When do you start off your first batch of sweet corn?

[Digeroo]

Do you think it is too early?

[Digeroo]

[Ellen K]

End of April in pots in the heated propagator for planting out mid May for me.

But you plant outside under cloches don't you?

[Duke Ellington]

My diary says .......6th of May for sweetcorn ;)

Duke

[Digeroo]

I chit on sunny windowsill and then put out under bottle cloches.  I have normally gone on holiday second week of May and had them showing in the bottles by then.  It is a bit of a gamble.  But I got 250 early bird in a packet from Moles so I have a few spares.  I just cannot remember when I started them.

It was very warm end of April last year, so I won.  It was the later batches that failed.

[Tulipa]

I don't normally start until the second week in May, following Jeannine's rule of only 3 weeks between sowing and planting out for the best results :)

http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,40653.msg406402.html#msg406402

[chriscross1966]

I'll be putting the Swift in this weekend Into propagators) adn the Mirai probably two weeks after that, they go in with the first of the beans (Gigandas adn BOrlottis to get time in pots in GH) and Speedie to get green beans before the maincrop Cobras plus the greenhouse cucurbits, then the second batch goes in with the bulk of the shelling beans, the Cobras adn the outdoor cucurbits

[Kleftiwallah]

My 1st batch of sweetcorn are up about an inch in my cold greenhouse.    I drape a bit of plastic over them should there be a danger of excessive  cold

Cheers,       Tony.

[PeterVV]

When I have enough toilet roll middles....about a fortnights time...

[tricia]

I put 22 Applause to chit on damp tissue yesterday. When they show signs of germinating they will be potted up and transferred to my GH. I usually plant out mid-May under fleece till the night temperatures remain around or above 10C.

Tricia

[Lottiman]

Mine have just come through today in a cold greenhouse,a lot of things just seem to be germinating very quickly this year or is it just me  ;D

[Digeroo]

Seems some people have started already.  Well here goes.

[saddad]

End of April for me...  :)

[Allotment-junkie]

2 weeks before the last predicted Frost date so it will probably be the 2nd week in May for me ?? ---- South Yorkshire

[gazza1960]

yep,same ere....loo rolls it is tween mid and end of may...lost too many to previous late frosty cold snaps.

Gazza

[caroline7758]

Mine will have to wait until end of May when I get back from hols this year and then hope for some good warm weather- they were rubbish last year.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I'll be starting mine next month.

[cornykev]

Started mine 21st of March
Some of them are 3 / 4 inches high
::)

[Jeannine]

3 weeks before you plan to transplant into the garden ..no more..otherwise it will sulk when you do it, it hates to be in pots so there is nothing to gain by starting early no matter what you plant in, it will stop for a while when you transplant unless the plants don't realise it is happening. It should be 100% unrestricted growth from seeding, direct seeding is best but in cool areas where this is not possible 3 inch pots will fool it b ut only for maximum 3 weeks.

I have tried pretty much everything over the 40 odd years I have grown it  and  it is very stubborn.

XX Jeannine

[gavinjconway]

Hi Jeannine - what are your thoughts on using loo rolls? I have collected a load and will be doing mine next weekish or thereabouts in loo rolls. I dont have 3" pots so want to use the loo rolls. I did some broadies and they are looking good now - been planted out for a few weeks now..   

[kt.]

I sowed my first batch of sweetcorn 3 days ago.