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frizzle
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sweetcorn in polytunnelhello folks, has anyone grown sweetcorn in their polytunnel  Tried the 'baby'sweetcorn but already hit the ceiling with no sign of any cobs yet  Advice, comments welcome, thanks  
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MrsL
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Should be showing some tassels by now; have you tapped them to aid pollination, planted in a block, and left plenty of openings to allow pollinating insects in?
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blowin
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Good bunches of tassels from about 10 days ago but none are showing any of the obvious signs of having been pollinated ( wilting & browning --- I think ! ) . This despite there being loads of pollen stuck to the leaves of the plants . Even tapped the male flowers with a container beneath then tipped flower heads , pollen and all onto the tassels . That was a week ago . I had expected something to happen by now .
Presumably " baby" corn does need to be pollinated before eating ??? 
Incidentally , the cobs might be baby size but there aren't many of them and the plants are over 7 ft , so not exactly a space-saving crop ! 
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