Sweetcorn: Sundance F1

I'm slightly disappointed with this variety. The cobs are about 7" long, but the top inch or more have no kernels. I don't think it's a pollination issue as the kernels are evenly set on all of them. Flavour is good as you'd expect from a super-sweet but I've had larger cobs. Very few double cob plants too.

It hasn't been a good year for sweet corn at all, the crop is very late and the plants were beaten down badly by midsummer rain. Still, most plants did produce an edible cob. The squirrels have been attacking them too, which is very annoying. 

Sweetcorn

Mixed results with the sweetcorn. The main variety is Sundance F1, with a few of the "Indian Summer' bicolour that survived damping off.

 The ones used to interplant the winter squash near the duck bath sump are doing well, with good-sized cobs developing. Those that went into a bed of their own two weeks later have not thrived, and are only half the height of their neighbours, with rather pathetic looking coblets. Interestingly, despite being sown and planted at two week intervals, they have produced cobs/male flowers more or less simultaneously. As the saying goes, "what's the difference between a good gardener and a bad one?" "One week".

Squashes

The squash bed around the 'duck sump' has become a jungle in my absence. I'm sure the irrigation helped them establish during the brief heat wave, but constant rain throughout July hasn't helped the fruits to set without rotting off. Some leaves showing mildew. Normally I'd put this down to being too dry at the root, but I suspect the drip from the duck bath plus the rain might have been a bit too much. Now the vines are attaching to fences and other supports, hopefully there will be enough air to allow some to set without rot from the blossom end setting in.

You might notice some sweetcorn interplanted between the squashes. I've done this before with some success. However, none of my sweetcorn is looking very vigourous this year, the later-planted ones not in the squash bed being the weakest.