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    Yellowing sweetcorn

    I have over twenty sweetcorn plants in the greenhouse, in rootrainers and they are tall and strong looking, but they are starting to go a little yellow so I am assuming they have exhausted the nutrients in the compost?
    I will not be able to plant them out for the next couple of weeks (last frost due end of April) and I have a tall strong cloche and added fleece to cover them with when I do. Should I, in the meantime, give them a weak feed of something, if so what would you advise please.
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    If you have the space after you plant them out?.......

    You could try 'three sisters' technique - planting Corn with runner beans and squash?

    Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sanjo View Post
      Should I, in the meantime, give them a weak feed of something, if so what would you advise please.
      This is free
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
        This is free
        Thanks Two Sheds, didn't think if that although I knew the benefits in the garden. Oh what a treat they have in store for them later today.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by GardenFaery View Post
          If you have the space after you plant them out?.......

          You could try 'three sisters' technique - planting Corn with runner beans and squash?

          Three Sisters (agriculture) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          I've tried that in the past GF but not very successfully as I have limited space. I did try it two sisters ie sweetcorn and cucumbers last year and had some results but I had to grow the cucumbers up canes and a couple of times, up the sweetcorn itself.

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          • #6
            Yeh a few sites recommend growing beans ( and other plants) actually up stems of corn too

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            • #7
              Originally posted by GardenFaery View Post
              Yeh a few sites recommend growing beans ( and other plants) actually up stems of corn too
              But the three sisters were originally grown by Native Americans, and it wasn't sweetcorn it was maize which is a far taller and stronger plant. Their beans were also grown for drying. Doesn't work so well over here.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Sanjo View Post
                I have over twenty sweetcorn plants .... they are starting to go a little yellow ... Should I, in the meantime, give them a weak feed of something ...
                a little yellow is nothing to worry about .... if you really really really want to feed them, just do what two sheds said ....
                http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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