Sweetcorn Varieties - Cross-Pollination?

[blisters]

This year I was planning on growing baby corn - Minipop together with a traditional cob type, maybe Incredible.

However, I seem to remember reading somewhere, that two different varieties of sweetcorn shouldn't be grown together due to cross-pollination problems.

Does anyone know if I can plant them together in one big block, or will they cross-pollinate and produce something inedible?  If they can't be together, how far apart would I need to put them?

Thanks in advance.

[blisters]

[bupster]

I'm sure we've had a couple of discussions on this - check the thread on chitting sweetcorn and squash, I seem to remember that Jeannine posted instructions on sweetcorn growing.

[saddad]

We keep them on seperate plots... but you may not have that luxury...
Minipop is best grown in a line or two rather than a block...
:-\

[PurpleHeather]

Do not mix varieties of corn. Unless you want to experiment rather than enjoy the crop.

A group of us had some 'extras' one year and put them all together on a spare area just to test the theory and the mixed bunch were a waste of time.

One of our members tried keeping and drying a husk from a good crop and planting it  the following year. This worked so well he does it every year. His crop is always good. Another member tried from his good crop and the results were rubbish. No one kept the name of the variety they used in either case so the experiments had no value.

I once tried to grow from popping corn. I got loads of plants but they did not produce anything worth eating

[jo9919]

I posted a similar question last year. If you follow this link you can view the thread  :)

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,35450.0.html

Jo.

[Jeannine]

You will be quite safe planting Minipop and Incredible together. The Minipop is a regular sweet and the Incredible is a sugar enhanced type, they are fine together.

The problems arrive when you plant the supersweets.

XX Jeannine

[grawrc]

Just discovered 6 seeds of sweet nugget lurking at the bottom of my seed box. Off to get them started.

[blisters]

Thanks guys.  It makes life a lot easier knowing I can put them all in one bed. :D