Hi
It's my first time growing sweetcorn and I'm growing Swift F1. They are about 2 foot high andlooking very healthy.
Just wondering id it is normally for the stalks to produce what look like side shoots (mini stalks) from around the base.
It looks like I have one main stalk with 2 little ones either side on the plant.
Yes, this is called Tillering. Perfectly normal. You should get more cobs of the side shoot.
I am growing Swift and it is doing exactly the same.
Jerry
Thanks Jerry, was having a look around the plots yesterday and some peoples had and some peoples hadn't, more cobs = good.
Dicky, mine are exactly the same