Vegetable Seeds - Sweetcorn
Straight from the plant, sweetcorn is one of the most delicious vegetables for the home grower. Sweetcorn used to be a difficult crop to grow away from the south of the country as it needed a long, warm growing season. However, the development of new varieties has changed that.
For advice on growing sweetcorn see our Grow Your Own Sweetcorn guide.
Sweetcorn Seeds
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Sweet Corn (Organic) Seeds - Damaun
From recent European breeding of open-pollinated sweet corn. Excellent quality, stocky, juicy cobs remain sweet after harvest. Pick in approximately 95 days.
From Dobies Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn (Organic) Seeds - Damaun
From recent European breeding of open-pollinated sweet corn. Excellent quality, stocky, juicy cobs remain sweet after harvest. Pick in approximately 95 days.
From Suttons Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn - Mirai White
Part of the James Wong Grow For Flavour Range. James says - ?Pure white form, with an almost pavlova-like creaminess and super sweet to boot? Has the superior ability to soldier on through cold, wet soils. Harvest August-September.
From Suttons Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn Seeds - Earlibird
10 times more sugary than conventional sweet corn, super early and hugely productive. Origin: USA. The earliest harvest supersweet variety. Guaranteed to spike your blood sugar and send your tastebuds racing. Harvest August-September. ?
From Suttons Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn Seeds - Earlibird F1
The earliest maturing 'Supersweet' variety (having 2-3 times the sugar level of ordinary varieties), producing superb quality, deliciously sweet cobs. Improved tolerance to cold soil aids germination.
From Dobies Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn Seeds - F1 Goldcrest
This super sweet sweetcorn variety produces well-filled cobs with an excellent flavour. Their vigorous growth makes them ideal for the UK climate and they harvest from August-September. There's nothing better than sitting down to a homegrown corn on the cob, with butter slowly oozing over those golden kernels.
From Suttons Price: £2.99
Sweet Corn Seeds - F1 Minipop
Delicious lightly steamed or stir-fried, but also lovely raw in salads or as pre-dinner dips. Harvest when the silk tassels begin to show, prior to pollination.
From Suttons Price: £2.79
Sweet Corn Seeds - F1 Sundance
Considered as the best sweet corn for early maturing in our indifferent British summers and recommended by the Northern Horticultural Society. The cobs are often 18cm (7") long, packed with sweet creamy-yellow kernels. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Great beginner variety.
From Suttons Price: £2.79
Sweet Corn Seeds - F1 Swift
An early maturing, extra tender sweet corn with a high sugar content that gives a deliciously sweet flavour. It has a dwarf habit and improved performance in cold soils. Eat raw or cooked. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. SUPERSWEET VARIETY - Has 2-3 times the sugar levels of ordinary sweet corns. Careful sowing in warm moist soil/seed compost is essential to ensure good germination.
From Suttons Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn Seeds - Illusion F1
Sweet Corn Seeds - Illusion F1An F1 Hybrid sweetcorn that is just as sweet and tender as ?Super Sweet? varieties!Sweet Corn Seeds - Illusion F1 is a brilliant sweet corn variety that benefits from the vigour of the F1 hybrid! Illusion F1 is a synergistic variety, meaning the kernels are even more tender than the super sweet varieties but just as sweet! With excellent cool weather vigour, this variety of sweet corn is far more reliable being grown in the UK climate.Producing white cobs (with odd yellow kernel) and excellent ?tip fill? meaning Sweet Corn - Illusion F1 produces better, fuller cobs that grow to lengths of 19? 20cm. Ready to harvest August?September with established plants growing to a height of 151?200cm (59?79) and a spread of 41?50cm (16?20).
From Dobies Price: £2.99
Sweet Corn Seeds - Minipop F1
A real treat when lightly steamed as a vegetable, raw in salads or as pre-dinner dips. Harvest prior to pollination when the 'silk' tassels begin to show.Mini veg type - With our mini-vegetables even the smallest plot can yield a wealth of succulent, tasty produce. By sowing closely together in blocks or broad drills and cropping while young, you can fit far more into a small area.
From Dobies Price: £2.49
Sweet Corn Seeds - Moonshine F1
The best tasting sweet corn on trials last year - super-sweet variety (SH2). Extra sweet and juicy, can even be eaten raw (where the juice runs down your chin). Excellent cob coverage. 3-5 cobs per plant. 15-20cm cobs. Harvest August-September. Height 150-200cm (59-79); spread 30-40cm (12-16).
From Suttons Price: £3.99
Sweet Corn Seeds - Snobaby F1
Sweet Corn Snobaby F1 A delicious corn for popping! Sweet Corn Snobaby is a dual use corn: stir-fry or popping. Perfect to use as tender, sweet baby corn in stir-fry or Thai curries. Leave the cobs on the plants to grow to maturity (approximately 20cm), then harvest and let dry to create corn for 'popping'. Sweet corn Snobaby will produce 4-5 cobs per plant. Once dried, place cobs in a plastic bag in the microwave and the corn will literally pop off the cob!
From Suttons Price: £3.99
Sweet Corn Seeds - Stowell's Evergreen
One of the oldest and best sweet corn still in existence! Plants produce sweet, creamy-white kernels of around 20-23cm long. Not only can you enjoy your cobs fresh, but the plants can also be harvested fully ripe, then hung upside down in a cool shed and used in their semi-ripe state all the way into winter, hence the name 'evergreen'. Simply boil or steam when required.
From Dobies Price: £2.50
Sweet Corn Seeds - Sundance F1
We still consider this the best sweet corn for early maturity in indifferent summers. The cobs are some 18cm (7) long and close-packed with sugary kernels of creamy-yellow. Recommended for deep freezing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
From Dobies Price: £2.99
Sweet Corn Seeds - Sundance F1
We still consider this the best sweet corn for early maturity in indifferent summers. The cobs are some 18cm (7) long and close-packed with sugary kernels of creamy-yellow. Recommended for deep freezing. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
From Dobies Price: £4.99
Sweet Corn Seeds - Sweetie Pie F1
An early maturing variety, boasting exceptionally sweet cobs, around 22cm (9) long and with an impressive average of 16 rows of corn per cob. Delicious raw or cooked.
From Dobies Price: £2.99
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