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Started by Marlborough, May 20, 2015, 17:07:31

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Marlborough

Hi, I'm a little pushed for space in my greenhouse and I don't have a cold frame. I need to plant out some of my sweetcorn plants. I've looked at the local 10 day forcast and local night temperatures
Are 8-10 degrees. I have more seedlings than I need, is it worth chancing planting a few rows or shall I wait?  :wave:
Paul

Marlborough

Paul

johhnyco15

i would put them in  the only reason mine aint in yet is that im waiting for my early spuds to come up prob next week rocket just got flowers coming so thats when mine will go in when i have the room  :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:
johhnyc015  may the plot be with you

Bill Door

Well I have germinated my sweetcorn on kitchen paper, just short root and main shoot showing.  I have put about 60% in modules to grow on and the remainder I have dropped into holes in the ground.  I thought that if i didn't start now i would never get them in.

The ones in the modules are doing very well.

Good Luck

Bill

Marlborough

Hi Bill Door, that seems to be what I intend to do. Good luck with your corn! :wave:
Paul

ThomsonAS

I've been  thinking about putting my seedlings in all this week (because I need the space) and I think I'll probably go for it this weekend!

Tee Gee

Been put back a tad this year, some field mice have had a go at my plants so had to sow some more!

They dug down, ate the seed and left the leaves .

I can just imagine them playing at timber jacks!  Timberrrrrrr!

Little b****rs                     

Marlborough

Here they are, planted 2 hours ago. Fingers crossed!!
Paul

Vinlander

Put them in much earlier next year with clear bottomless 2L plastic bottles over them until all frosts are past. You can even let them grow out though the neck - as long as you don't leave them so long the stem fills the whole neck and jams in it.

Cheers.
With a microholding you always get too much or bugger-all. (I'm fed up calling it an allotment garden - it just encourages the tidy-police).

The simple/complex split is more & more important: Simple fertilisers Poor, complex ones Good. Simple (old) poisons predictable, others (new) the opposite.

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