Mimi Codd

Both attempts at growing Swift have been unsuccessful in my garden, mostly due to the mis-timing that appears to happen during pollination. Both attempts at growing what is often seen as this most reliable variety have resulted in the male flowers appearing a number of weeks before the silks emerge, therefore resulting in there being no male flowers available for pollination. One years growing Swift, we’ve only managed to harvest one or two cobs of corn, each with only a third of the kernels present.

In 2023 we had possibly the worst weather for growing sweetcorn, and many crops failed, but our Incredible variety seed did wonderfully. The germination was good, though not excellent. I ended up sowing two full packs of seed to be on the safe side. The Pollination and timing were excellent. Despite the rain hitting at exactly the same time as the corn should have been pollinating, both the male and female flowers arrived simultaneously and did its job well. Growth on the cobs was good, with great sized, good cobs, full of kernels with none missing.