Zea mays var. saccharata 'Swift'

Sweet Corn 'Swift' F1 Hybrid

A type of flowering edible vegetable / grass, usually grown as an annual plant (i.e. grown for a single season) Sweet corn, a high sugar-content variety of maize, is grown for the cobs of yellow kernels ("corn on the cob"). Sweetcorn 'Swift' F1 is a fast germinating variety that produces 2 or 3 cobs to each plant, each of which has 16 - 18 rows of kernels with good, sweet flavour.

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plant Features

Full sun
Frequent watering
Not Frost hardy
Medium to heavy

plant information

Common name

Sweet Corn 'Swift' F1 Hybrid

Latin name

Zea mays var. saccharata 'Swift'

type

Vegetable

family

Poaceae

ph

6.5 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun
Frost

Not Frost hardy

Soil

Medium to heavy
Water

Frequent watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When to harvest

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sweet Corn Swift F1 Hybrid is 0.30meters x 2.00meters

0.30 M 2.00 M

Zea mays var. saccharata 'Swift'

Sowing seed outdoors

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Look to ensure a distance 7.8 inches (20.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - bury at a depth of at least 1.17 inches (3.0 cm) deep. Soil temperature should be kept higher than 21°C / 70°F to ensure good germination. You should look at sowing Sweet corn about 14 days after your last frost date .

Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Planting out too early will make the plant cold and delay its growth. When the ground has warmed plant out in a block rather than a row, to aid the wind pollenation. Ensure that temperatures are mild (minimum night temperatures should be around 15°C / 59°F) and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Sweet corn is a tender plant.

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