Case of mistaken identity.
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After a few more days I went outside and found this:
My actual corn has now germinated and I have these squash plants randomly dotted around the bed. So what I assumed was a baby corn plant was actually a squash, which I guess came from the compost I added, probably butternut.
I am going to leave them in and see how it goes as I have read that corn and squash do well together.