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Post by daylilydude on Jul 3, 2018 5:01:35 GMT -5
How many times will you grow something just to see if it gets any better, before you just quit wasting your time and it's outta here? And if you have could would you fill us in with what it was and the reason you won't grow it again?
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Post by paulf on Jul 3, 2018 7:30:00 GMT -5
We keep trying to find green beans that we like, but seem to go back to Blue Lake. Cucumbers get a year to be right or we move on. Pumpkins and watermelon we grow what looks good so that changes every year. Onions are onions and if the crop fails I could care less. Cabbage has no preference. Peppers I have narrowed down to about 5 or 6 early season varieties that will ripen in our shorter growing season.
Of the 500 or so tomato varieties I have tried, there are maybe 20 I rate as "must grow", even though only 8-10 do get grown every year. Another 20-30 are "will grow again" and however I feel in March depends on whether they get planted. Maybe ten to fifteen spots for "new to me" varieties make it . Of the new varieties, they get one or two chances to perform or they become "never agains".
I like large tomatoes, hearts, blacks and a mixture of reds, pinks and yellows. The flavor is the main criteria with size and production secondary.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 3, 2018 7:46:29 GMT -5
If I grow it and don't like it, I pretty much get rid of it and grow something else the next year.
I grew Early Frosty peas this year and they didn't produce as well as my usual Early Freezer peas so I may plant some in the Fall just to use up the left over seeds but next year I will not buy them again and I will go back to my tried and true Early Freezer peas.
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Post by hairymooseknuckles on Jul 3, 2018 8:02:59 GMT -5
If it's a rare variety, I'll grow it for seeds until my seeds are exhausted. Otherwise if it's something common, I'm one and done. Unless I change my mind. Haha
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 3, 2018 8:30:30 GMT -5
It depends on the reason why I didn't like it. If it's a disease prone variety, probably never again. If I like the flavor really well, but it didn't produce much, or was late, I'll try to fix those problems, and try again. Usually, though, there are so many good ones, and I have to make room for new ones to try, I rarely give them a second chance.
Oh yeah, I forgot potatoes. I loved the home grown potatoes, the one year I grew them, but they were such pest magnets that my eggplants got decimated by the bugs (the leaves were turned to netting overnight), and many others got badly attacked, too. Yet, the potato plants didn't seem affected, I guess because they had so many leaves. Never grew them again, and never had the problem again.
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Post by spike on Jul 3, 2018 8:57:46 GMT -5
Watermelons, pumpkins and cantaloupe. Tried several different kinds and they never really produced for me other than the vines taking over everything.
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Post by meandtk on Jul 3, 2018 9:58:12 GMT -5
Jerusalem artichokes- blech!
Kohlrabi-I just can't grow it
Brussels sprouts- ditto
Beyond that, I'm seeking a good shell bean, so I'll experiment for a while.
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Post by mgulfcoastguy on Jul 3, 2018 10:04:44 GMT -5
Jerusalem artichokes- blech! Kohlrabi-I just can't grow it Brussels sprouts- ditto Beyond that, I'm seeking a good shell bean, so I'll experiment for a while. Try Cranberry Bean from Vermont Bean and Seed |
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Post by guruofgardens on Jul 3, 2018 13:10:32 GMT -5
I'm always experimenting, like PaulF, to find just the right 'one'. Some years I grown the red noodle beans. Some years it's just pole green beans. Always have to grow wax beans for hubby.
Tomatoes are the biggest experiment with so many varieties. I like the larger 12+oz. sizes of black, red, pink. Love the heart flavors. I grow for flavor for us and for friends' requests. This year I'm trying dwarf tomatoes, not knowing what to expect. Also growing a few from last year and a few new ones. Think I'll go through old seeds from year's past and re-try in 2019.
Cucumbers are usually long and thin sized as I like them for salads. I've tried the pickling ones for pickles, but was disappointed so I'll just stick with mostly Sweet Success.
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Post by september on Jul 3, 2018 13:18:43 GMT -5
Usually one and done for most things, unless I think it failed because of something I could have done better. Too many tomatoes to chose from to keep trying one I didn't like. Sweet peppers, I'm not that fussy about, do care about earliness so more can ripen and prefer thick walls.
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Post by octave1 on Jul 3, 2018 13:39:13 GMT -5
One time and I give up.
Years later I try again, no longer remembering all the details of the event.
But for a few veggies like Mouse melon (Mexican sour gherkin) and Hubbard squash, two big failures, the memories never faded away.
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Post by ahntjudy on Jul 3, 2018 15:08:23 GMT -5
Carrots...Never have grown a decent crop of carrots...
Have to take some responsibility for that though as I was not particularly diligent about thinning them properly...
Carrots from the store it is...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2018 18:13:28 GMT -5
Depends on whether there was an "outside" problem or not, such as weirder than normal weather, but usually once if it is not tasty to me. Then there are other considerations, such as bush beans versus pole beans, easier for me to pick pole types that bush, so most bush beans I do not grow, exception is Red Swan because it does taste so good.
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Post by ahntjudy on Jul 3, 2018 18:51:18 GMT -5
Several years ago, I stopped wasting my time trying to grow any tomatoes over at The Man's garden... He lives on the edge of woods and the squirrels caused too much damage...Just taking bites of and ruining most all of them... So I just grow them here...So far so good...I probably should just shut up about that...  |
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Post by bestofour on Jul 4, 2018 22:36:46 GMT -5
Tried cabbage once and couldn't fight the green worms. Ended up with only 2 heads. Never even want to consider planting it again. Used to grow blue lake green beans like weeds. 3 or 4 years back they hardly produced at all. Tried again with the same result. Didn't plant green beans this year. May never again.
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