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fionaathunterclosefionaathunterclose Posts: 3
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Can you plant two different types of Sweetcorn together in the same bed ? Thanks .

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  • fionaathunterclosefionaathunterclose Posts: 3
    Hi ,
    it’s my first time on here so excuse me if this question has already been asked, I am wondering if it’s ok to plant two different types of Sweetcorn together in the same bed ? .Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Can’t help you with the sweetcorn query, Fiona,  I couldn’t grow it here but welcome to the site.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited January 2020
    @fionaathunterclose Yes you can.  There will be no issue with growing more han one variety of sweetcorn in the same bed.  It will probably give you a longer harvesting period too. :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    The only problem might be if you were aiming to save your own seed, as it would be neither one variety nor the other. Though I suppose it is possible that your cross was at least as good or even better! :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I can remember reading somewhere that it’s inadvisable to grow Supersweet types with other varieties, but I don’t remember why. 



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited January 2020
    Dovefromabove said:
    I can remember reading somewhere that it’s inadvisable to grow Supersweet types with other varieties, but I don’t remember why. 


    Further to my post above, I’ve found this 

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/vegetables/sweetcorn

    The RHS says it affects the flavour. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I always understood that it’s a bad idea as they cross-pollinate and neither variety will taste as it should, but can’t remember where I got that from either...
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Probably because of the crossing thing, guess you'd need 2 Supersweet parents to get supersweet seeds.

  • fionaathunterclosefionaathunterclose Posts: 3
    Thanks all all for your advice , I’ll stick to planting one Variety of Sweetcorn I’m going to plant Swift variety .
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We’ve grown Swift several times with great success. 🌽 😋 

     I sow in small peat pots in  a heated propagator in mid April, (after the runner beans) and plant out in June ( again after the runners 😉). 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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