What's new with you ?

Lily 3 · July 2014

Hi all. I was wondering if your growing any new veg or fruit that's been a lovely surprise. As I've grown patty pan sunburst for the first time ( never having eaten them before - I know tres risqu?? ! life on the edge in the veg plot ! And I'm delighted with the results. Not only are they growing like the clappers and producing lots of fruits. But they also yummy ! Loving them saut??ed in a little butter with garlic, fresh thyme and a few smoked lardons. Love to hear about any new varieties you've discovered this year and what your doing with them.

GWRS · July 2014

Hello , planted some Chick peas and they seem to be growing , nobody on my allotments has grown them before , so exciting to seem them coming on

Anybody out there grow them ?

Whats patty pan sunburst ? Always willing to try something different

Fruitcake · July 2014

As a new plot holder, everything is new to me lol

I'm getting lots of compliments on my cabbages so I guess I'm doing something right lol. I've never tried growing any type of brassica so I'll go with that

I am on the lookout of "unusual" stuff to grow there next year so I'll keep watching this thread

GWRS · July 2014

Try growing globe artichoke and celeriac

Lily 3 · July 2014

Great to know other people get excited by their veg ! Chick peas sound very exciting, please let us know how they come on. Lots of home made hummus Yum ! Party pans are a member of the squash family. They are the shape of a flying saucer with fancy fluted edge. And are a lovely lemony yellow colour. They mild flavoured, a bit buttery and mildly nutty. As I read after planting them that they were similar to courgettes. I was a bit worried as I'm not keen in courgettes. But they are very nice, well worth growing a few plants.

Hope it all goes well for you fruitcake. I'm sure you'll have a great harvest and be hooked for life !

GWRS I planted celeriac but not one germinated

I was gutted. Two 3 meter rows and not one ! I planted swede at the same time and got great germination. So I don't think I let them dry out. Perhaps a bad batch of seeds ? Or can they be hard to germinate ?

GWRS · July 2014

The party pans sounds interesting , will try them next year as I will have lots of extra room on my allotment as we orignally had half and have just taken on the other half

you must have been unlucky with the celeriac all our germinated

I am going to put some spinach and chard in over the weekend both kept growing over the winter

Bamboogie · July 2014

I'm trying grafted tomatoes outdoors. Going very well, 8ft plants, loads of toms, just started picking

GWRS · July 2014

Hello , just dug up my Purple potatoes , Ablert Barlet Purple Majesty

if you want something different grow these because when they are cooked they keep there colour ie. Purple

given some to friends last year and some didn't like like them , taste was fine just the colour put them off , personally I think they are great , salad , boiled or mashed

bekkie hughes · July 2014

Kailaan was a new one for me this year, also have white cues, climbing courgeytes and butter bush squash, all have only been in a couple of months, so with the exception of kailaan, nothing else has cropped yet

Really interested to fing out how the chick peas go, have them on my list for next year

fidgetbones · July 2014

Crown prince squash. Lots of tennis ball sized fruit have set at the moment. They can grow 4 kg each so it could be interesting.

Also , last year I grew seaweed kale, which we enjoyed all winter.

bekkie hughes · July 2014

I grew crown prince a few years ago, its a really unusual colour and a very healthy plant, would recomend it

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