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Sweetcorn

RogerB2RogerB2 Posts: 9
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I have had an allotment for the last 5 years, and have grown sweetcorn every year, with no problems. This year, I have planted around 40 in 2 different areas. Most have got the 'male' flowers on top, but only 2 have got the 'female' silks, which bear the fruit. I cannot find any answers to this problem in any books that I have, and no other allotment holder has had the same problem. Any ideas please?

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  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    Give them time. I've never heard of this problem so I think patience is required.
  • RogerB2RogerB2 Posts: 9

    Thank you, I will keep my fingers crossed.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,139

    I've found that with some varieties the female silks emerge quite a while after the male, but somehow the pollination manages to coincide image


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





  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,617

    What variety are you growing?

    I have Swift F1 and the females are only just showing, nowhere ready to be pollinated.

  • RogerB2RogerB2 Posts: 9

    I normally grow Prelude F1, but I couldn't get them this year, so I am growing Sparrow F1. Maybe they are different.

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