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Would you pay £100 or more for three vegetables seeds?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is growing huge vegetables a man thing? I've never seen a woman standing proudly by a preposterous pumpkin
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think you’re right B,   It’s also an American thing,  they really need to do things bigger and better than the UK.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    there are not as many women growers giant pumpkins as men.
    the WR grower was a woman several years ago. 
    giant vegetable are a thing in Uk as well  collin bowcock
    and Bernard Lavery prime examples of this.  

    genetics and growing techniques are major factor in the resulting size. 
    will post more later

  • Winston_The_Gravity_ManWinston_The_Gravity_Man Posts: 263
    Blimey, @BenCotto, are they real pumpkins in those photos ?  They're flippin' enormous ! :o   Wonder what they taste like ?
    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • Winston_The_Gravity_ManWinston_The_Gravity_Man Posts: 263
    You're right, @war garden 572, the UK has an ancient and venerable history of producing ridiculously enormous vegetables. 
    There's a bloke on t'allotments in Wrexham who's very good at it.  The prices he says he's paid for some of his seeds make me gulp but it's his hobby so good luck to him.  Can't see him splurging $195 on just one seed though.
    Maybe it's not such a popular sport with the fairer sex is because they're not very good at it ?!  (waiting for a low level nuclear explosion in reply :D)

    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Winston_The_Gravity_Man said:
    Wonder what they taste like ?
    The seed packet
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • Winston_The_Gravity_ManWinston_The_Gravity_Man Posts: 263
    Well, @Dovefromabove , I can reassure you that playing with my 'enormous vegetable' keeps me happy for hours :D
    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Playing solo @Winston_The_Gravity_Man … ? 😉 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Winston_The_Gravity_ManWinston_The_Gravity_Man Posts: 263
    Alas, needs must when the devil drives, @Dovefromabove
    When there's always biscuits in the tin, where's the fun in biscuits ?
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