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More than one sweetcorn in a pot

EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
in Fruit & veg
My sweetcorn seeds failed this year, so I’ve bought some in a few pots from a local nursery. They are about a foot high, and 2 or 3 to a 3 inch pot. I’ve never planted them like this. I sow my sweetcorn one to a pot and plant them in a grid.  But can these ones be planted as they are, but with the clumps a bit further apart? If so, how far apart? The chap on the till at the nursery was new and had no idea, so I’m hoping someone on here will know, thanks. 
Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I think you need to soak the pot and thus the roots and then separate the plants carefully and plant them straight out at the normal distance.   They need the space to do well.
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  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    That’s what I thought @Obelixx. I expect they were sown like that to save space. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • AstroAstro Posts: 433
    I start corn multiple in one pot and they usually are alright when separated. Initially it was one per pot as I'd read they didn't handle root disturbance well, though after losing a few last year I bunged seeds in a large pot about 1cm apart and they were fine when planted out.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    Thanks @Astro, I’ll find out if these bigger ones handle it OK. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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