Sweetcorn ‘Golden Bantam’
Zea mays · Vegetable · No. 10
- Sow under cover
- Apr–May
- Sow outdoors
- May–Jun
- Harvest
- Aug–Sep
- Germination
- 7–10 days
- Spacing
- 35 cm in the row, 45 cm between rows
- Days to harvest
- 80–100 from sowing
- Sun
- Full sun
- Seed saving
- Hard
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under cover | April | May | ||||||||||
| Outdoors | May | June | ||||||||||
| Harvest | August | September |
Notes
Yellow sweetcorn, grown in blocks for wind pollination. Needs about 100 plants to keep the variety healthy — return as a shared lot.
Saving seed · Hard
Biennial or wind-pollinated. Seed comes in the second year or needs 20+ plants to stay true.
- Grow at least 20 plants of this variety.
- Biennials: store or overwinter roots, replant in March.
- Tell us before you start — we pool hard lots between members.