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Sweetcorn

ROSYANNEROSYANNE Posts: 14
in Fruit & veg

Hi everyone, I have some Sweetcorn plants, Mini Pop, they are about 8 - 10 ins tall & outside  in poly stand which had been open day & night for about 3 weeks, I was wondering if I should plant them out now as they are now to tall for the shelves they are on. I live in Fareham, Hampshire so a warmer part of the country. 

I have no back up plants in the greenhouse so don't want to loose them. 

Will be grateful for any advice.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,088

    I think you should be safely free of frosts by now but you could always protect them with a layer of fleece if a late one is forecast.

    Plant them in a block, rather than in rows, to get maximum pollination.  

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • ROSYANNEROSYANNE Posts: 14

    Thanks , I will give it's go & plant them out & keep the fleece ready incase we get really cold nights. 

    Think they will be happier in the ground where they can spread out there roots a bit more.

  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,088

    Yes.  Their roots like to go deep.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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