The cucurbits have curled up, the beans have been, the lettuce is letting up - it's that time of year again. Time to take stock. What worked - and what didn't?
Worked
- Winter Squash
- Carrots under nets
- Potatoes
- Raspberries
- Blueberries
- Tosca onions from seed
- Late season lettuces and Italian Endive varieties
No Go
- Sweetcorn - Three strikes and you are out.
- Spanish Flag (Ipomoea lobata) and Spanish Dancer (Linaria reticulata) - These belong in Spain and don't like the climate in Edinburgh
- French Climbing Beans - no competition for runner beans. Dwarf French beans don't seem to be as sensitive. Curiously Italian Barlotti beans don't seem to be as temperamental. Mind you they are grown for drying not for pods.
- French Cornet Endive varieties. Cornet de Bordeaux bolted every time.
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| Happy Potatoes |
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| French beans left - Runners right |
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| Tosca Onions |
We haven’t really taken stock yet but broad beans are definitely our main disappointment.
ReplyDeleteI forgot about broad beans, Karmazyn is my new favourite. The beans have pink skins and the plants are quite short so they take care of themselves.
DeleteI’m going to repeat my plan from last year which didn’t get off, or in, the ground....
ReplyDeleteYou've got your priorities right of course. Never been a year like it.
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