Sweetcorn

[grubbysoles]

My sweetcorn is rubbish This was my first attempt and they came up quickly and looked spectacular, got some cobs growing, but then the plants seemed to die off before the cobs had a chance to reach full size and ripen. The stems are now turning red and the whole lot look decidedly like they are packing up for the winter. Did I plant them too late? I can't really remember when exactly I started them (forgive me, I was heavily pregnant, my brain was addled, it was hot, and it was a last minute decision to fill a gap in my veggie patch) - it might have been early May. I'm wondering if they could have done with a bit more sunshine before Autumn kicked in?

Might just cut off all my puny little cobs and throw them to the chickens. How do people dispose of the big stems? They ain't gonna fit in my compost bin! Can they be cut down and burnt? Guy Fawkes night soon!

[Millymollymandy]

Does it look like rust? Mine have been affected by it and the plants look almost dead because of it yet they are still alive and the cobs are fine. We take anything with disease to the tip as we have nowhere for a bonfire here.

[red]

My sweetcorn is rubbish This was my first attempt and they came up quickly and looked spectacular, got some cobs growing,

tbh its always a bit touch and go if you can successfully grow sweetcorn in the UK - they need longer to ripen then our summers usually allow, so try again next year. Mine were useless last year and turned out really good this year.

How do people dispose of the big stems? They ain't gonna fit in my compost bin! Can they be cut down and burnt? Guy Fawkes night soon!

um i feed mine the sheep and pigs.. not much help huh? i think they will burn well, they seem to dry out.

[Peggy Sue]

Might just cut off all my puny little cobs and throw them to the chickens. How do people dispose of the big stems? They ain't gonna fit in my compost bin! Can they be cut down and burnt? Guy Fawkes night soon!

Mine were useless last two years, got some leovly ones this year for the first time( I agree with Red in my experience)- some were small though but sooooo sweet so don't throw them unless they are over.

They are all pretty much at an end now here

I'm going to use the ones that are now a bit over for tomato and sweetcorn soup, then seedsave the crispy ones as mine weren't F1

My horse loves the old stems- perfect recycling

[Peggy Sue]

Made that tomato and sweetcorn soup last night from the old woody cobs- wow it's lovely

Gave one full cob to my horse who ate it just like us as I held it and rotated it- made me giggle. Very sticky though crushed sweetcorn and horse saliva... back for the muck later to recycle it

[grubbysoles]

Right, I'd best pop out to buy a horse, some sheep and a couple of pigs

Mr Grubby decided to harvest all the sweetcorn, and it was usable, although not brilliant. They were a bit small and rather anaemic looking, but they tasted ok. The chickens didn't get completely left out - I threw them the cobs to play with after I had sliced all the actual corn off.

I'll try starting them a bit earlier next year.

[Millymollymandy]

Gave one full cob to my horse who ate it just like us as I held it and rotated it- made me giggle.

That sounds really funny - and hey, it isn't a cob is it, your horse?

[Peggy Sue]

Gave one full cob to my horse who ate it just like us as I held it and rotated it- made me giggle.

That sounds really funny - and hey, it isn't a cob is it, your horse?

Oh God yes he is, a Welsh Cob -now I can see him eating another cob (horse) in my head- damn my imagination sometimes!

[Millymollymandy]

ha ha ha

Just don't post about feeding cobs to your horse on a horsey forum!

[Durgan]

Planting as about six inches between plants in a row and there is about 8 rows about 12 inches apart.

Kandy Corn a hybrid
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QOSHP 21 August 2009 Kandy Corn

Over the last ten or so years corn has been so modified that it is almost unfit to eat. I dislike the fat fully mature cobs sold in the markets.This year I grew Kandy Corn a hybrid and it has a nice appearance but still below what I want. The plants are around 8 feet tall, and the cobs have a purplish color. Mine matured in about 93 days. Another anomaly was the cobs don't have a large tassel at the end of the cob, and the birds can dig into the cob with no difficulty and do so. A first for me. Notice the bird damage at the small end of some cobs.

Unless I get a good opinion about a new corn, this will not be planted next year. I use to grow Seneca Chief (Hybrid), but it is difficult to get seeds, due to so many new varieties, that keep in he Supermarket forever.

[Muscroj]

I got a few decent cobs, but for some reason they had only 'half' matured, some of the kernals were fat & juicy while others hadn't bothered at all, or seemed to have shrivled.

I have a few small cobs left, I wondered about drying them & grinding them to see if I could make corn pancakes, anyone tried this or would I need hundreds of cobs for that to work?

[red]

I got a few decent cobs, but for some reason they had only 'half' matured, some of the kernals were fat & juicy while others hadn't bothered at all, or seemed to have shrivled.

I have a few small cobs left, I wondered about drying them & grinding them to see if I could make corn pancakes, anyone tried this or would I need hundreds of cobs for that to work?

ive not tried drying and grinding them - be interestint to see how that went

for the gappy or smaller cobs, I tend to make sweetcorn fritters.. a thick pancake batter, then cut off the kernals witha knife and mix in, then fry spoonfuls. they are a family favourite

[foodinistar]

I've had all the big cobs - delicious (F1 Applause).

What are left are the small ones which haven't filled out and so are not sweet. They are soft and may be palatable if cooked. Would they be any good in stirfries?