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By: Sweet Success « Two Chances Veg Plot Blog

Sweet Success « Two Chances Veg Plot Blog — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:07:16 +0000

[...] readers will remember I planted out around 50 sweetcorn plants at the allotment at the end of May and today they have all been harvested. I had my reservations with the rubbish summer we’ve [...]

By: Damo

Damo — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:26:06 +0000

Good luck with your sweetcorn Flighty!

By: Flighty

Flighty — Wed, 30 May 2012 06:28:33 +0000

I sowed my sweetcorn a few days ago, and thankfully don’t have to worry about deer!

By: Damo

Damo — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:35:25 +0000

Thanks Is, I had one or two on Saturday night!

Sue, it’s the first time I’ve had to contend with deer and the only way is to get some sort of half decent fence or cover on the plot.

Jo, pigeons are a pest, I have to cover the brassicas all year round.

Wellywoman, it is quite a lot of sweetcorn but it’s one of our favourites and freezes well. I’m hoping a large block will give good pollination, we’ll see.

By: wellywoman

wellywoman — Tue, 29 May 2012 12:16:06 +0000

I’m lucky enough not to have to worry about deer or rabbits. Birds and slugs are my main foes. That’s quite a bit of sweetcorn there! I’m not bothering after 2 disastrous years of poor pollination. Just come back from the plot and everything is looking good. It’s a challenge at the moment to get everything done up there before it gets too hot.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:34:56 +0000

I’m glad I don’t have to think about protection against deer, it’s bad enough keeping the pigeons off things. My sweetcorn is waiting to be planted out but the bed hasn’t been dug yet, that’s another job to put on the list.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:12:56 +0000

Sweetcorn up but not planted. I guess we’re l;ucky to only have to protect from pigeons. We do get foxes but they don’t seem to cause any damage. I’m also told that a couple of partridges frequent our plot but they make themselves scarce when we are about!

By: isobel

isobel — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:06:14 +0000

Well done, I think you deserve a beer!