2012 - A Food-Growing Oddity

[zazen999]

#1 - fully grown, non-blighty, fully coloured tomatoes that have immature and non-saveable seed in them. 3 varieties now - never had that before.

[roitelet]

#2 A lot of mine have failed to make it to any size beyond 'cherry'. I've put it down to the peculiar weather as some of the later trusses are OK.

[veggiechicken]

#2 a

Can you believe that these tomatoes are all on the same plant - Gold Medal?
I expected them all to be that Grotesque as I've never grown Gold Medal before. Hope it ripens so that I can enter it in the Virtual Show

[binley100]

hmmmmm...........my toms are in the care of youngest at the moment . She says everything is still alive and kicking .......including the spiders .eeuuurgh.....

[Florence Fennel]

#2 b Mine mostly seem like cherry tomatoes. I've been astonished when I've looked at the labels to find that they are actually Moneymaker, Tigerella or even beefsteak! Like Roitelet's, some of the later trusses are producing bigger tomatoes.

[Potstubsdustbins]

#2 c All the first truss's on my Sungold produced very small to tomatoes whilst later truss's produced standard size fruit.

I have put it down to like of sunshine/warmth during their early development.

Colin

[zazen999]

Your oddities don't have to be tomato related!

#3 - squashes that are still only producing male flowers. No sign of a female anywhere - and they've been doing this for weeks and weeks and the plant is huge.

[Bren In Pots]

#4 Usually by now Mr Pots asks what shall we have with our courgettes today but this year I'm only just getting female flowers.

[taff]

#5 Squash that produce fruit, they get quite large, at least 4 fists together, then start shrivelling up.

[chris]

#1 - fully grown, non-blighty, fully coloured tomatoes that have immature and non-saveable seed in them. 3 varieties now - never had that before.

I have had the same, a lot of my black brandywine tomatoes are showing this, this year..

[VirginVegGrower]

#6 Potatoes - poor yield/size this year on every variety. Snap on the cherry sized tomatoes and on the courgettes. A truly miserable year really.

[Plot10]

I've grown Marmande successfully for the first time - one plant has got 7 goodsized fruit on it and in 4 years of trying I've never got Marmande to successfully fruit - must be the wet. On the other hand, my cherry toms which were very prolific last year, I've only had about 3 fruits off.

[Andromeda]

It's been a year of strange happenings.

Cabbages the size of footballs when almost everyone on the site have lost their summer cabbages to our favouite slimy marauders, yet my turnips are the size of ping pong balls at best.

Fantastic broccoli and calabrese, yet my radishes are bolting left, right and centre.

Garlic was fantastic tasting, but something weird had happened and I'd somehow ended up with multiple bulbs per plant.


I've been growing things on various scales for 20 years and this is the strangest year I can remember.

[rpt]

#3 - squashes that are still only producing male flowers. No sign of a female anywhere - and they've been doing this for weeks and weeks and the plant is huge.

So it's not just me then.

Fantastic broccoli and calabrese, yet my radishes are bolting left, right and centre.
I've been growing things on various scales for 20 years and this is the strangest year I can remember.

My radishes also bolted early but I can't stand them anyway!
This is my first year of serious growing and I was worried it was me. However the beetroots, carrots and onions have been great. Also managed to grow some monster lettuce before the slugs got going. The Hestia runner beans in hanging baskets are also good since the slugs can't get to them. Did find one mountains climbing snail though.

[BUFFS]

we had three tom plants go "blind"during one of the cold snaps in the spring,the leaders wilted and no sign of growth from lower leaf axils(is that spelt right?),but the three "shirley" toms kept growing and have been massive,more like beefsteak toms,which i dont grow..this could end up being known as" the year of the daft veg" as there doesnt seem to be a lot making sense at the moment... but theres always next year.......