START CORN IN PUNNETS
If you don’t have space to sow seed in your patch, or wet weather is threatening to rot your seed, sow corn in punnets and plant it out later. Here’s how.
1 FILL multicell punnets with seed-raising mix, and sow one corn seed per cell. 2 PLACE punnets in a sunny spot and keep moist. Shoots will appear in 7–10 days. Continue watering and feed once a week with liquid fertiliser. When seedlings are 7–10cm tall, they are ready to plant out.
3 LOOSEN soil with a garden fork, spread fertiliser on the surface and top with a 5cm layer of compost. Till it all into the top layer of soil or just rake it level.
4 USE a large stick or rake handle to mark rows and make planting holes for seedlings.
5 DROP seedlings into the holes and gently press the soil to bed them in. Water well.