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Mr BlueSky
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7187
Location: Central Europe
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 Posted: Sat May 24, 08 8:45 am Post subject: Have you grown anything new this year? |
 
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It's all new I know, but I usually try a new veg each year that I haven't grown before. Last year I tried Soya beans and this year I've put in Scorzonera.
Anybody else being adventurous with new stuff? |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 11282
Location: Bucks
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 8:57 am Post subject: |
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A new and exuberant crop of weeds? Although most of them are the usual suspects, I admit! Other than that, nothing hugely exciting - I'll be more than happy with ordinary veg, if we get any. I have planted paprika peppers, as well as the usual sweet kind (Which are new for me, too, although I grew chillies before) a few new kinds of squashes, and another attempt at loofah's (my third) too many tomatoes to remember. Calvo nero is new for me, and oats. Also mange tout and borlotti beans. The nice thing about having so much space, now is that I can grow lots of new things. However, there is a lot more room for weeds! |
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 22806
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 9:12 am Post subject: |
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First year for jerusalem artichokes. |
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Bog Spavin
Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 362
Location: North Yorkshire
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Rainbow chard and swedes for me. |
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marigold
Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 8101
Location: West Sussex
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Leeks for the first time ever, and it's the first time I've grown tomatoes from seed. |
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Treacodactyl
Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 19550
Location: In the pond with the frogs
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| Jonnyboy wrote: |
| First year for jerusalem artichokes. |
And you'll never be without them again.  
First year for Yacon and also Scorzonera here. We're also trying many new varieties including a climbing courgette. |
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ros
Joined: 19 Jul 2005
Posts: 1789
Location: Beds
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 9:54 am Post subject: |
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First attempts at rainbow chard, PSB, spaghetti squash and yellow climbing mange tout peas.
Don't really have room for any of them  so only a few of each.
actually I don't have room for half the stuff that's sown so far, front garden getting more use and the polyboxes my handmademeat orders came in are being pressed into service |
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VSS
Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2215
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Celeriac |
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Mary-Jane
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 15122
Location: Ceredigion, West Wales
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 10:13 am Post subject: |
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Asparagus peas. |
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hedgewitch
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 10:14 am Post subject: |
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Chillies  |
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2steps
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 5228
Location: Grimsby
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 11:20 am Post subject: |
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trying some new tomato varieties, melons and kiwi |
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Frewen Feltmaker
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 7641
Location: Suffolk
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Mary-Jane wrote: |
| Asparagus peas. |
Snap!  how are yours doing? I've only got pathetic little seedlings at the moment. |
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Soapnutter
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 725
Location: Derbyshire, England
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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I had melons but they died, some new squashes for fun mainly (crown prince and a spaghetti squash) and Romanescue broccolli. |
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Soapnutter
Joined: 09 Sep 2007
Posts: 725
Location: Derbyshire, England
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| Bog Spavin wrote: |
| Rainbow chard and swedes for me. |
I've grown rainbow chard before but it was years ago, got some again this year. |
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LynneA
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 2770
Location: London N21
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 08 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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Achocha. Got them from the Heritage Seed Library after trying them at college last year. Still in module trays at the moment, and as of this morning yet to be found by snails.
I grew Asparagus Pea a couple of years back, and to be honest they're more useful for their looks than for cooking. |
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