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Tin Shed
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Posts: 1,538
South Essex
Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 09:20:57 »
Ok then -by special request from Rhubarb Thrasher and to cheer us all up........
New Zealand Spinach - I was given three little plants and they grew and grew. It looks nothing like normal spinach and has small more fleshy leaves and remains much chunkier when cooked. OH will eat this spinach cooked. :D
It didn't go to seed until the very end of the season and because the plants get so large you can keep picking it for ever!!!
Do you feel better now RT? ;)
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betula
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Posts: 5,839
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 09:24:14 »
Runner Beans.
I could have fed the five thousand with my crop last year. ;D ;D
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redimp
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Colonia Domitiana Lindensium, Flavia Caesariensis
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March 30, 2008, 09:39:00 »
Kohl Rabi - didn't like the thought, grew them for the other half. They didn't get that big - and they were delicious. Growing lots more this year. ;D
Celeriac but cocked it up big time - doing ti right this year.
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Lotty @ Lincoln (Lat:53.24, Long:-0.52, HASL:30m)
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caseylee
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Posts: 712
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 09:42:24 »
Mine was lettuce all sorts I had so many last year but my pets wern't moaning lol
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DeeBee
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Posts: 74
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 09:51:15 »
Cucumbers! Previously they ad refused to grow, last year, on the lottie and in the greenhouse up rhey shot. Must have been enjoying all that damp air! Nothing else did! ;)
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adrianhumph
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Posts: 419
Camberley, Surrey.
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 09:56:00 »
Hi all,
My great find last year were giant miike mustard greens & osaka purple mustard greens, sown in Late August, 6 plants of each have cropped all Winter & are still producing leaves now. Cook like spinach ,or eat raw in salads, absolutely brill ;D. Seeds available from
www.realseeds.co.uk/
Adrian.
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sawfish
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glasgow dreamer
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 10:18:56 »
Pak Choi, now its a must. Aduki beans, too cold, various other fancy beans, blackeye, black turtle no luck either. Wont be doing fancy beans again.
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kt.
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Teesside
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 10:22:00 »
Strawberries. From 24 plants came at least 20 strawberries from each. My swede also came up very well. Best so far.
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saddad
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Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 10:50:45 »
Also Kohl Rabi... snap! ;D
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Rhubarb Thrasher
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Dark Side Of The Rhubarb
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 10:52:31 »
I feel a bit mean saying I never grew anything nice and new last year. Now that the curly kale is finishing, we're going to miss it a lot
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Plot69
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Posts: 854
Lincolnshire
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 11:56:50 »
Quote from: sawfish on March 30, 2008, 10:18:56
Pak Choi, now its a must.
I might try that this year. My Missus is really into stir fry's (It's a high cholesterol thing) and I believe that's what the Chinese use a lot?
I've not seen anyone growing it at my place. Is it hard to grow?
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Tony.
Sow it, grow it, eat it.
sawfish
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glasgow dreamer
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March 30, 2008, 12:27:28 »
Pak Choi is the easiest thing I have ever grown. Its so lovely in a stirfry chucked in at the end, really crunchy with succulent stalks.
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Plot69
Hectare
Posts: 854
Lincolnshire
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 12:36:23 »
OK, thank you very much. It's on the list.
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Tony.
Sow it, grow it, eat it.
manicscousers
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www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 16:19:14 »
just watch out for the slugs, they love pak choi..
ours was strawberries and barlotti beans, loads and very tasty ;D
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
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March 30, 2008, 16:38:54 »
Pineapple flavoured Physalis (Cape Gooseberries). I had over 100 fruits off two plants and they ripened much quicker than other varieties I've tried.
G x
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Laney
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Clueless in South Essex
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 20:38:55 »
Last year my biggest success was my lettuce and rocket. We were on diets in preperation for our August wedding, and we saved a bloody fortune on supermarket salads! ;D My sweetcorn grew nicely too but a lot of the cobs never ripened as we had hardly any sun last year. I'm looking forward to trying again this year.
I also bought some dwarf french bean seedlings on a whim from the garden centre for £3, and I got stacks of beans off them. They were delicious.
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davee52uk
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Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 30, 2008, 23:25:15 »
Berlotti Beans; somebody gave a few and I grew a few then bought more. Brilliant crop - you can either eat as pods or as beans. They are fantastic colours and grow well, even in the Summer we had last year.
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GrannieAnnie
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in Delaware, USA growing zone 6 or 7
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 31, 2008, 04:01:21 »
F1 hybrid Cool Breeze cucumber- an amazing # of cucumbers with no work. some even produced fairly well in part shade. Made wonderful cuc-onion-sour cream salad (definitely not low-cholesterol salad)
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GodfreyRob
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March 31, 2008, 07:32:58 »
Grew Vegetable Spaghetti last year - the fruits were quite large and when cooked really did produce spahgetti-like strands - great for stir fries! They were easy to grow and managed better than courgettes and other squashes in the cool and wet.
Will definately do the same again this year.
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saddad
Hectare
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Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Something Lovely I Grew For The Fisrt Time Last Year
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March 31, 2008, 07:44:31 »
Have you tried Lambs Lettuce Laney? We have had some out over winter and it makes a great early salad lettuce substitute. Outside all winter with no protection... lovely now with some of the early sorrel and garlic mustard...
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