SWEETCORN - growing different types together

[Twoflower]

Can't remember where I got them from... this years "Mexican Giant White" was from Jungleseeds... but I think they were from Seeds of Distinction...
Yes Rekella dried and "milled" into flour... but I only ever get as far as "popping" them...  :)

Do you have their web address as i've looked and can't find it :-[

[Twoflower]

[saddad]

Welcome to A4A Boltonlad... wouldn't have dreamt of putting mine out yet when I lived in Rossendale!!  :)

Which firm Twoflower?

[boltonlad]

Welcome to A4A Boltonlad... wouldn't have dreamt of putting mine out yet when I lived in Rossendale!!  :)

Which firm Twoflower?

One of the blokes on our allotment, has put his out some time ago now and they are about 2 foot tall.  I know what you mean I would have thought of that to be crazy.  Think they will be okay and should be protected from cold by the pop bottles.

[xlynettex]

www.jungleseeds.co.uk

[thifasmom]

Yes, all the starchy ones will Pop...  :)

thanks for the info :), its something I'll keep in mind re seed buying next year. (just thinking out loud now: I'm assuming the sweet ones will pop too if left to dry and i wonder what the taste is like as they will also go starchy if left to long, hmm! i assume they'll taste similar).

[simmo116]

im growing applause f1 for the first time ever .wife not to keen on corn but i love it and there's not much room in freezer so do i just leave the cobs on the plant  for use as pop corn?

[Twoflower]

saddad its Seeds of distinction i can't find the web address for. :)

[Mr Smith]

The Sweetcorn what I thought I had lost seem to be improving  after being brought back into the shed, also down the lotty my other two trays of Sweetcorn are now coming through, I never thought I could have feelings for sweetcorn plants, ::)

[Robert_Brenchley]

saddad its Seeds of distinction i can't find the web address for. :)

Do you mean Plants of Distinction? http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/

[saddad]

Yes Robert... I've just got the catalogue in my hand... to post the web addy...  :-X

[sandringham]

I'm growing applause f1 for the first time ever .wife not to keen on corn but i love it and there's not much room in freezer so do i just leave the cobs on the plant for use as pop corn?

I grew this variety last year and for me the cobs were the best flavoured sweetcorn I have ever tried so I will be growing it again this year.  If your wife tries this corn and still doesn't like it then she probably never will.

Sandringham

[saddad]

Good that's one of the varieties I sowed today for the plant sale...  :)

[saddad]

Well having checked "Plants of Distinction" it's not in there... Real seeds ?  :-[

[Twoflower]

I've just followed the link above and it works thanks . ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

POD do the ornamental corn but it's on a separate page. I just checked an old catalogue, and they used to have a range of varieties.

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/acatalog/A-Z_of_Vegetables_ORNAMENTAL_CORN.html

[saddad]

Thanks Robert, glad one of us is up to speed...  :-[

[thifasmom]

I've decided of this minute that I'm going to prepare the ground today with my homemade compost cover with plastic to keep the soil temp warm, put the seeds to chit today and plant direct into the bed as soon as they have chitted. I would then keep the clear plastic over them Cloche style till June.

[Twoflower]

can you eat the ornamental ones?

[saddad]

Yes... but the smaller ones like "Strawberry Popcorn" are best eaten Popped.. see comments earlier in the thread...  :)