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Originally Posted by scarey55  Oh Hazel, what a darling you are - how lovely of you to give me a chance to show off  |
...and why not!
I had a dozen germinate - but only had 8 to plant out (one of which died the death) which I did once that I had ascertained that the 'unidentified pests' which were nibbling the tops of the plants in the pots at home were, in fact, my cats who thought I'd introduced some grass in the courtyard for them to have a graze on....
I think that I've got 1 or 2 cobs on each plant (note to self to count when next at the Hill) - but how do you know if they have pollinated properly - do you have to strip off the outer bit?
BTW - are the cobs worth freezing, and if so would you strip the corn off first? Do you blanch? I only ask as I will NOT be being as altruistic with the corn as I have been with the runner beans, but suspect I will be eating a couple of cobs a day for a week, and that'll be it!