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  • Sweetcorn seeds

    Hi all
    is it best to pop sweetcorn seeds in warm water for a few hours, prior to sowing.
    Thanks Si.

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    I don't soak them. In fact I don't bury them in the compost either.

    After spraying the compost with water I press the seed onto the surface so that the bottom half comes into contact with the compost. I then place a sheet of newspaper over the loo rolls ('cos that's what I use) to stop too much evaporation and ignore them for a few days. You will see when the root comes out and finds it's way down. Very soon after that the shoot will appear. At that point I will cover the seed with 1/2" of dry compost ,
    Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
    Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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    • #3
      I usually soak mine overnight before sowing.

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      • #4
        Never soaked them in my life, just push them slightly under the surface of multi purpose compost in root trainers. Keep them inside and a few days later they're up and running. Real doddle. Only year I had problems was when somebody else had over watered them and they'd rotted.

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        • #5
          i have never soaked them, just pushed them into the compost (normally a 15 cell module tray) and they've always come up fine .... except this year .... the mice have scoffed 2 lots and the 3rd sowing seems to be doing nothing .... yet ....
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          • #6
            I've never soaked mine either. I just push them into a small pot of compost then plant them out later.

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            • #7
              When I first read this I was thinking of popping sweetcorn to make popcorn and couldn't think how it would help it to grow. Must read more carefully! And no never soaked mine either.

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              • #8
                nor me .....
                S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

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                • #9
                  tried both ways this year and had much more success with those that weren't soaked...

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                  • #10
                    no soaking, in MPC, in root trainers. 100% germination rate so far.

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