This is a great thread, really interesting to see what people grow and
what works and doesn’t....
Will do again:
Garden Pearl tomatoes in
pots – beautiful to look at, ornamental and
tasty – crops well
Cucumber – marketmore –
never had a bad crop – very good and tastes good
Potatoes – Charlotte, definitely,
also Desiree which I didn’t do this
year but have had loads of success and also King Edward but if I could choose just one it would be Charlotte as
second early or leave in for maincrop
Chard – different varieties
- always does well for me
Spinach – always does well
Florence Strawberries: yes
for sure, very good, large juicy berries
Butternut Squash – always
does well – can’t remember the name of
variety I grow
Garlic – Germidour, Cristo,
Casablanca , a definite yes
Possibly:
Petty Pan – summer squash –
did this for first time this year, in pot – slow growing but produces lovely
yellow saucer like squash but it has only produced 2 fruits thus far so not
sure it would do better in ground
Beetroot: boltardy and Detroit
– produced very little this year,
strange as normally does well so need to re-evaluate this one
Nope/never again:
Carrots – no way, A definite
no.
Pumpkins – I have found they
take up too much space to merit growing – also they don’t form as well as
butternut and some of the pumpkin may rot (just from my own experience) butternut
seems to be better option for me
White Lisbon Spring Onions –
no way. A NO. I’ve tried and tried but
nothing seems to produce.
Produce that I’m new to growing and still waiting to see how they turn
out over a longer period:
2 types of Garlic 3 types of courgettes 3 types of beetroot for my elderly neighbours as I detest them...not the neighbours !! 3 types of carrots Parsnips 4 types of Potatoes Red and White onions Red lettuce Rocket 3 types of peas....Mangetout...Ordinary...Petit Pois Mizuna Sweet Corn
It has taken me 8 years to work out what I want to eat and of that what I can grow.
New next season
Cucumbers Hot peppers
Not again
Tomatoes Tomatillos Any beans
Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
Dwarf bean Polka. the pack shows it a nice yellow colour, in reality it's exactly the colour a normal green bean goes when it gets too old. Not appetising at all.
Courgette Grisette de Provence Small fruit, weak plants and the fruit grow club shaped meaning they turn seedy very early on, I will have to try the Romanesco suggestion earlier in the thread for a light/stripey courgette
Tomato Tigerella Very productive, pushing 2-3 kg per plant but pretty tasteless unless they are left so long they get mushy.
Varieties I am sold on..
Black beauty courgette Hugely productive producing courgettes every day, down side could be that it makes a huge plant that produces 4-5 growing points and then goes for it, easily 2m in diameter.
Golden Zucchini courgette not as productive as Black beauty but really firm bright yellow fruit that hold on the plant for several days before trying to turn into marrows.
Aguadulce Broad bean grows really well and tastes the best of the varieties I have tried.
Sungold Tomato I'm not growing it this year I tried Cerry cerise instead, not a patch on my normal sungold and I am missing them!
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This is a great thread, really interesting to see what people grow and what works and doesn’t....
Will do again:
Garden Pearl tomatoes in pots – beautiful to look at, ornamental and tasty – crops well
Cucumber – marketmore – never had a bad crop – very good and tastes good
Potatoes – Charlotte, definitely, also Desiree which I didn’t do this year but have had loads of success and also King Edward but if I could choose just one it would be Charlotte as second early or leave in for maincrop
Chard – different varieties - always does well for me
Spinach – always does well
Florence Strawberries: yes for sure, very good, large juicy berries
Butternut Squash – always does well – can’t remember the name of variety I grow
Garlic – Germidour, Cristo, Casablanca , a definite yes
Possibly:
Petty Pan – summer squash – did this for first time this year, in pot – slow growing but produces lovely yellow saucer like squash but it has only produced 2 fruits thus far so not sure it would do better in ground
Beetroot: boltardy and Detroit – produced very little this year, strange as normally does well so need to re-evaluate this one
Nope/never again:
Carrots – no way, A definite no.
Pumpkins – I have found they take up too much space to merit growing – also they don’t form as well as butternut and some of the pumpkin may rot (just from my own experience) butternut seems to be better option for me
White Lisbon Spring Onions – no way. A NO. I’ve tried and tried but nothing seems to produce.
Produce that I’m new to growing and still waiting to see how they turn out over a longer period:
Potted blueberries
Autumn raspberries
Red Hinomaki gooseberries
Rhubarb
Asparagus
Love growing tomatoes in the GH, Polytunnel or in hanging baskets, the greater the variety the better but includes Moneymaker, Sweet Millions.
Don't grow courgettes in the GH, next year they are going outside or in the polytunnel.
2 types of Garlic
3 types of courgettes
3 types of beetroot for my elderly neighbours as I detest them...not the neighbours !!
3 types of carrots
Parsnips
4 types of Potatoes
Red and White onions
Red lettuce
Rocket
3 types of peas....Mangetout...Ordinary...Petit Pois
Mizuna
Sweet Corn
It has taken me 8 years to work out what I want to eat and of that what I can grow.
New next season
Cucumbers
Hot peppers
Not again
Tomatoes
Tomatillos
Any beans
I won't be growing Tanacetum 'James kelway' what a horrible plant - droopy large daisy type with lurid 'yeah baby! Colours. Nothing like the picture.