Succulent corn-on-the-cob
OK, as a novice this year I hasten to admit I was a little over ambitious with my choices of crops……especially given my limited space. So planting five pumpkin plants and seven sweetcorn plants wasn’t my wisest moment. However I wouldn’t swap my sweetcorn plants for the world…….from the moment the green stalk popped up in the greenhouse to twisting the first two cobs off last week it has been a joy to watch their progression. As they are such large/tall plants unlike some veggie
s they show a considerable change from week to week. Once the cobs start to appear on the sides of the stal
ks this is when the real anticipation begins. Another plus point to my sweetcorns is that they seem to have been the only veggie to have been by-passed by the anti-christ (slugs and snails).
I found the best way to cook them is to wait until the water is actually boiling on the hob before twistin
g from the plant in the garden (a tip taken from Monty ‘the man’). They are so super tasty that no salt is even needed to enhance the taste……..and my mouth waters at the sheer thought of the next to come 
September 14th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
They look fantastic, I’m so going to grow these next year, how long do they take to grow, when should I look to plant them? thanks.
September 15th, 2008 at 11:38 am
As Shirley’s partner I can vouch for the corn-on-the-cob comments. I have never eaten such tasty sweetcorn. In fact, as it’s 12.37pm, and I haven’t yet had my lunch, just the thought of them is making me very hungry!
September 15th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Hi Phil - They didn’t take too long. I sowed them around April in singular pots in the greenhouse. 7 out of 9 came through
We ate the first two from seperate plants a week ago, the others need a little longer as you have to peel back the leaves to see if the corn is milky when poked. Just beware they need a lot of space, a couple of mine have had stumped growth as I tried planting them in my flower beds beside spring flowering shrubs. Be interesting to experiment planting one in a large patio pot as they look very grand just as plants, with their spikey hairdo’s.