Recommend one vegetable that you consider worthy to grow

My starter is Organic Cosmos 2nd early potatoes.

I gave them a go for the first time this year and have been astounded by their success. They were very neglected during the dry spell, and in fact were never watered at all. The crop from them whilst not vast in number per plant, is easily made up for by the size and quality. Generally, the size of each spud has been about 6" long x approx 2" - 3" thick.
The quality of how they cook cannot be faulted either. They can be baked, boiled, roasted or chipped with problem at all.

I'd quite happily mark them at 10 out of 10

One odd thing about them though, is that they all have berries on which are the size of small tomatoes. I have never seen this before, and I guess could have been a result of the very dry period?


What one vegetable would you recommend trying?

 

The " berries " are actually seed pods, and are very poisonous, A veg I would STRONGLY recommend is Kohl Rabi, superb raw or cooked. If you like the peppery flavour of cabbage stalks you will LOVE Kohl Rabi.:yess:

 

Nice one Eddie Some thought provoking going on now

If I could grow it, then Samphire, but i'd need a brackish estuary for that, so I guess French Beans then.

They are prolific, can grow enough to stock the freezer (need to now:DOH
Tasty & have nice flowers.

 

I grow a variety of Sweet Corn called 'Sweet Nugget'. It never lets me down.
Doesn't matter what kind of summer we get; hot and dry or cool and wet, it always crops reliably, producing good sized, sweet tasting cobs every year.
Three separate sowings about 3 weeks apart will keep me supplied with cobs for picking from late July until mid September.

 

Lolla Rossa Lettuce (closely followed by Lettuce Nymans); I grew a few last year and loved it, so I've upped the quantity this year; not only does it taste great on a salad but it looks great in the veg patch being purple in colour and having crinkly leaves .

 

Oo, i'm growing Sweet Nugget this year Trunky, not tried it before.

Love Lollo Rosso Bilbo The slugs leave it alone too.

 

I would say that I am very pleaseed with my spinach crop this year. I am not sure of the variety but by jingo :yess:the more you take the more it grows.:happydance:

 

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Thank goodness someone else besides me likes KL.

None of my family will eat it, and my wife has to have her arm twisted to even cook it, she says because of the smell!

And when I have given roots away to friends none have liked them!

I get the seed from Lidl. cheap unlike other seed merchants!

Cheers!

 

For me it would have to be Pink Fir Apple (Main crop Potato), a deliciously nutty taste and good to store, 10 out of 10 for this spud. But I also grow two others (and a test variety) I like just as much too, but out of the three would recommend the PFA due to its low availability in retail outlets.

Steve...

 

Makka, it is a much underrated vegetable.

 

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It HAS have been a very dry summer here in Quedgeley but not this afternoon we had a monsoon for about half an hour, road flooded, most rain for yonks!

But I have had the most marvellous crop of Dunluce potatoes this year, very clean even sized tubers with no slug damage, and all this with very little rain since they were planted at the end of February.

They must have got moisture from lower in the soil as the top soil was dust dry most of the growing season!

Now to get the rest out before the blight strikes!

Cheers.