They say there is nothing sweeter tasting than sweetcorn plucked from the garden and popped on a BBQ. They say you should run from the garden to the BBQ to retain as much of the sugar in the corn as possible (it starts turning into starch in just 24hours). And they say there is no going back once you've tasted super-fresh sweetcorn. So, we simply had to plant some up.
We planted 4 young sweetcorn plants in two of the raised beds this week (8 plants in total). Sweetcorn is best planted in a square or a block configuration to give the male flowers at the top of the plant a better chance of shedding pollen on the female tassels below, so that's what we've done.
We're hoping that each plant will produce two cobs. They are ready to harvest when the tassles turn brown, but to check you can twist a kernel off, if it's milky it's ready - run to the BBQ!
I'm alredy thinking that if it really is as good as everyone says we are going to give all the raised beds over to sweetcorn, or take over next door!
A few more sweetcorn tips
Plant in May
It needs full sun and shelter from strong winds.
Sweetcorn hates clay and it will develop deep roots so it much prefers a deeply dug bed.
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