Sweet Corn Seeds Various
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Sweetcorn Earlibird
Experience the exceptional quality of Sweetcorn Earlibird F1, a breakthrough in early high-quality super sweet sweetcorn. This variety is recorded as the earliest cropping sweet corn in Europe, offering sweet and tasty cobs with many rows of kernels, full to the tip. Perfect for home gardeners looking to enjoy fresh, delicious sweetcorn early in the season.
Sweetcorn Earliking
Enjoy the early harvest of Sweetcorn Earliking F1 Seeds, an early maturing variety perfect for growing in exposed areas. These stocky plants produce sweet cobs of very good size and are known for their reliability. To maintain the sweetness, remember to grow different types of sweetcorn separately to prevent cross pollination, which can result in tough, starchy kernels in extra sugary varieties.
Sweetcorn Goldcrest F1
Achieve garden excellence with the RHS Award-winning Sweetcorn Goldcrest F1. This mid-season variety boasts a clean, tidy habit and excellent husk protection. The sweetcorn offers an outstanding sweet flavour, producing 19-20cm (8in) long cobs with 14-16 rows of kernels per cob. Perfect for home gardeners seeking superior quality.
Sweet Corn Incredible F1 SE
Enjoy the exceptional quality of Sweet Corn Incredible F1 SE, a sugar-enhanced mid-season variety known for its reliability and heavy cropping. This variety boasts an incredible flavour and shows good tolerance to common rust, keeping plants healthy during wet summers.
Sweet Corn Swift F1 SH2
Sweet Corn Swift F1 SH2 is a first early, extra tender variety that produces heavy cobs with superb sweet flavour and texture. Featuring approximately 14 to 16 rows of delicious golden kernels, this super sweet variety requires more moisture to ensure successful germination. Swift F1 is easy to grow, extra tender, and has better vigour than most other varieties. Sweet Corn thrives best in a good summer, making it an excellent choice for northern counties. For the best taste, cook as close to picking time as possible.
Note: Grow different sweetness types separately to prevent cross-pollination, which can result in tough, starchy kernels.
***Please check the individual packets for sowing your seeds and harvesting as they may vary from the chart below***
Key Features
Growing chart
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Technical specifications
| Approx. Seed count | 50 seeds |
| When to Sow | April to May |
| Where to Sow | Early sowings can be made into pots or modules under glass at 21°C. Later sowings can be made direct into growing site, sowing 2 seeds per sowing station. |
| What to do Next | Pot raised sweetcorn seedlings should be gradually hardened off in a cold frame before transplanting into the plot once all risk of frost has passed. Do not plant in rows, but plant in blocks, spacing plants 45cm (18") apart each way to aid pollination by wind. |
| Harvest | August to September |