Sweetcorn Kite F1 40 Vegetable Seeds

Packet Content (approx.): 40

Description: Xtra tender type. A late maturing variety producing easily harvested cobs with exceptional taste and appearance. Cob length approximately 20cm, with 16-18 rows of grains.

Sowing Time: April to June. Sowing Instructions: Sow seeds singly ½in deep in 3in pots of compost. Germination usually takes 8-12 days at 21-24C.

Growing Instructions: Plant out 18in apart when all danger of frost has passed, in blocks of short rows. A warm, sunny sheltered position in fertile, moist yet free draining soil.

After Care: Once the tassels start to form on the cobs regular watering is required. To check that the cobs are ready to be picked pull back part of leaves covering them and squeeze one of the grains, if the liquid is thin and creamy, not watery, the cob is ready.

Suitable for the vegetable garden, allotments and containers.
Be prepared to water well and supplement feed with high-potash feed during season. Regular feeding is recommended.