Hi all... I grew up an a maize / corn growing farm in Zimbabwe... hence I love what we called "a green mealie" - i.e. a newly picked corn cob and boiled like we do here with sweetcorn. The difference being the sweetcorn is a bit smaller (half the size) much sweeter and more tender.
Now that I have a plot (I move onto from Saturday 1 Oct) I want to grow it here. I live in Cheshire so can anyone advise me on the best seed to grow and approx spacings to use.
You'll want an early short variety (like Swift or Lark) given how far north you are, they can be spaced at about 10" or so..... If you can spring for a big fleece cloche they'll like the protection early on and they want to be in a block not a row otherwise your pollinaiton will be erratic... also it's generally good practice to give different varieties some seperation, especially if you grow modern F1 types...
chrisc