Growing challenge for school

[piskieinboots]

Every year our village charity (ADAS - all things pretty and growing) set a challenge for the local school children to get them interested in growing.


The last few years have been the largest runner-bean, cucumber, courgette, sunflower, pumpkin. What would you suggest to them for something new and exciting?

Edit: it would need to be grown outside as some have no access to greenhouses

[veggiechicken]

Tromboncino

Which reminds me - time for the 2020 Challenge https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ion_98739.html

[piskieinboots]

The suggestions I took to meeting were:
Tomatoes (as in Tumbling toms type, in patio pots)
Potatoes (large sack grown)
Carrots

We've agreed on Potatoes - so I now have to source 200+ main crop seed spuds and sacks

[Guest]

The tastiest! toms fits this perfectly as you can teach about different varieties but in the same family and each class/family group/ house/ child can choose or be given a different variety to grow.

[Nicos]

Maybe plant some nasturtiums amongst them to make them prettier...plus they can eat the flowers(and leaves)

Just a thought?

[Aberdeenplotter]

Marrows. Easy to grow and so exciting for kids seeing them grow before their eyes.

[Chippy Minton]

SWMBO used to work in a school, there's a national spud growing thing. They get a kit with 4 or 5 spuds (past year 2 types to give even more differences to look at) and a large plastic growing bag. They're supposed to grow some in the bag and some in the ground and compare. Something like that is good, bit of competition, bit of learning about different growing regimes, different varieties and at the end some beautiful fresh spuds

[veggiechicken]

I posted a link to the spud thing at https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...-a_100689.html