Topic: Three things I won't be growing...

[plot51A]

...next year.

1. Borlotti beans. My second attempt at these, thought I'd done better this time but the yield is just not going to be worth the space they take.

2. Radicchio. Say no more

3. Sweetcorn. I know its very popular on here but... in the past I've been too impatient and picked cobs too soon, this year was more patient so left them too long and they were very starchy. Don't even like it that much.

What will other people drop?

[tomatoada]

Outdoor tomatoes.
Kale.

[Old bird]

Huge varieties of tomatoes - I really only like Gardeners Delight for popping in - Marmande for bigger meals and italian plum for their usefulness.

I have also tried to grow sweetcorn with pretty much zilch success - so probably won't have a go at that again.

Kohl Rabi - why did I ever bother in the first place?!!

Main crop potatoes - the slugs get them every year - I have given them up now - as cheap to pop down to the greengrocer and buy a big bag and you can see them before you buy!!

Old  Bird

 ;D

[elvis2003]

wont be putting 4 squash plants in the greenhouse! although i did think 2 were melons.doh!
the plants have gne crazy in there,i regularly have to cut them back just to get in there,tons of fruit though ;D and its been fun,also given the rest of the site a good laugh at my expense......

[raisedbedted]

Onions, 9 months of weeding just to find out they've all got white rot.

Kohl Rabi, can see why no one has ever heard of it!

Tomatillos yuk!

[Debenvalley]

Peas - too much effort for little return

Swede - over the last few years I've had problems with caterpillars, birds, splitting, rotting etc

Summer Cabbage - easy to grow but we hardly eat cabbage over the summer.

Also, as I'm going from 2 plots to 1 plot next year, I'm not sure about main crop potatos and onions ?


I think one of the great things about growing your own is trying different veg (I'd never eaten kale or chard before until I got my plot) but after a few years of little return for your efforts it's time to move on to something else. Now where did I put those seed catalogues....

[lightyears]

CORGETTES! Deliberate caps lock. i wish i never see another one ever again. i must have 100 cut up and frozen. no more next year no more ever

[PlymouthMaid]

Peas - not enough return for the aggro
Potatoes - would be cheaper to buy them as our yield was very low
Cabbages/Cauli - soo much hassle and take up so much space although I am yet to see if they actually produce anything.

Am intrigued by the folk who say 'courgettes' cos they get so many they are sick of them - how many plants do you all grow - I have three and am getting about the right amount withough a glut.

[GodfreyRob]

Asparagus peas - hard as nails when they are big enough to eat.
Aubergines - I keep trying but the flowers just keep dropping off :(
Tomatos - blight outside, blight inside...
Spuds in grow pods - by the time I add up the cost of the compost, seed and growing bags, each spud is worth at least £2.50!

[bedrockdave]

Onions, 9 months of weeding just to find out they've all got white rot.

Kohl Rabi, can see why no one has ever heard of it!

Tomatillos yuk!
[/really supprised about the khol rabi...absolutely love them ,peeled ,part boiled then in with the roasties...lush]

[littleredhen]

Tomatoes - will just limit myself to 3 or 4 plants, cos the blight always gets them or they just stay green and never ripen.

Swiss chard - Looks nice but I just don't like the taste.

Raddichio and lambs lettuce - yuk, too bitter.

[aggie]

Peas not enough return and by the time there's enough the are really hard.
Main crop potatoes fed up with blight, will still grow first early's though.Summer cabbage fed up with white butterfly  :-[ :-[

[Sparkly]

Turnips (Well at least not Snowball) as they are slug magnets

Courgettes as we don't eat that many and can eat the immature winter squash/pumpkins

Rocket because it always bolts

[Duke Ellington]

Kohl Rabi - why did I ever bother in the first place?!!

I agree with you on that one!!

My list
*Peas! ~~~~~~~BirdsEye do good ones!!

*Spring Cabbage~~~~~they took so long to heart up that they nearly caught up with the summer ones.

*winter lettuce on the allotment~~~~will do them in the greenhouse.

*shallots~~~ not sure I can be arsed with peeling them for cooking when one big onion will do !!
Duke :)

[OllieC]

@ raisedbedted - people who advocate growing lamb's lettuce are in no position to criticise Kohl Rabi!!!  :P

[cheerfulness]

Radishes - been growing them since I was a little girl and have finally decided I don't like the taste. Took me long enough.  :-\

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

"Stereo" mange tout broad beans - yeuch

[raisedbedted]

@ raisedbedted - people who advocate growing lamb's lettuce are in no position to criticise Kohl Rabi!!!  :P

Too true, but as I have never grown Lambs lettuce let alone advocate it I will stick with my assertion that Kohl Rabi is not a popular vegetable for a very good reason  ;D

[OllieC]

@ raisedbedted - people who advocate growing lamb's lettuce are in no position to criticise Kohl Rabi!!!  :P

Too true, but as I have never grown Lambs lettuce let alone advocate it I will stick with my assertion that Kohl Rabi is not a popular vegetable for a very good reason  ;D

Oh, sorry for accusing you of that! What was the weed you told me to grow at Wisley last year?

[Robert_Brenchley]

Outdoor toms, and spuds with low blight resistance.