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[lay_reb]

can i grow sweetcorn in a very deep pot?

[s10driver]

Sure. Don't need more than about 8 inches of soil. You could build a raised bed out of boards and put it where it gets lots of sun. Mix some fertilizer with the soil (about 2 lbs. per 100sq. ft.) and plant seeds about a foot apart.

If you're talking about indoors, forget it, unless you've got a greenhouse.

[VillageVicar]

When I was a child there was a farmer who looked after my horse in the Autumn and Winter. I remember once asking him a similar question. I was enamoured with the beautiful cobs of sweetcorn his wife would serve at the Sunday dinner...and being a 'city boy' I wanted to bring some of the country home.

As he was planting rows of corn, (three kernels to a hole), I asked him if I could put some in a pot and take it home.
Mr. Fowler looked up to me, then looked around the field.
In a long drawn voice he said 'mehbee, son. But dem corns is the family type and dat means you gots to keep em to-gedder so dems can talk.

I took that to mean he thought field planting would thrive, but independent pots may not...

I never tested it.. You just brought back a sweet memory to me...

Good luck on your farming exercise!

Fr. Bill

[Thunderbird+]

You can get them started in pots to transplant them later but personally I think growing them in pots would result in a poor crop. they really need to be planted in large blocks in an open sunny spot, this is important because they are polinated by the wind and I have the feeling there are other unknown factors for growing them this way.

If you try this next year, Good Luck. Tbird+

[Theland]

..... or can you grow pot in a field of corn?

[lay_reb]

thanks for the great answer guys i am looking forward to planting next year will let you know of the results watch this space in a few months or so!!!