Topic: What can't you grow?

[Doris_Pinks]

We all read about what we can grow, but year after year I have failures with the same stuff, and year after year I keep trying!!

The things that I cannot seem to grow, but am trying yet again this year are:

Spring Onions(tried sowing direct, in modules etc. etc.)
Florence Fennel (we love it!)
Pak Choi and it seems all other chinese greens
Celery (have finally given up on this one!)
Cabbages (Club root)

How about you?

[Sparkly]

Last year was our first season on the allotment, but we had problems with:

Carrots (carrot fly)
Parsnips (poor germination)
Swedes and Winter Brassicas (took the net off too soon and they became pigeon dinner)
Butternut Squash (did germinate, but wasn't warm enough to get a long enough season)
Sweetcorn (planted direct to late so again, not a long enough growing season)

I know the mistakes we made with these, so we are trying to rectify these for these season!

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

celery (gave up)
capsicum (always small and hard)
cauliflower (too much trouble to even try)

celeriac (usable size first time last year)
carrot (in the ground - total failure. In pots - complete success)

[kt.]

Spring onions never germinate. Gonna try again.
Cauliflowers always blow when they too are small to pick and eat.
Radish is hit and miss. (More the latter)

[sarah]

i cant grow spring onions either.

[Teena]

carrots ( in ground or an old bath)
cauli (just blow when small)
parsnips (treid all ways for these still no success)

we will try again this year

fingers crossed we'll get something

[Biscombe]

Cabbage! the swede midge get em every time despite changing plots and rotating!

[Suzanne]

My family wish I couldn't grow courgettes  :-\

But I do have problems with peas - something always gets to them. I have tried protecting them with chcken wire, sharp sticks/twigs, and even plastic cloche covers. I do get crops but tends to be small.

I am going to try them on my other plot this year and sow them a little deeper and cover with aviary metal mesh which hopefully won't let mice through  ::)

Fingers crossed  ;D

[Tin Shed]

Brussell Sprouts - I might one or two the size of peas, and that is in a good year!!!

[Emagggie]

Carrots. But I will not give up. >:( If I can grow other root veg I must be able to grow carrots.

[cleo]

My total failures,despite trying,are

Capers and a thing called a `Horseradish Tree`

[raisedbedted]

Spring Onions - grow extra shallots now and eat the stalks.
Celery - looks like a monster when it does grow, actually glad as I hate the stuff.  ;)
Swedes - never get bigger than golf ball sized.
Rocket - it just bolts.
Aubergines - trying again this year.

[theothermarg]

Yes I have trouble with spring onions as well ,trying them in moduls this year
cauiflower,still trying
summer brocoli,one last go this year and thats it (I tell myself again)
marg

[Georgie]

It's carrots for me too, I'm afraid.  Slugs/snails get them every time.   :(

G x

[Sinbad7]

In over 20 years have never ever been able to grow a decent Swede.  But I am the queen of Carrot's ;D

Sinbad

[calendula]

it's celeriac for me - they just never get big enough

the seed merchants just love our determination  8)

[theone]

Basil and-you won't believe this- Buddleia.                                                              

[DeeBee]

Parsnips >:(

And I love them, but still persevere with different methods every year!

[springbok]

Gosh, you should really really really hide this thread from us newbies.. its scaring me half to death lol. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[cornykev]

Carrot fly always attack mine but I get plenty so I get some to eat, germination's my problem with peppers and celery.  :'(       ;D ;D ;D