Fallow Buck wrote:Moggy,
Keep in mind that you need to plant them in blocks rather than rows to get the best cob due to the way the pollinate. Nothing quite like a fresh cob picked and steamed within minutes with some nice butter.
I've got them in a block about 4ft x 4ft planted about 6 inches apart -it was just a guess as I had never grown them. I assumed that they would require shelter from each other (particularly where they are planted). They were a bit late going in, so I don't know if we will get much off them, although tbh it is probably a bit irrelevant as the house is now on the market and we would like to be out of it in 2-3 months if possible.
A question on spinach
Last year we had a glut - we didn't sow much, but it was so prolifict that we were still harvesting and eating throughout winter - frezing loads as well. This year I have moved the spinach a little further down the garden - about 10 ft and in the same border - and we have about 6 poxy plants come up. Now the beetroot I sowed where the spinach had been and it looks like we will have a glut of that instead.
I was wondering if there was any nutrient that could be lacking in that bit of the garden that particularly affects spinach - the rapa sown next to it is flourising also