Sweetcorn | How to plant Sweetcorn | Protecting Sweetcorn | Growing Sweetcorn

Sweetcorn | How to plant Sweetcorn | Protecting Sweetcorn | Growing Sweetcorn | Green Side Up

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Sweetcorn | How to plant Sweetcorn | Protecting Sweetcorn | Growing Sweetcorn | Green Side Up
Planting Sweetcorn today, but first I have to pick some of the Wallflowers, before lifting them for the compost heap. Next the bed gets a tickle with the claw then it is topped up with fresh compost before planting out the sweetcorn. Then I erect some protection around the Sweetcorn to stop "wind rock". Sweetcorn acts as a huge sail that catches the wind, this breaks their shallow root system, erceting protection around them prevents wind rock and helps their overall growth.
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Sweetcorn | How to plant Sweetcorn | Protecting Sweetcorn | Growing Sweetcorn | Green Side Up

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@computingananswer766 Жыл бұрын

You'll help me for years to come Steve. Rest in peace now.

@cw2126 3 жыл бұрын

I don't have the best relationship with my dad like, but when " I watch your channel ❤️ " and that song comes on I have to message him 👍👍👍 plots looking great Steve

@MichelleLWhitney 3 жыл бұрын

You can always hand-pollinate a small corn crop. Then you can grow them any way you like. 😉

@vickyjones3196 3 жыл бұрын

Music is stunning, thank you for all your content I always look forward to watching 😊

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

It's a good track and I have used it a few times now, always gets a good response, thanks for watching...Steve...😃

@susangarner9290 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most interesting videos you have made. Looking forward to updates on the corn.

@kimbradley1292 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video Steve, glad you remembered to give us all a wave at the finish! 😃

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Think I would get "lynched" if I did not wave now Steve...😁😁😁

@mikeross4 2 ай бұрын

I have given up growing sweetcorn as there are now three badger sets on our allotment site and for the last two years everyone’s sweetcorn has been eaten by them.

@marionquinlan4757 3 жыл бұрын

As usual great video Steve. Absolutely love the music you use something very soothing about it. Thanks Steve 🙂

@janetbull2616 3 жыл бұрын

Another great vlog Steve always interesting and informative thanks 👍

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Janet...Steve...😃

@Allotmentman62 3 жыл бұрын

I'm loving that grow cage

@markfrancis9106 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for info Steve 👍👍

@LorraineG123 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve,will keep your info in mind.

@markshaw5835 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, its amazing how much the soil drops down

@AAHomeGardening 3 жыл бұрын

wow, sweet corn looking really good

@oldmcdarbysfarm472 3 жыл бұрын

Good upload matey I planted my sweetcorn today too 👍😎

@geofflowton4165 Жыл бұрын

im well impressed with the box frames so quick n easy to put up

@brianchallinor1291 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks great video again

@rustysmith8784 3 жыл бұрын

I like the new intro. The plot in the back ground looks amazing. Another good video Steve.

@leewozzashomeveggiegarden 3 жыл бұрын

Nice one Steve , I'm planting mine out soon.still a bit small yet

@SteveRichards 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, I found that when I forced the sweetcorn like you do, they grow really tall and suffer from wind rock. When grown without forcing, but with a 2ft wind break for when they are very small, they are rock solid in the wind, even in my loose sandy soil : All the best - Steve

@urbsoapco5489 3 жыл бұрын

Another lovely look at allotment life. I'm so glad you've changed the intro....I always winced thinking you were going to trip on the brick in the path. New intro much more relaxing!!! Keep up,the wonderful content, informative and helpful. It's also very inspiring.

@RobinHood-hh8wl 3 жыл бұрын

I have to admit I plant closer. On that size bed I go 4 across. I find that helps support each other and better a better germination than when I tried 18 inch spacing.

@dianeladico1769 3 жыл бұрын

I plant mine entirely too close-about 6-8" in every direction (35-40ish in a 3x5 raised bed) and they do just fine. Tall, healthy plants and full ears. You just need to up the fertilizer a bit and water daily. It works for dwarf varieties and ones that grow to 8' tall.

@RobinHood-hh8wl 3 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I find, I love sweetcorn so the extra plants squeezed in is a bonus.

@patjoyce7247 3 жыл бұрын

Another useful tip there Steve. I did not know that sweetcorn reacted badly to cross pollination. Shame I found that out this evening after I've just potted on 2 varieties and thrown the labels!🤪 Hey ho. Hope for the best.

@DigwellGreenfingers 3 жыл бұрын

It all depends on the type of corn Pat, not the varieties.

@dianeladico1769 3 жыл бұрын

You may be OK if the times for pollination are different by a couple of weeks or better. Failing that, you can cover the developing ears and hand pollinate from the tassels of the same variety, if you can tell which is which. It's not as fussy as it sounds. At worst, you'll lose some of the sugar-enhancement but they'll be edible.

@DigwellGreenfingers 3 жыл бұрын

@@dianeladico1769 An electric toothbrush does a good job. Better than hand shaking which dumps the pollen all in one go

@stephenbrammall2565 3 жыл бұрын

I like the new intro and outro Steve, the plot is looking good...

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stephen, thought a new angle might be better this time...Steve...😃

@davidwormleighton2839 3 жыл бұрын

Great video mate and just came at the right time, and that box thing you made is a great idea and very handy, looks like I’ve got another job to do lol 😂 take care Steve and stay safe, David 👍👍

@willowgrove631 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely relaxing video Steve - the plot is looking great, and I've learnt loads about sweet corn pollination! 😊

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Willow, I have loads of music I can choose to use but that track is just so good and everyone loves it, it's hard to change something that works, glad you gained some knowledge too!...Steve...😃

@willowgrove631 3 жыл бұрын

Green Side Up ... I have that track playing on my earphones while I'm weeding or potting up - just perfect!

@annlyder8657 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve it's still cold here so planted some sweetcorn in the polytunnel hoping they cope with moving later.

@janknapp5353 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video. I have tried to recreate a cage like yours but I need practice! Any chance you could do a small video on how you make them, and what mesh you use? 🤞

@johnhales3566 3 жыл бұрын

Just been putting some protection up for my corn after seeing your,mines a bit rough looking though

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

As long as it does the job is all that matters John...Steve...😃

@paulmcgraw5953 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve great corn tutorial what is that tune just love it

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, the tune is "I'm Thinking about You" - by Windshield, thanks for watching...Steve...😃

@marksallotmentplot 3 жыл бұрын

Looking good Steve👍 My sweet corn is a couple of weeks behind yours. Have you ever grown it with the 3 sisters? Thinking about trying it this year

@liamreilly601 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for that, what, in your opinion, is the best variety for growing in Northwest UK?

@jhansi1402 2 жыл бұрын

Hi pls can u do a video about these panels and how they fit together. Though u narrated i couldn't really get confidence to do it myself. I am very keen to try these panels as I don't have grow tunnels.. Thanks for ur help in advance

@danrdgreen 3 жыл бұрын

I'm doing my corn slightly different this year, exactly like you but I saw someone last year plant them in pairs. I think most people put a couple of kernels in each pot and keep the healthiest looking one, well my friend had tremendous success with a almost double sow approach, so ive decided to give it a go. I have several single sown where only one germinated and the doubles I've left together, I should be able to tell at the end which performed better. Hoping it works but might not, worth a try though .

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Dan, everything is worth a try, I love trials and experiments, it is how things are moved forward in general. Do let us know how you get on later in the season, I for one would be interested in your results...Steve...😃

@danrdgreen 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp will do, thanks for all the great content.

@myrustygarden 3 жыл бұрын

They are lovely flowers are they actually called Wallflowers and are they perennial or annual plants. Everything is looking fantastic thank you for sharing ✌️🇨🇦🐝 safe

@buttypal 3 жыл бұрын

great work steve song and singer please i really like that

@dysbomb 3 жыл бұрын

Top vid. I've not even started mine. Is it too late?

@campbellanderson2100 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I find yellow sweet corn overly sweet and prefer white maize. Mine grow to over 7 feet and the taste is far superior. My opinion only. In Africa nobody eats sweet corn for this reason. Each to their own.

@JJLewin1 3 жыл бұрын

Ours will be going in soon. I will build some kind of cane protection to help against wind damage. We are trying 2 kinds, but they will be around 30 foot apart and separated by a fence.

@janarmstrong5103 3 жыл бұрын

Hi can you tell me the name of the tune you play

@theborderer1302 3 жыл бұрын

Steve, do you think a hoop frame covered in polythene would do the trick?

@Bike-life57 2 жыл бұрын

Can you plant corn seed straight into the ground

@FASIGMAN Жыл бұрын

RIP friend.

@robbo7765 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Steve 👍. Good shout on corn varieties as a newbie I had know idea. Luckily the the old boys next to my plot told me and we're all growing the same varietie. ( incredible F1) . Would love to see what a side shoot looks like compared to a cob for future reference. Also how do you feed ( is nettle tea any good ? ) sorry for all the questions. Thanks in advance and thanks for sharing. Robbo

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

That is great that you all cooperate and grow the same variety, that is how things should be, my variety is always Incredible F1 also. The new compost I added to this bed before planting is green waste compost and is always high in nitrogen, so I am pretty certain I will have a sideshoot or two to show during the season. Before growing "No Dig", I used to use about half a handful of blood fish and bone in the planting hole, but the whole bed had already been dug over before and well rotted manure added, so it was quite rich, it would work out at about a spadeful of rotted manure per plant. Now using No Dig, the new compost on the bed feeds my corn and later I will feed comfrey feed to the plants...Steve...😃

@robbo7765 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp Thanks Steve much appreciated 👍 look forward to see how you get on growing / feeding them .🌽🌽🌽. Robbo

@pinballwizard6906 4 ай бұрын

✌️😎

@garyz2043 3 жыл бұрын

Was there a reason why those flowers were there,why take them all out? Were they good for the future growth or were you short of space? I'm new to this but love it! Gardening is the future. : )

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Wallflowers are annuals or sometimes described as short lived perreniels, they could of grown on but I grew them for a quick spring crop of cut flowers for the vase. I normally grow them under cover in one of my polytunnels but decided to try them outside again for this spring. I will plant them under cover again this autumn...Steve...😃

@anjkovo2138 3 жыл бұрын

👍😀👍🌻🌻🌻🌻

@jayess8769 3 жыл бұрын

Are wallflowers perrenial?

@karivanmoesieke6176 3 жыл бұрын

I was planning on growing 2 types of corn close to each other (two meter and a bean structure between them). I planted out the sweet corn that was sown a month ago and planning on sowing popcorn corn in a week or 2. Because the days to maturity are quite diffrent and i was hoping the tassles would be done on the sweetcorn when te popcorn corn would be flowering or is this going to fail horrably? Love your videos!

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

That would seem to be a sensible way around the issue as long as the two pollination periods do not overlaap, I can see that working well. It is one of those things that as a gaardener you need to test for yourself and find out, then let others know how you did it. So please report back if you can, how you got on with it all and good luck...Steve...😃

@karivanmoesieke6176 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp i'll be sure to let you know how it goes. I'm just not sure how long i will wait between sowing the two but i'll sure report my test results. I read it somewhere but after you video i had my doubts. But i'm trying anyway now that I already worked it into my garden plan

@ballysillanallotment-man5793 3 жыл бұрын

Steve when you say you take the protection away do you keep the sides up and remove top or do you take it all away im on a very windy site thought if i kept sides it would help against wind or would that affect the cob production tks

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

I normally leave the sides up, but this year and last I have used the highest sides ever, trying to get "multi use" out of my hotboxes, in years previous to last year the sides where a good 18 inches shorter, around the three foot mark. At the moment I have the lids on the boxes to create a warmer climate inside, when the plants reach the top I will remove the lids completely so as not to restrict growth. I do think the sides help stop wind rock and root breakages, I just wonder if because I am now using higher than normal sides if that stops the pollen getting all around the plants for correct pollination. I'll make a decision later on whether to remove fully or not. Ideally you want to grow sweetcorn in a block, my block is more a very thin rectangle so might be affected that way...Steve...😃

@Fehmida40 3 жыл бұрын

Hi is it too late to sow sweet corn seeds?

@janetwilkinson7080 3 жыл бұрын

Who does sing the title track Steve ?

@DigwellGreenfingers 3 жыл бұрын

Could be the manure stopping them growing Steve - after all, they are a brassica.

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Has it been re classified or something and I have missed it, surely sweetcorn is still a member of the grass family Steve? Anyway, deformation of kernels or missing rows in cobs is generally down to bad pollination as far as I know...Steve...😃

@DigwellGreenfingers 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp Wallflowers, Steve LOL The 2 varieties of corn together is a bit of a myth - or a half truth. But it can be advisable to keep supersweet (sh2) away from the other 2 types (standard sugar (su), sugar enhanced (se)) as there is a small chance that the supersweet may not hold onto its extra sugars in storage. Even Tompson & Morgan say they can be grown together "Extra Tender' corn can be grown with 'Super Sweet' varieties, but isolate from 'Sugar Enhanced'".

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

@@DigwellGreenfingers Oh right, the wallflowers, could be Steve, could be. They where planted in about 5 inches of compost, above the manure. I cannot remember what was under the "good" bed of wallflowers, will have to check back or have a little "dig" in the morning to see...Steve...😃

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

@@DigwellGreenfingers Hi Steve, yes there is always a caveat, but keeping it simple works across the board for general advice. Karl below is growing two varieties but has the right idea with staggered planting, I'm growing a second variety myself (minipop) but a way away and in my new polytunnel. Gardeners can make informed choices as they see fit Steve...Steve...😃

@DigwellGreenfingers 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp Of course Steve - nothing is cut and thrust in this game LOL. Safest way to go is with early and later season types or staggered plantings. I did minipops a few years back very tasty but a lot of plant for 4-6 little corns I found. Maybe there are more productive ones now. Enjoy the rest of Sunday mate - finally stopped raining here so now going to scurry about checking things over

@mahlapropyzm9180 3 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could do a special on Tagetes ? I've seen you sowing them but nothing else. I have no problem getting French marigolds going and growing, but have had a total blank with Tagetes, different packets from different suppliers and nothing, no germination at all...

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mahla, I could probably do that later in the week as I did a couple of sowings of the Tagetes, some are potted on and now ready to plant, some still need potting on and are quite small yet. ..Steve...😃

@mahlapropyzm9180 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp Would be much appreciated. Thanks

@brewster8 3 жыл бұрын

How do you protect from the birds when the cobs ripen?

@GreenSideUp 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Will, I have never needed to do that so far, what birds do you have trouble with?...Steve...😃

@brewster8 3 жыл бұрын

@@GreenSideUp I was told by plot holders near me that the birds will strip the cobs when they ripen so I had mesh/fleece around them and pollination wasn't great. Plant in 4x4 block it was a little disappointing. I didn't lose any to birds but probably had 10 cobs in total on well manured ground.

@susangarner9290 3 жыл бұрын

Can you name the sweet corn for me. Many Thanks.