sweetcorn

When to Plant Sweetcorn in the UK

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Sweetcorn plants growing in a UK vegetable garden in summer with chives and salad crops nearby

Sweetcorn is one of those crops that does brilliantly when you get the timing right and goes badly wrong when you do not. It is not a difficult plant to grow, but it does need warmth, and the UK gives you a fairly narrow window to work with. Sow too early and the seeds rot. … Read more

What to Sow in May in the UK

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Close up of a hand placing seeds into a drill of fine soil in a UK garden in May

If you only have one good month for sowing in the UK, May is probably it. The soil has warmed up properly, days are long, and seeds that would have sat in cold ground doing nothing in March will germinate quickly and reliably now. You also still have enough growing season ahead of you that … Read more