Sweetcorn 'Swift'

• For best flavour and nutrients, eat sweetcorn as soon as possible after picking before the sugar turns to starch. Don’t add salt to the water if boiling as it will toughen the kernels.
• Ideal for freezing.

How to grow climbing Sweetcorn

• Sweetcorn is wind pollinated so it should be planted in blocks, 40cm (16in) apart to maximise pollination. You can help this process by collecting pollen from the tassels at the top of the plants and sprinkling it onto the hairy tufts of silk on the ears. The best pollen is shed in late morning.
• Good pollination will result in cobs packed full of kernels.
• Sweetcorn develops quickly once pollinated, ready to pick just a couple of weeks after pollination, when the silks have turned brown in August.

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Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

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