when it warms up.
Your husband is correct about the water, corn doesn't need a lot of water and heavy watering may end up washing out the nitrogen to a point they cannot reach it (it has a very poor root system).

Ceri · « **Reply #30 on:** June 06, 2004, 12:08:45 »

eer - I hope peas work as a 'third sister' as well as beans, as that's what I've planted!

carrot-cruncher · « **Reply #31 on:** June 06, 2004, 15:20:20 »

Confused here!!!!

What's the three sister's method?

CC

Multiveg · « **Reply #32 on:** June 06, 2004, 20:37:23 »

The first sister is sweetcorn, the second is either beans or peas - something that can climb up the sweetcorn. The third sister is a trailing squash type thingy such as pumpkin that can wander through the sweetcorn, as these like a bit of shade, plus the leaves may act as a mulch conserving loss of water by evaporation from the soil.

busy_lizzie · « **Reply #33 on:** June 10, 2004, 12:10:42 »

Thanks John and Ina for your reassurance about my yellow leafed sweet corn. They already look a bit better and I have stopped watering them for the moment. :D busy_lizzie

Les_Woof · « **Reply #34 on:** June 14, 2004, 13:09:05 »

We had our corn out about 4 weeks ago, and they have really started to come on. Growing nice and chunky.

One thing we have noticed is that a couple of them seem to be growing out of the ground!!

Sounds strange I know but its as if the main stem of the plant has lifted out of the ground and the roots are visible.....cant really explain it, but I was thinking would it be ok to kind of earth them up a bit so the root shoots weren't visible!

Hope someone understands....

Thanks

Les

philcooper · « **Reply #35 on:** June 14, 2004, 13:43:32 »

Roots do appear just above the soil level as a matter of course - John will have a multisyllabic word for it!

Earthing up corn is a good thing to do it provides increased anchorage.

Les_Woof · « **Reply #36 on:** June 14, 2004, 13:46:47 »

Thanks phil

Will earth up tonight, for a bit of stability.

Les

PS - still waiting for John to come up with his big words!!!! It is only Monday though he won't have gotten warmed up yet!

philcooper · « **Reply #37 on:** June 14, 2004, 13:48:52 »

or even out of bed it only being lunchtime!!

Les_Woof · « **Reply #38 on:** June 14, 2004, 13:51:47 »

LOL with Phil.. :) :D :) :D :) :D :) :D

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