Vegetable Growing Challenge 2012

Still got some seed Steve, only planted a few.

 

Wonder if I can sneak a pumpkin or two on the allotment without Carol noticing? :D

 

Humungeous Tomato sounds good, especially after what Spruce pointed out

Vince, i'm sure we could lob you some seeds to save you getting in trouble

 

Hi Ziggy

Hope you had a great break.

How about most bizzare planter as well and/or most unusual place to grow , we could all have a vote on that
for a bit of fun


Spruce

 

Hey Spruce,

Ta, glad to be back propper

Theres an idea, I once made a gallon of wine in the back of my parents radiogramme, they never thought to look there.

 

Sounds fun, I grew a sunflower this year and it was a monster of a thing, the stem is still out the back, it must of been near 12 feet, I'll get a foto of the stem posted over the crimbo break, anyway I cut the head down coz it part broke under its own wieght, but I got a ton of seed off it.

Why dont we grow a whole selection of stuff? I can post ziggy the sunflower seed, with a stamped adressed envolope, why dont we all send him a packet of seed for him to divvy out? this was my first year so I need you old timmers to inspire me lolz:yess:

Potty

 

How about a mangold wurzel growing (and hurling!) competition?

Seeds are available for Thomas Etty http://www.thomasetty.co.uk/seeds/veg-flower-2012.pdf (the yellow variety are supposed to be good for winemaking, but the red ones look like they'll grow bigger) @ 250 seeds for £1.85.

To be in 2 parts:

1) Growing the heaviest mangold wurzel (you can eat them, make wine from them or feed them to your cattle/goats Mangold Wurzel Recipes )

2) Hurling mangold wurzels The Mangold Hurling Association Longest throw might be simplest as the hurling could be done individually unless anybody wanted to meet up and chuck mangold wurzels about.

Does that sound like fun?

 

lets see if anyone can grow veg as big as this:

Giant Vegetables Pictures - humorsharing.com

not sure if the potato is real or photoshopped?

 

The potato is a fake

 

I like faked potatoes with lots of butter on.

 

:d

 

I was at the show where the current world record potato was weighed:

 

Sorry but that looks like four scabby spuds to me, not one.

 

Who votes Monster Tomato for the competition then?