Kitchen Garden Forum

Hi folks,

In a four bed crop rotation of brassicas, potatoes/tomatoes, aliums/carrots and legumes, where should I plant sweetcorn? Hope you can help.

Thanks

I think sweetcorn are one of those crops that you can slot in whenever's convenient. Shouldn't think they need much manure and they're fairly drought resistant when they get going because they have long roots so maybe before or after the aliums?

Thank you, that makes life simple

I agree with BPP - it doesn't seem to matter where you put them. Remember though that they grow tall and close together so that they can cast quite a lot of shade so I always set mine out in a block on the northern edge of the veg patch.

John

I use another rotation - Courgettes, Squashes, Pumpkins (small) and Sweet Corn.

Thanks guys, that leaves me with loads of options. One less thing to worry about!

I usually put the sweetcorn in after the broadbeans are picked in May - as far as I am aware corn does like manure so i add it and it likes the nitrogen from the legumes then i follow corn with winter/spring brassicas who seem to like the second hand manure or onions then i follow that with alliums or brassicas depending which way round the previous.