Topic: Which sweet corn variety will you growing in 2010 and why.

[Mr Smith]

I will be growing the F1'Conqueror' again  it is a late variety which I'm picking the last of this weekend but they are really big fat cobs but not hard kernels, also 'Bantam' which is the opposite a lot smaller cob and an early variety, :)

[shirlton]

I did want to grow Lark but they had sold out(must be good) so I bought conqueror instead. So pleased that it has performed well Mr Smith

[w00dy]

Im going for Incredible F1 i saw them growing on another allotment they grew strongly very quickly and the cobs were quite big also when i saw a packed marked down in wilko's to ten bob i couldnt resist.

[simmo116]

im going to grow minipop as i wasent overly keen on the big variety. polination was sporadic and only i ate any the chickens got the rest. so at least with the baby corn it can be frozen and stored.

[steve76]

 done F1 sundance this year and was not happy with it they were tuff and not very sweet and some cobs had hardly any corn in them.
So will be keeping a eye on this one for ideas on what type to grow next year

[earlypea]

Grew Ashworth - was rather disappointed by the flavour.

How so Digeroo?  

I actually chose these because I don't like the super-sweets, prefer a touch of starch for grilling and don't want them all at once either.  Mine all bolted this year - my fault entirely, but thought I'd try them again.

[Mr Smith]

I've seen the F1 'Incredible' on the Jungle seeds web site might invest in a packet myself looks a really good variety, :)

[kt.]

Extra Tender and Sweet from T&M.  Had at least 2 cobs from just about all the plants and was harvesting from August.  Swift was ok but not as good.  I will be changing Swift for Conqurer after reading that Mr Smith is still harvesting them.  Sweetcorn from Aug-Oct sounds good to me.

[northener]

Mainstay again lovely cobs even with the rubbish summer.

[Jeannine]

ctually probably not at all for us, the promised lotties in the spring are very small and we are surrounded by corn farms where we can buy it straight from the grower  or pick it ourselves for for 10 for a $ so it best to keep the space for something else. We will buy Peaches and Cream variety,

XX Jeannine

[carbonel11]

Ovation as it does well for me, Minipop for "chinese" corn and an odd one... bloody butcher or Hopi Blue...  :)

 I've been wondering about an unusual sweetcorn variety next year, is Hopi Blue a sweet sweetcorn or is it for cornmeal only ?

[Deb P]

My favourite the past two years is 'Extra tender & sweet' (outstanding sweetness and yield, I ate some raw!), but I've been tempted by the description of 'Incredible' on this thread and just bought 50 seeds for 99p on eBay.........it doesn't need isolation from other varieties either which will hopefully work well.

[Froglegs]

Not going to bother next year, as its the second year on the trot that the rats beat me to it. >:(

[lewic]

Minipop only. The badgers dont touch them! Will have to remember to pick them when they are small though, as I let mine get too big and they were woody and inedible.