Veggies You Wouldn't Grow

[Hazel at the Hill]

Some of the things I'm not keen on are loved by others, and that gives me pleasure .....

How lovely, CC, and true for me too!

[TonyF]

Anything I don't like to eat - and veggie wise, there isn't much.

[smallblueplanet]

Although I do like growing different varieties of fave veggies, some veggies are just too much space or effort for the amount we eat.

Nix on the runners here too.

[MissGreen]

I love all kinds of vegetables, so there is very little I don't want to grow. But I don't want to grow a lot of ordinary table potatoes, as it take up a lot of space.
And I'm not growing celery or celeriac cause my boyfriend thinks it's the food of the devil(+ very time consuming)

[piskieinboots]

this is my first 'proper' full year coming - so the world's my oyster

[Newbie]

No runner beans for me next year - hubby to be doesn't like them as they "taste hairy!!"

[OverWyreGrower]

I don't grow:

Sprouts, runner beans, cauliflower, swede, beetroot

This is mainly because we don't like them... however, I do fancy trying swede-growing next year, as I found out I can offload lots onto my sister!

[muckman]

Things I won't be growing next year are.

Outdoor tom's just seem like to much hard work with.
Tomatillos they taste like mud.
Turnips cos sweed are muh nicer.
Wite sweetcorn didnt taste as good as the f1 i normaly grow.
Chigogia beetroot bolt hary is far better.
And the horried swiss chard.
But i cant wait to start me next years good list.

[Snadger]

Kale is gorgeous - too good for livestock

Agreed!.........

[Snadger]

....................I am trying parsnip this year to see if "home grown" changes my taste for this too.

Parsnips were for me the ONLY vegetable I wouldn't eat. Grew loads one year and made wine from them because I couldn't get away with eating them. Grew six this year in large pipes and they are absolutely scrumptious,(still have three left for a treat!) chopped in big lumps and roasted in the meat juices!

Must be an age thing? As you get older your palate becomes'crop for all corn'.

Guess what I'm growing lot's of this year!

[Protea]

Goodness, there are so many i wouldn't grow just because i'm such a fussy so and so!

celery: spawn of the devil (and anything celery/celeriac related too!)

squash: i've attempted this on many occasions without much success, and my OH is the only one likes them. when i have made butterut soup for him its sat in the freezer for a year! so i give up! I might try a pumpkin next year though - for carving purposes.

green cabbage: i only like red ones and grow far too many of them! Perhaps i should cut down on the number i grow and try a few different types (for coleslaw?)

courgettes/marrows: yuk, yuk, yuk. Again, only OH eats them so even one plant produces too much!

runner beans: i think i was overloaded with runners when i was a child (my Dad is obsessed with them) and now can't stand the chaps.

broad beans: tried for the first time this spring, didn't like them and too ages to crop to make me bother again.

parsnips: the devils child - yuk!

overwintering onions: they all bolted this year and were only a fraction earlier than spring planted ones. I'm trying an early maturing spring planted variety instead next year.

spring onions: they are so cheap to buy, i use so few of them, and mine look like chives for months before they actually look big enough to eat!

kale: ick, its cabage but worse.....

chard: i'll eat it as a baby leaf, but i don't like it mature - my Mum loves it though and had to beg my Dad to grow some this year (he's got a bit too protective of his veg patch, especially now i have an allotment and my Mum keeps trying to sneak things in there!)

Beetroot: don't like it!

Swede: eeewwwwww, i've only ever seen my horse enjoy one!

Oh dear...thats rather a long list isn't it! oh well, leaves more space for the crops i absolutely love

[veg4681]

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.

LOL! when you say it's had its chance as if it was a person (sorry if I have a strange sense of humour).

And I'm not growing celery or celeriac cause my boyfriend thinks it's the food of the devil(+ very time consuming)

How are celery or celeriac the food of devil? You now got me so scared!

No runner beans for me next year - hubby to be doesn't like them as they "taste hairy!!"

Hairy taste, eh? Kind of agree.

Things I won't be growing next year are.
Tomatillos they taste like mud.

LOL! well that sums up....

[veg4681]

Kale is gorgeous - too good for livestock

Agreed!.........

You two must be a cow .
I say why have kale when you can have savoy cabbage.

[shirlthegirl43]

Not a savoy cabbage fan but giving kale a try as it grows all winter - while there are no bugs to hide in it!!! Pick the leaves young, chop them small.

[Minty]

CELERY !!!! UUUUURRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH. Sorry but definately the spawn of the Devil. I would rather lick the sweat from a tramps armpit !!!!!!. Minty x