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Dan 2
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Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 16:19:01 »
Hi everyone! Another queory ;D Was wondering what the best vegetables you can grow are. I would be intersted what varieties of what are the best to grow. Once I ahve a response I can see where more than one person has said the same thing and then I know what ones i should be growing! I don't have a lotti ebut am goring a lot more vegetables this year. Thanks for the help! Dan :-)
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gunnerbee
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Posts: 802
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 16:22:05 »
i do like the climbing bean called Blue Lake, easy to grow and lovely beans.
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Dan 2
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March 31, 2006, 16:24:05 »
Thanks, post like this will be great!!!!
Thanks..........................Thanks................................Thanks....................
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SteveJ
Half Acre
Posts: 101
Perth, Scotland
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 16:26:09 »
Potato - Pink fir Apple
Garlic - Solent White
Onion - Red Baron
mmmm mmmmm!
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Dan 2
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Posts: 411
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 16:33:47 »
Thanks Steve, im hoping that if this thread gets to a good size then I will ask Dan to keep it as a sticky thread. Dan :-)
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Paulines7
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Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 18:14:35 »
Courgettes Dan. They are so versatile and come in different shapes and colours. Sliced lengthways, dipped in olive oil and put on the barbecue........mmmmmmmmmm
;D ;D ;D
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supersprout
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Posts: 4,660
mulch mad!
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 18:22:10 »
Oh it has to be cucurbits... all shapes and sizes, soft in summer, keep all winter, and include cucumber and melon. This year I'm growing:
Courgette Rugosa Friulana
Pumpkin Dill’s Atlantic Giant (couldn't resist the pumpkin competition ;))
Squash Berrettina Piacentina
Squash Black Futsu
Squash Blue Hubbard
Squash Buttercup
Squash Butternut Rugosa
Squash Crown Prince
Squash Honey Boat Delicata
Squash Marina di Chioggia
Squash Musquee de Provence
Squash Potimarron
Squash Sibley or Pike’s Peak
Squash Sweet Dumpling (acorn type)
Squash Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato (pale acorn squash type)
Squash Triamble
Squash Turk’s Turban
Courgette (Zucchini)
Courgette de Nice a Fruit Rond
Courgette Striato di Napoli
Courgette Tondo di Piacenza
Cucumber Marketmore
Melon, Ananas
Melon, Banana
Melon, Ogen
;D ;D ;D
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tim
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Just like the old days!
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March 31, 2006, 18:25:39 »
Everything I have space or the time for.
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Mrs Ava
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March 31, 2006, 18:29:33 »
I would recommed Brilliant Brussels Sprouts as they really were brilliant! Incredibly productive, firm and I have been picking since the start of December and cleared the last just yesterday from about....12 or so plants!
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flowerlady
Hectare
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"Tug-o-Weeed!"
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 19:08:45 »
Dan the best veggies are the ones YOU WANT TO EAT ;D
give us a list of your favourites and we can then make some suggestions!! ;)
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tim
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Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 19:24:18 »
Second thoughts - the best value for money or time? No names - that would take up too much valuable space. That's what catalogues are for?
Like leeks, potatoes, sprouting, carrots, onions, garlic, cut & come again salads, asparagus, tomatoes , cucumbers................
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Merry Tiller
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March 31, 2006, 20:01:57 »
Complete waste of time I'm afraid, anything that grows well for me might well be awful for you, all depends on soil chemistry, weather conditions, growing method etc. etc. etc.Blah blah blah
Too many variables
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grawrc
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Hectare
Posts: 6,583
Edinburgh
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 22:10:32 »
Exactly Merry Tiller. There are so many variations in soil condition and weather conditions etc that you really can't extrapolate from one person's experience to another's. It even varies in the same place from year to year.
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gunnerbee
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Posts: 802
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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March 31, 2006, 22:13:22 »
Marmande tomatoes, ooohhhh got my tastebuds going..!!!!!lol.
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MollyBloom
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March 31, 2006, 23:38:12 »
My favourite vegetable of all time has to be Cherokee Trail of Tears climbing bean. It grows in almost any setting as strongly as a weed, throws out a huge harvest and sets seed easily for next year. As for other "best grows", you can't go wrong choosing the popular favourites - there's got to be a good reason why so many gardeners go for them!
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tim
Hectare
Posts: 18,607
Just like the old days!
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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April 01, 2006, 08:15:59 »
A couple more thoughts, Dan:
1. Because more folk buy a Ford than any other car, that doesn’t mean that the Ford is the ‘best’. It could be something to do with cost, availability, advertising - &, as said, local conditions & skill.
2. It would be a dull palate that wanted only the ‘best’. What we DO need, thinking especially of Tomatoes, is choice & contrast between colour, shape, size, period, growth style, texture & flavour. To name a few. Each has its use. Not to experiment is unthinkable – we have never grown the same combination in 40+ years. In taking a cross-section of views, you are really repeating the work done by the seed suppliers.
3. Most people growing their own for the first time will be utterly thrilled by the result – the ‘best’!
4. Again as said above, know what you like, where you want it, what for, read & experiment? For instance, Marmande is usually recommended for
outdoors
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growmore
Hectare
Posts: 1,023
Practice Beats Theory. Don Valley South Yorks
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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April 01, 2006, 10:28:53 »
Firstly I don't think the question Dan has asked is a waste of time ...I think a majority of us are spread fairly widly across UK.So the soil conditions locations would vary as do the methods we use ...
If as he said he saw a variety being grown sucessfully crop up a few times(excuse the pun) he would then assume it would grow for him where he is located..
I am sure that any of us that have been at this a while could write our seed order out without a catalogue . These will be variaties that we know will grow reliably well for us most years .
But then we try new stuff out most years as well..
Commercial growers tend to grow what grows best re yield ,looks, uniformity
But as gardeners we like to experiment to see if this tastes better than that will this outcrop that etc. but taste as good.
Here is a few we grow reliably most years .
COBRA..Climbing bean
PINK FIR APPLE..Potatoe
SNOWBALL..cauliflower
SPRING HERO ..spring cabbage..
ALICANTE...Tomatoes
SWEDE......Marion maybe Marianne
Plus many more ...Cheers Jim
Cheers ..Jim
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Cheers .. Jim
Merry Tiller
Hectare
Posts: 1,901
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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April 01, 2006, 12:39:37 »
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kitty
Hectare
Posts: 1,325
its what i do.
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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April 01, 2006, 21:16:53 »
so...to summarise....always experiment and always grow'basics'
-onions and taters and tomatoes french climbing beans-then you will never be hungry-well....rarely anyway!
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growmore
Hectare
Posts: 1,023
Practice Beats Theory. Don Valley South Yorks
Re: Those great things called vegetables!
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April 01, 2006, 21:48:21 »
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Cheers .. Jim
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