Veggies You Wouldn't Grow

[veg4681]

I'm sure there are certain veggies that we all wouldn't be bothered growing for all sorts of reasons. Here's mine, what's yours as I'm so dying to know .

Carrot (too cheap to buy plus not a big carrot fan to want home grown taste)
Celery (don't eat enough except for salad plus I hear they're not easy to grow)
Peas (frozen one (esp petit pois) acceptable so don't want effort growing it)
Broad Beans (don't like the taste of this bean at all)
Radish (just don't like it except for Mooli for cooking)
Turnips (why have this when Swede is better tasting and bigger)
Beetroot (only ever have jar pickled one for salad & dirt cheap to buy)
Kale (tough as hell, my DH says it's fodder crop)
Celeriac (looks so ugly I'm being highly prejudice that I won't like it)
Salsify & Scozonera (oh what veggies are these?)
Jerusalem artichoke & khol rabi????? (are they nice to eat?)
& Purple Sprouting Broccoli (don't they take a century to grow, no patience!)

[shirlthegirl43]

Kohl rabi is lovely, very sad mine didn't grow (I bought some from the farmers market to taste before buying the seeds). I am also growing kale this year for the first time, had the first taste in soup last week - yummy. It is grown as a fodder for animals but growing it in your garden you can pick it earlier before it goes tough and strong-tasting.

I wouldn't grow swede coz I can't stand it - prefer turnip (each to his/her own)

Will give most veggies a try as I have found home grown ones are much nicer than the ones you get in the shop. Home-grown carrots are well worth the wait - they are sooooo deliciously sweet compared to bought ones.

[Shortie]

I expect there will be gasps at this, but I'm not bpthering again with runner beans. Yes they're easy when established and good croppers. Plus they're good value as they're expensive in the shops, but we either eat French Bean sized pnes or they're stringy....

[rustylady]

Cauliflower - it's never worked for me so I won't be bothering again.

[sewer rat]

Based on my experiences this year, I will not be growing the following next year - remember this is my living now, so personal tastes do not come into the equation.
Celery - not sufficient demand to justify.
Tomatoes - way too time consuming - more profitable crops can use the tunnel space.
Garlic - too close to market area supplied by specialist garlic grower.
Cauliflower - Pheasants destroyed 70% of curds !!

Other than that, most veg will stay with some additions too.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Hmm - lets see - I suspect that for me, it's not so much what I will or won't grow next year, it's the quantities!

I will deffo cut down on the number of runner beans... as although they are lovely, I want to grow all sorts of different beans as well (and more peas!)

I will even find room for some beetroot which I have tried so much to love, but still struggle.....there's chutney to be made, after all...

Oh, and turnips are not going to be high on my hit list - kohl rabi tastes better, in my view. Mind you, I'll find room for some, as they are so quick to grow at a time of year that there's not much else going on...

I'm very much trying not to buy veg from the shops at all (appreciating the seasons, and all that) so if I want to eat a certain veg eg carrots (and I SO DO) I need to beat the bloody carrot fly next year - but of course I'm fortunate in that I have room to grow more or less everything I want to.

[kernowyon]

one i will not be growing again is celeriac, everyone says it needs plenty of water, and even after the year we have had the largest one i managed to grow was tennis ball size, thats two years of failure on this so its had its chance. will definately be growing kohl rabi again, grew a purple one this year and am looking to try a white one as well.

i also will not be trying toms outside on the plot either, 2nd year running, total failure due to blight, so will be grow bags down the side of the house. hopefully

[Snadger]

I won't be growing runner beans this year either! I intend growing Kenyan fine beans as even 'normal' french beans are too coarse for my, or my families tastes (shame, I've got a freezer full!)
I've come to the conclusion that some of these rare, strange and wonderful veggies are just that for a reason! I grew Macca this year, waste of time, celariac, also a waste of time. Wasn't too impressed with the taste of Cylindra beetroot and will return to my trusty Boltardy this coming year. Quite a few of the tomatoes I tried this year were crap! I'll stick with varieties I know will perform, like Gardeners Delight, Shirley, Orange Banana etc
Ideally I'll be able to build up my own seedbank of varieties that taste good and grow well in my area, plus a few bought F1's that perform well!

[carlseawolf]

BROAD BEAN -don't like taste
RUNNER BEANS - don't like the taste
SWISS CHARD -grew last year but don't like the taste

[momol]

In general, everything that took too long to grow or too massive and don't taste nice are in my not to be grown list. To name a few, it will be:
Brussel sprout( I really don't like it's strong cabbage smell),
Winter cabbages( don't like the smell and it's texture),
Scorzonera/ black salsify ( ate it before, nothing special,plus takes lots of effort on peeling/preparations),
Leek (don't like the smell plus it is so abundant all year round),
Giant pumpkin (take too much space, consume lots of effort and the taste inferior),
and many more...

Momol

[Flummery]

Celery and sprouts because I don't like them.
Runners because I prefer climbing french.
Swede or turnips because I grow rubbish ones and prefer kohl rabi.

Everything else is fair game!

[bluemoon]

Kale - only fit for livestock.

[Cutecumber]

It's never say never again for me...

I might change varieties in the hope of something different, but I haven't ever cut something out completely, yet. Some of the things I'm not keen on are loved by others, and that gives me pleasure so I keep doing spring onions, carrots and broad beans

Also, I have come to enjoy vegetables that I didn't like before I grew my own such as beetroot. I am trying parsnip this year to see if "home grown" changes my taste for this too.

[Cutecumber]

Kale is gorgeous - too good for livestock

[moggssue]

Celery because neither me nor OH like it and runner beans because small french are just sooooo much tastier!!