9 Plants We're Not Growing This Year. And Why
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Date: 2023-02-24
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Dusty
Super hot peppers are out for me, but the man seems to think he wants to grow them. Fine as long as it s in an area by itself. Anything that can practically take paint off shouldn t be ingested. Had my breath taken away when on vacation in Mexico and burned my hands twice on not so hot peppers, once unexpectedly and second it came through gloves. If I can t add enough to a recipe what s the point? I can make cayenne for seasoning.
I guess we all have to grow something at least once to say we did, but if it s not a part of the regular diet it won t stay on my list long.
There are a lot of invasive plants sold at plant stands and one was called steppables planted by former owner it went Everywhere in the yard. It s a low growing succulent with yellow flowers. It s hideous. So are plantain hostas just as bad as crab grass to get rid of. Not a fan of hostas. The chocolate umbel flower shown I would never plant as it s the same as Queen Anne s Lace and of the carrot family and a lot of seeds that spread indeed. And the purple morning glory by previous owner OMG! Been battling it for at least 5 years and I never let it seed out Where does it keep coming from? Yet if you wanted to grow another color it won t do anything. Cosmos never reseed here. Love poppies and wouldn t mind if they naturalized but only the bright ones.
Lol, I m trying many new perennials and vegetables this year and hope non are invasive. Trying crazy things like artichokes and peanuts and beans for drying in which the latter may just be cheaper to buy, but these are varieties that you normally can t buy.
Everyone has there own tastes and needs to test their skills. Have fun with it and thanks for sharing the what and why you wouldn t grow a particular plant. Z5a, WI.
Just a note: Beware of peppers you think are sweet as there are many on the market that look like a sweet pepper and are not.
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Super hot peppers are out for me, but the man seems to think he wants to grow them. Fine as long as it s in an area by itself. Anything that can practically take paint off shouldn t be ingested. Had my breath taken away when on vacation in Mexico and burned my hands twice on not so hot peppers, once unexpectedly and second it came through gloves. If I can t add enough to a recipe what s the point? I can make cayenne for seasoning.
I guess we all have to grow something at least once to say we did, but if it s not a part of the regular diet it won t stay on my list long.
There are a lot of invasive plants sold at plant stands and one was called steppables planted by former owner it went Everywhere in the yard. It s a low growing succulent with yellow flowers. It s hideous. So are plantain hostas just as bad as crab grass to get rid of. Not a fan of hostas. The chocolate umbel flower shown I would never plant as it s the same as Queen Anne s Lace and of the carrot family and a lot of seeds that spread indeed. And the purple morning glory by previous owner OMG! Been battling it for at least 5 years and I never let it seed out Where does it keep coming from? Yet if you wanted to grow another color it won t do anything. Cosmos never reseed here. Love poppies and wouldn t mind if they naturalized but only the bright ones.
Lol, I m trying many new perennials and vegetables this year and hope non are invasive. Trying crazy things like artichokes and peanuts and beans for drying in which the latter may just be cheaper to buy, but these are varieties that you normally can t buy.
Everyone has there own tastes and needs to test their skills. Have fun with it and thanks for sharing the what and why you wouldn t grow a particular plant. Z5a, WI.
Just a note: Beware of peppers you think are sweet as there are many on the market that look like a sweet pepper and are not.
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Frank
We will not be growing a tens of verities of all different fruits and vegetables. Instead we are switching to large quantities of our staples. We have decided on 3 primary crops; a sweat corn, bush beans, and yellow potatoes. The reasons for this change is practically. These crops can be stored for an exceptionally long time and all have high yields. There are several reasons for the change. One is we have 5 growing boys who we need to keep well fed. The longevity of these crops allows us to have our own homegrown foods throughout the long northern Idaho winters. And we can produce enough on our small plot of land that we can retain our own seeds for next year reducing or eliminating the need for outside support. We like the idea of self reliance. Finally, our weather is so spermatic that it is really hard to have good yields and reliable crops outside of these 3. We ll go from 70-80s in early spring down to a killing frost in a day. The heartiness of these crops means we don t lose any, provided we start the corn inside and transplant it. I know that s not ideal but my wife doesn t enjoy Indian corn as I do. Thanks for the video guys/gals.
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We will not be growing a tens of verities of all different fruits and vegetables. Instead we are switching to large quantities of our staples. We have decided on 3 primary crops; a sweat corn, bush beans, and yellow potatoes. The reasons for this change is practically. These crops can be stored for an exceptionally long time and all have high yields. There are several reasons for the change. One is we have 5 growing boys who we need to keep well fed. The longevity of these crops allows us to have our own homegrown foods throughout the long northern Idaho winters. And we can produce enough on our small plot of land that we can retain our own seeds for next year reducing or eliminating the need for outside support. We like the idea of self reliance. Finally, our weather is so spermatic that it is really hard to have good yields and reliable crops outside of these 3. We ll go from 70-80s in early spring down to a killing frost in a day. The heartiness of these crops means we don t lose any, provided we start the corn inside and transplant it. I know that s not ideal but my wife doesn t enjoy Indian corn as I do. Thanks for the video guys/gals.
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Beauty
I agree on New Zealand spinach. It's rare that I run into a vegetable I truly don't like, but I didn't like that one. I do like fresh spinach even in summer, so instead of a cold-weather crop like spinach, I grow Perpetual Spinach. Which is actually a chard, but grows and tastes like spinach but is much more bolt-hardy.
I love to experiment with new things in the garden, but there are things I've tried, they grew really well but we just didn't enjoy them, sad to say. Among those are pepino dulce, yakon, Jerusalem artichokes and chayote. I'm not a fan of turnips either. However, I do grow something called fodder beets! They're actually considered food for livestock here in Germany, but harvested young they taste a bit similar to turnips but are much more mild and sweet. And so easy to grow! Flea beetles leave them alone too, so there's no problems with pests, unlike with turnips.
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I agree on New Zealand spinach. It's rare that I run into a vegetable I truly don't like, but I didn't like that one. I do like fresh spinach even in summer, so instead of a cold-weather crop like spinach, I grow Perpetual Spinach. Which is actually a chard, but grows and tastes like spinach but is much more bolt-hardy.
I love to experiment with new things in the garden, but there are things I've tried, they grew really well but we just didn't enjoy them, sad to say. Among those are pepino dulce, yakon, Jerusalem artichokes and chayote. I'm not a fan of turnips either. However, I do grow something called fodder beets! They're actually considered food for livestock here in Germany, but harvested young they taste a bit similar to turnips but are much more mild and sweet. And so easy to grow! Flea beetles leave them alone too, so there's no problems with pests, unlike with turnips.
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PyspherE
I'm NOT growing Lemon Cucumbers this year. Very prolific with fruits about the size of a baseball BUT, the skin is a bit thick, and is extremely bitter which only makes the sour note of the flesh more extreme and unenjoyable. We would skin them occasionally and they are much more enjoyable but it is a pain to peel a cuke for only like 6 slices of cucumbers. Also probably no eggplant this year, we just don't eat it in our household.
I AM trying artichoke this year, as well as potatoes from actual seeds and poppies for seed to season bagels. I also hope to plant a pear tree to add to my mini fruit forest, and get some haskap bushes as well.
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I'm NOT growing Lemon Cucumbers this year. Very prolific with fruits about the size of a baseball BUT, the skin is a bit thick, and is extremely bitter which only makes the sour note of the flesh more extreme and unenjoyable. We would skin them occasionally and they are much more enjoyable but it is a pain to peel a cuke for only like 6 slices of cucumbers. Also probably no eggplant this year, we just don't eat it in our household.
I AM trying artichoke this year, as well as potatoes from actual seeds and poppies for seed to season bagels. I also hope to plant a pear tree to add to my mini fruit forest, and get some haskap bushes as well.
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Donna
Because I live in central WA, I have to plant things that are heat tolerant and cold tolerant at the same time. Last year a planted a variety of radishes hoping that I would get some to harvest; but, the weather heated up before the radishes were big enough to eat. But, the radish seed pods were pretty good. I may try to grow radishes this year and if all I get are the pods then that's what I get. Otherwise, I don't really plan to grow radishes. However, I will be leasing two beds instead of just one; so, there will be things that I will try to grow; because, I just didn't have the space over the last couple of years.
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Because I live in central WA, I have to plant things that are heat tolerant and cold tolerant at the same time. Last year a planted a variety of radishes hoping that I would get some to harvest; but, the weather heated up before the radishes were big enough to eat. But, the radish seed pods were pretty good. I may try to grow radishes this year and if all I get are the pods then that's what I get. Otherwise, I don't really plan to grow radishes. However, I will be leasing two beds instead of just one; so, there will be things that I will try to grow; because, I just didn't have the space over the last couple of years.
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MediaMarkFPV
Ground cherries are sold as pineapple cherry around here. Tastes like pineapple with some bin juice splashed over it as a garnish. Tomatillo's, they're perfectly fine. But the ground cherries/ cape gooseberries?
Plant was certainly productive! But so am I after some coffee in the morning- and I guess my produce and the ground cherry must have a common ancestor.
Just starting here, both in season and as a gardner. Aftter lots of tomato fails, and tomatillo success, the ground cherry seemed like a winner to me. At least the plant didn't get sick. Wish it would have. At least now I know what not to grow.
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Ground cherries are sold as pineapple cherry around here. Tastes like pineapple with some bin juice splashed over it as a garnish. Tomatillo's, they're perfectly fine. But the ground cherries/ cape gooseberries?
Plant was certainly productive! But so am I after some coffee in the morning- and I guess my produce and the ground cherry must have a common ancestor.
Just starting here, both in season and as a gardner. Aftter lots of tomato fails, and tomatillo success, the ground cherry seemed like a winner to me. At least the plant didn't get sick. Wish it would have. At least now I know what not to grow.
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FrozenWolf150
A good use for the superhot peppers is to steep them into a pepper solution to spray on your plants to deter large pests. This was the only way I stopped the deer from chewing on my garden. Afterwards the peppers will be milder, having lost about half their heat, so you can use them more readily in your cooking.
Also if you're growing Cosmos sulphureus, which are the yellow or orange variety, those are edible. This can be a good way to mitigate their spread. We first planted them a couple years ago as part of a flower mix, and they reseeded the most aggressively.
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A good use for the superhot peppers is to steep them into a pepper solution to spray on your plants to deter large pests. This was the only way I stopped the deer from chewing on my garden. Afterwards the peppers will be milder, having lost about half their heat, so you can use them more readily in your cooking.
Also if you're growing Cosmos sulphureus, which are the yellow or orange variety, those are edible. This can be a good way to mitigate their spread. We first planted them a couple years ago as part of a flower mix, and they reseeded the most aggressively.
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C.
Lovage. It was supposed to be a garden-improving alternative to celery, but after pinching a leaf and giving it a sniff, I couldn't even bring myself to try it in food. Yucko.
Another is artichoke. It's a biennial that doesn't survive cold weather, so, living in Wisconsin, I had to trick the plant into thinking it had gone through two seasons without killing it. Does that even make any sense? Anyway, it was a lot of trouble, but it worked and I got three small artichokes, which I never did figure out how to use. The plant made a nice conversation piece, though.
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Lovage. It was supposed to be a garden-improving alternative to celery, but after pinching a leaf and giving it a sniff, I couldn't even bring myself to try it in food. Yucko.
Another is artichoke. It's a biennial that doesn't survive cold weather, so, living in Wisconsin, I had to trick the plant into thinking it had gone through two seasons without killing it. Does that even make any sense? Anyway, it was a lot of trouble, but it worked and I got three small artichokes, which I never did figure out how to use. The plant made a nice conversation piece, though.
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Dudeus
Have no use for the chemical burn from the super hot peppers. Grow Datils and Thai Orange, they make great hot sauce and pepper paste, not too hot and really nice flavor.
The only ground cherry/tomatillo I like is Pineapple. It has a pineapple orange flavor when really ripe and is excellent to eat or make jam. The only thing that's on the edge this year is oats. The hulless just don't produce, trying a hulled variety to see if it will thru the dehuller. If not they're gone, which I hate because oat flour really lightens a bread loaf.
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Have no use for the chemical burn from the super hot peppers. Grow Datils and Thai Orange, they make great hot sauce and pepper paste, not too hot and really nice flavor.
The only ground cherry/tomatillo I like is Pineapple. It has a pineapple orange flavor when really ripe and is excellent to eat or make jam. The only thing that's on the edge this year is oats. The hulless just don't produce, trying a hulled variety to see if it will thru the dehuller. If not they're gone, which I hate because oat flour really lightens a bread loaf.
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Vindictive
This year, I'm going to focus on wild flowers and peppers, mainly. Last year I tried growing so-called easy vegetables, and nothing grew. I'd bought 2 pepper plants and they never did produce ripe fruit. I harvested the yellow bell peppers in November from the inside sunny room I'd put the plants in. One of the plants died over the winter, but the other is still green and dormant. Hopefully, it'll be ready to go in late April when it'll go outside.
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This year, I'm going to focus on wild flowers and peppers, mainly. Last year I tried growing so-called easy vegetables, and nothing grew. I'd bought 2 pepper plants and they never did produce ripe fruit. I harvested the yellow bell peppers in November from the inside sunny room I'd put the plants in. One of the plants died over the winter, but the other is still green and dormant. Hopefully, it'll be ready to go in late April when it'll go outside.
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IzzaPenguin
I'm probably going to be an idiot and plant them again this year, but I swear, if they fail again this year I'm so done. I've tried to do various types of pumpkins over the years and I can get beautiful cover crop growth, and even sometimes the start of a pumpkin, but they rarely ever finish producing. I think I might have gotten some last year if the heat hadn't killed off the entire garden thanks oklahoma but they just take up SO much space.
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I'm probably going to be an idiot and plant them again this year, but I swear, if they fail again this year I'm so done. I've tried to do various types of pumpkins over the years and I can get beautiful cover crop growth, and even sometimes the start of a pumpkin, but they rarely ever finish producing. I think I might have gotten some last year if the heat hadn't killed off the entire garden thanks oklahoma but they just take up SO much space.
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TheHappySensitive
I tried most of the Asian greens and hate all of them - except for wasabino. They all taste like bitter muck to me. I got lured in by the promise of mustard flavors. Apparently, 1 in 4 people have a stronger sense of bitter, so then the bitter greens taste extra bitter. So, that's a whole category I'm not growing anymore. I'm growing a few wasabinos this year though. Not a ton, but enough to add a few leaves to salads here and there.
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I tried most of the Asian greens and hate all of them - except for wasabino. They all taste like bitter muck to me. I got lured in by the promise of mustard flavors. Apparently, 1 in 4 people have a stronger sense of bitter, so then the bitter greens taste extra bitter. So, that's a whole category I'm not growing anymore. I'm growing a few wasabinos this year though. Not a ton, but enough to add a few leaves to salads here and there.
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Anth
Hey Kevin, I like when you and the team post these videos because they inspire me to prioritize certain crops in my garden. However, I've recently been looking into different trellising structures that would work for peas, cucumbers, and other climbers. Do you have any go-to designs or materials you could recommend to me? I have a decent amount of space to grow in so space isn't necessarily an issue for me, I just need some inspiration.
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Hey Kevin, I like when you and the team post these videos because they inspire me to prioritize certain crops in my garden. However, I've recently been looking into different trellising structures that would work for peas, cucumbers, and other climbers. Do you have any go-to designs or materials you could recommend to me? I have a decent amount of space to grow in so space isn't necessarily an issue for me, I just need some inspiration.
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Heather
Also, not a fan of the ground cherry flavor. The initial flavor was so yummy, but then it had notes of. well vomit. I said what I said. Plus my tongue went numb so I think I'm actually allergic.
I did, however, love the plants and they were fun to grow. Actually still have some popping up.
This year I'm skipping having several cucumber varieties and have narrowed it down to only 2. maybe 3!
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Also, not a fan of the ground cherry flavor. The initial flavor was so yummy, but then it had notes of. well vomit. I said what I said. Plus my tongue went numb so I think I'm actually allergic.
I did, however, love the plants and they were fun to grow. Actually still have some popping up.
This year I'm skipping having several cucumber varieties and have narrowed it down to only 2. maybe 3!
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