Worst Veg Varieties?

[Two_Sheds]

sneaking in on the back of the Best Veg thread... what's your worst?

This year for me:

white carrots .. low germination, didn't grow much, tastes bitter. Yuk
red sprouts... just awful, 2 yrs running. Tiny sprouts that blew. This year's sowings have just upped and died

[rustylady]

Red sprouts terrible, sweetcorn (Swift & Minipop) bad this year, also all tomatoes. Last year toms and sweetcorn were good, so that may just be the weather, however I won't be growing red sprouts again.

[Snadger]

Cauliflowers, any cauliflowers, why can't I grow them?

They either succumb to cabbage root fly, caterpillars,pigeons, rabbits, malformed curds or no curds at all, cutworms and shanking! This year I think they had trench foot with all the early rain!

Still going to try the flaming things next year though!

PS I've also got red sprouts that think they are trees, about five foot high now! Not many sprouts to eat but they have become a bit of a talking point as no one on the site knows what they are!

[Flummery]

Turnips - small, nay pathetic! They lifted themselves out of the ground at about marble size then blimmin' well flowered!

[Alice]

I know what you mean about the turnips, Flummery. This year I grew (well tried) Purple Top Milan. Disaster. Nothing but wee wooden things. No idea what the problem was. I grew them in a previous garden where they were wonderful.
As for the cauliflower Snadger, I never had any success before but this year I grew Idol with good results. Not great big cauliflowers but small ones which gave good crops. I'll definitely grow them again.

[terrier]

All climbing beans and french beans total waste of time, just sat there and refused to grow then got slugged. Same with all the squashes and outdoor tomatoes. Potatoes good, beetroot good, turnips (first time growing them)brilliant. I dont know what's wrong with my lettuces but the slugs didn't touch them. Cabbage a bit slow but can't complain.
Strawberries still on the go and tasting great.

[rustylady]

Forgot to mention the sweetcorn (or lack of it). Tried Swift which I grew last year with great success. This year germination was pathetic - bought fresh seed and tried again - similar results. Ended up with 6 plants which went onto the lottie and harvested one cob. Don't know what went wrong.

[Snadger]

I know what you mean about the turnips, Flummery. This year I grew (well tried) Purple Top Milan. Disaster. Nothing but wee wooden things. No idea what the problem was. I grew them in a previous garden where they were wonderful.
As for the cauliflower Snadger, I never had any success before but this year I grew Idol with good results. Not great big cauliflowers but small ones which gave good crops. I'll definitely grow them again.
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So I've got to grow idol to grow cauli's??? I think thats already happening!

[Birdie Wife]

Anything that needed the slightest bit of heat. That includes tomatoes, dwarf french beans, tomatoes, chillies, cucumber.

[Cutecumber]

Pak Choi and chinese cabbage - start off fine, then get eaten, destroyed by rootfly or just bolt.

I don't think they like me.

[Alice]

What variety of Pak Choi did you grow cutecumber. I grew several kinds and Mei Quing Choi did best for me. Grew some in a container and it was great. No pests at all. The early sowings did best, the later sowings bolted quite quickly. I'll definitely be growing it again next year as it was one of the biggest successes of the year.

[bramble]

Hi Alice, would be interested in growing this variety. Could you tell me who packaged the seeds please?

[Alice]

Hello Bramble, I got the seeds from Nicky's seeds as well as the seeds for some of my mini veg. I was pleased with the seeds and the service. Here's a link for you.
http://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/

[sewer rat]

Please bear in mind that I am talking from a commercial point of view in the following
This years disasters were definitely Runner and French Beans - climbing and dwarf. The winds (northerly or easterly since May did for them, even windbreak couldn't help them.) If the plants had grown and cropped to even average potential I should have had approx 1 tonne of each to sell - as it was I had 20 kg runners and no frenchies at all - guess what's going into the tunnel next year.
Other poor performers - generally speaking, tomatoes. All took blight - couple of varieties seemed to cope better than others but for the time they take to look after compared to the return they give, waste of time!
And celery - won't even attempt it again!

[borage]

Beetroot (bolthardy) they are still seedling size!! Also peas poor germination and not very many pods (greensage)