I made an early start this morning and I got outside to plant my sweetcorn before breakfast! Home grown sweetcorn tastes so much better than shop bought and there’s a reason for this. The sugars in the corn start to turn to starch as soon as they are picked!

If you haven’t grown sweetcorn yourself before then do give it a try, you will be surprised at how sweet it is.

planting sweetcorn
Planting out sweetcorn now the weather is warming up and the risk of frost has passed.

Sweetcorn has some basic requirements to grow well. I don’t grow a huge amount, maybe a dozen plants since it has to be enjoyed fresh and there is only so much we can eat but we all look forward to it, even though the season is short, much like asparagus.

The spot in which I have planted my sweetcorn (at the bottom of the raised beds) is sheltered and south facing so I hope it is going to grow well!

Sweetcorn Plant
Sweetcorn should be planted in a block to allow pollination by wind.