What new plants are you trying in 2015?

[Kristen]

... my space is limited. I am thinking of sprouts ...

I think they need a lot of space - space between plants, and long growing season - and don't produce much yield, per sq.m.

[hamesy]

I'll be honest, I haven't thought about what I'm growing this year

I'll grow my usual stuff, potatoes, onions, garlic, courgettes and tomatoes but as for the varieties, I have no idea. I better get looking.

[Kristen]

yard long beans

Need a really hot, long, summer (or greenhouse ) I think?

Rice too?

[Trix]

Nearly everything I'm growing is new to me this year - I'm most excited about my chillis (jalapeno and lemon drop), squashes (uchichi kiri - is this the same as Potimarron, does anyone know?) and hopefully Thelma Sanders, Red Zebra tomato and Dedo de Mocha Sweet Ají Peppers. Can't wait to get started!

[goosander]

Got a packet of horned cucumber to try. Grew the lemon apple cucumber and it was great. Could carry it in my pocket and eat like an apple. Grew melon pear and it was very good so am hoping that I can over winter them.
Bob

[Penellype]

As I only garden from home my space is limited. I am thinking of sprouts and broadbeans for new crops. I can only grow what we definately eat, so my choice is limited. If my greenhouse ever gets up, then it's going to be cucumber as well

I grew cucumbers successfully outdoors last year in pots - well worth a try. I grew the same variety (Vega - one of the small fruited ones) in my friend's greenhouse and noticed no difference in performance compared with the outdoor ones.

Due to the success of the cucumbers I'm going to try a couple of melon varieties this year in my growhouse - Magenta and Alvaro. These are supposed to be the best varieties for attempting outdoors so I'm hopeful, but far from confident.

[starloc]

Need a really hot, long, summer (or greenhouse ) I think?

Rice too?

I Will be growing them in Bulgaria so shouldnt be a problem, I think the beans would probably grow in the UK though

Rice is now quite common in Bulgaria as a commercial crop

The weather is usually very very hot it is usually 20C by April and 30C by mid May, 40C most of June, July, August and often September, it doesnt cool down much till the end of October/mid November

[spamvindaloo]

As i just got my allotment towards the end of last year, nearly everything will be new. I've not grown much in the past apart from chillies, tomatoes and a few herbs, all on windowsills.

I have no idea when my allotment heavy clay will dry enough for me to do anything with it so until I've got the beds sorted out, I've just got some stuff in tubs
- Glen ample and all gold raspberries
- Honeoye, Albion and pineberry strawberries
- Reuben blackberry, doesn't seem too well thought of on these forums but it was fairly cheap at the garden centre so I thought I'd give it a go.
- Jostaberry (also fairly cheap at the garden centre)
- Blueberries - pink lemonade, powder blue and giant patriot. Think I might leave these in the tubs as I've heard they do well in containers and will be much easier with them needing acidic soil.
- Boskoop glory grape
- Apple, pear, plum and cherry trees.

Quite a lot above from scratch but mainly wanted to grow fruit. Anything else is a bonus but hope to get a polytunnel in for chillies, sweet peppers, tomatoes, cucamelons, plus maybe a courgette plant.

Not likely to get much veg in but might try a few spuds in buckets, maybe a few onions. Depends on how much of the allotment is ready come springtime.

[sparrow100]

uchichi kiri - is this the same as Potimarron?)

Yes it is - very tasty too.

[Kristen]

I Will be growing them in Bulgaria so shouldnt be a problem, I think the beans would probably grow in the UK though

Sorry, forgot to look at your location before replying.

I've only grown Yard Long beans here once, but didn't get a crop to speak of

[Kristen]

I have no idea when my allotment heavy clay will dry enough for me to do anything with it ...

Heavy soil here; I don't wait for Spring, I start everything off indoors in modules / pots, that gives me 6 - 8 weeks (from sowing) before they need planting out which gives Spring time to arrive, and the heavy clay to become amenable

[Penellype]

Same here Kristen, although 15 years of compost and horse muck have improved some of it a good deal.

[Veggielot]

Nothing to original but first time for me baby sweetcorn (minipop), red cabbage for pickling and beefsteak tomatoes (brandywine).

[Penellype]

Perusing the Marshalls catalogue here and considering Brokali, which is apparently a cross between broccoli and Chinese kale and results in green broccoli like shoots with tender stems that can be harvested in autumn and winter. This sounds like an excellent solution to my current problem of having large PSB plants where I am planning to plant potatoes!

[Kristen]

Having bought myself a copy of Joy Larkcom's "Oriental Vegetables" I can see I am going to be trying hundreds of different oriental veg. to see which ones I & family like ... a little of THIS and a little of THAT I reckon