I can't grow rhubarb (have bought 4 crowns over the last 2 years and every one has died)
My radish always get maggots (cabbage root fly)
Garlic: I've never had a good crop, even with super duper expensive sets
Dwarf beans: get covered in silt and slugs
Spring onions: just sit in the ground and don't grow (but are doing well in modules, fingers crossed)
Brassicas: are my most difficult crop because of all the pests they attract. I hate them
My easiest crops then are climbing French beans. If you can get them through the seedling stage without slugs eating them, and don't plant them out when it's too cold, off they go
Ditto with pumpkins & squash.
Chard is very easy for me: I planted it once, let it self-seed and now it's everywhere
Sorrel: just popped it in a hole, now I have a big lush plant that throws leaves up every Feb
Spuds: very easy, drop in a hole and you're bound to get at least some spuds however inept you are. In you're inept at digging up all the crop, you'll also get free volunteer spuds early the next spring
My radish always get maggots (cabbage root fly)
Garlic: I've never had a good crop, even with super duper expensive sets
Dwarf beans: get covered in silt and slugs
Spring onions: just sit in the ground and don't grow (but are doing well in modules, fingers crossed)
Brassicas: are my most difficult crop because of all the pests they attract. I hate them
My easiest crops then are climbing French beans. If you can get them through the seedling stage without slugs eating them, and don't plant them out when it's too cold, off they go
Ditto with pumpkins & squash.
Chard is very easy for me: I planted it once, let it self-seed and now it's everywhere
Sorrel: just popped it in a hole, now I have a big lush plant that throws leaves up every Feb
Spuds: very easy, drop in a hole and you're bound to get at least some spuds however inept you are. In you're inept at digging up all the crop, you'll also get free volunteer spuds early the next spring
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