With Goldcrest F1 you can look forward to growing strong, vigorous plants that cope admirably with our weather. They produce cobs of about 20cm long well filled with large, sweet kernels: great flavour.
SOW & GROW: inside from mid-April to early May in deep pots, or from May to June outside. This variety has shrunken seed, soak in lukewarm water for 20-30 minutes before sowing at 30-40mm deep. Harden off when about 15cm tall and after frost danger has passed. Plant them in a block with the plants about 50cm apart. Sweetcorn is wind pollinated: you can encourage pollination of the silks, female flowers, by tapping the tassels or male flowers (this helps the pollen to fall) or pick some tassels and ‘dust’ the silks by hand. Supersweet varieties (like Goldcrest) should be grown away from each other.
ENJOY: cobs are ready to harvest when the tassels at the end turn brown & the juice from a kernel is ‘milky’. Simply boil the cobs for 10 minutes.
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