What can I grow for church fair?

[gorgeousgrower]

Any ideas of what I can grow to donate to the church fair which will be in mid July?

I always like to give a few donations, but I've only just realised it's in 6/7 weeks! It's difficult to find things I can start off now, which will be good in a pot and have grown big enough by then to attract attention! It doesn't have to be veg - dare I say it ? flowers (sorry for swearing) are OK too.

So far I'm anchoring my alpine strawberry runners into pots, and I'm trying to root some herb cuttings in water. I'll also have some fox gloves for overwintering.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

[shirlthegirl43]

Courgettes? They grow quickly

[NOG]

Sun flowers, Mustard and Cress (in chineese takeaway containers).

Grow your own Sunflowers....give them a pot a bag of compost and a seed.

[Lottieval]

Hi G G,
I sowed some instant patio salad packs, these were done in the six module containers that you buy your plants from the GC in. I sowed and then transplanted three or four mizuna, rocket and salad bowl lettuce, two cells of each. I put them in the local farmers' market with a sign saying 'Plant in a tub on the patio and you will have an instant salad to cut and come again'. They sold like hot cakes, if you've got spare seeds this might be worth a try.

[NOG]

Hi G G,
I sowed some instant patio salad packs,

Now thats a good Idea and I am going to steal it.

[Sheepish]

Great ideas. I'm in almost exactly the same boat, but have the advantage we're doing a running stall over a couple of months to raise money for charity, rather than having to have everything available at the same time.

I was already intending to sell my spare courgettes, but will certainly will try the salad box option.

[BarleySugar]

I've done the same idea with salad boxes, but used the blue boxes you get mushrooms in from the supermarket. I've sown them 6 weeks before the fete, so they should be 'ready to eat' by the day.

[Nicos]

Have you loads of mint which could do with thinning at the roots?
You could pot up a few roots and they'd be greening up by the time of the fair.

Ivy cuttings???
Poached egg seedlings are pretty fast- and English Marigold.

[Two_Sheds]

Poached egg seedlings are pretty fast- and English Marigold.

I've PM'd you Gorgeous, about marigolds. (sorry Nicos, not you)

[Nicos]

I've PM'd you about marigolds.

(Me???...no pm received)

[NOG]

I did a charity plant sale at easter and sold everything at 50p and took £500.....veg is the thing this year...so plant loads.

[rogesse]

'Sensitive' plants (mimosa sp. I think) germinate quickly and have always gone down well at the school fete. Hopefully by 6/7 weeks they could put on enough growth to shrivel up and droop when touched. Just tell people who but them to go easy on the touching until a little more grown!

[miffy]

Beans, runners grow so quickly,kids love them as you can almost see them grow.
Sell small packets of cress seeds and instructions on how to make a mr/mrs cress seed head.
i.e boil your egg, take off the top, hollow out, eat your yummy egg, fill with cotton wool. draw a face on, wet the cotton wool, water and add your cress seeds and then keep watering and watch his/hair grow!
If you know anyone who has chucks you could sell the eggs to go with it too.

[jackie j]

'Sensitive' plants (mimosa sp. I think) germinate quickly and have always gone down well at the school fete. Hopefully by 6/7 weeks they could put on enough growth to shrivel up and droop when touched. Just tell people who but them to go easy on the touching until a little more grown!

I have tried these and cant get them to germinate.

[rogesse]

Gherkins are my nemesis Jackie