Help with growing sweetcorn

jus71_2

My veg growing at the moment consists of a box of mushrooms and a red pepper plant doing welll on the kitchen window sill! I would love to have a go at sweetcorn but it needs to be in a pot. I have a sturdy plastic recycling box about 3ft square and 2ft deep. Would this be big enough?

Thanks

wssla00

Mine are going to go into a trug but you need to keep it weighted as it gets pretty top heavy. You also need at least two plants so that they pollunate each other.

I got two plants at my local bootfair for 45p!

jus71_2

off to asda now they got johnsons seeds
3 for £4

wssla00

Why not try Lidl? They are still doing their gooduns for 29p!!

misskool

if you've only got a small space and limited growing area why not try a higher cropping vegetable like tomatoes or courgettes.

jus71_2

grr didnt see the post about lidl till i got back! Got cherry tomato, sweetcorn and lettuce..Also some kid's runner bean seeds lol

irishwexford

Hate to put you off but our sweetcorn grows to about 6ft high and it needs to grow in a square. We have an allotment so space is no problem.

tbw

I don't think you'll have much luck with just a couple of plants - they are wind pollinated and you need to grow a patch of them, even a row won't work. They really are too big for pots.

jus71_2

what would be the minimum amount of plants i would need?

told you i was new to this!

irishwexford

Don't know the minimum but I have 24 growing in pots and will follow on with another 24 later. I would have thought about 10 at least but others may suggest more or less.

MissMoneypenny

I grew sweetcorn in pots last year. I used tomaoto sized pots and some of those brown pots you can get from a 99p shop. One in each pot, 5 plants (seed put straight in the pots) and grouped so pots were touching. Plus 3 in the ground behind the 5 pots. The ones in the pots grew better. I fed them with tomato food. I ate the sweetcorn without cooking it; it was really tasty:D