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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: ina on May 24, 2004, 22:10:59

Title: Sweetcorn question (don't laugh).
Post by: ina on May 24, 2004, 22:10:59

The main stems of the sweetcorn plants are growing little branches. Am I supposed to take them off?

Title: Re:Sweetcorn question (don't laugh).
Post by: JAL on May 24, 2004, 22:43:38

Hi,

I Never cut anything off my sweetcorn - just lots of water and tlc - They are supposed to grow from the sides as well as the top.

jal

Title: Re:Sweetcorn question (don't laugh).
Post by: Les_Woof on May 25, 2004, 08:27:01

Our sweetcorn plants (again like most of our plants) seem to have gone dormant however they look healthy - we think.

We have recently planted them out into their plot again are they just getting used to their new position.

Should we cover them with fleece or cloches or anything similar until they establish themselves again?

Les n Soph

Title: Re:Sweetcorn question (don't laugh).
Post by: philcooper on May 25, 2004, 08:50:32

The little darlings are probably just getting used to their new surroundings, trying to push roots into a new  (an alien medium), out in the big (colder) wide world and so on give them a week or so.

I've found that fleece can damage corn by swashing it