What are you NOT growing in 2016?"

[Moopmoop]

I'm giving up on a lot this year unfortunately. Brassica's, aubergines, sweet corn etc. I don't have the time/space/weather for a lot of things so instead of wasting what I have got, I'm going to concentrate on growing the things that I enjoy the most and have the most success with.

[Vickilou]

I'm giving broad beans a miss this year too, love the taste but never seem to catch them small enough and I hate all that shelling for what seems like one portion!
Not growing dwarf beans either, we all love them but I've tried growing them all over the garden, including pots and the raised bed, with little or no success.

[Alison]

Not growing dwarf beans either, we all love them but I've tried growing them all over the garden, including pots and the raised bed, with little or no success.

Grow climbing ones instead, same great taste but much more productive and less back breaking to pick

[optiminx]

Did you trim your Celeriac?

I wont bother with Celeriac. I sowed it early, took good care of the seedlings when they germinated and planted them out in a nice sunny area.
They were kept well watered and had great leaf growth but the roots were a tangeled mess with no proper root ball.
They took up valuable space so, I wont grow them again.

I had the same experience until I learned that you need to keep taking off all side shoots and leaves except the central bunch of leaves on top, and earth up the resulting exposed bulb. Did that next time and got lovely big round bulbs, some even very large. It doesn't take long as the surplus leaves pull off easily, and well worth the effort. Better luck next time, to anyone giving it another try!

[optiminx]

I grew the purple sprouts this year cant remwmber the variety but I grew 4 plants. There was not enough sprout to it, by the time I took the outer leafoff it and steamed them they were no bigger than a 5p, yet my green ones were massive as always.

What are you guys avoiding in 2016?

All the best

My neighbout on the next plot had lovely red sprouts last year, he gave me one to eat raw and it was firm and crunchy with a lovely flavour - he said his grandchildren like them better than green ones. Promised to check what variety it was and tell me, but he hasn't. They were quite close spaced too but looked very productive, I should think it was a newish hybrid rather than one of the first reds and possibly bought as plants rather than home raised. I would definitely try them if i knew which it was.

[optiminx]

Sweet corn! I sowed 'Sure Start' in succession four at a time and got superb plants and a fantastic crop coming, we got the first four cobs which were delicious, then rats found it and started eating the nearly ripe cobs, then the half grown ones and eventually even the tiny embryo ones - they destroyed the entire rest of the crop! Impossible to fence them out as they burrow and bite through wire, only if I can find some really thick strong mesh and make a buried cage to completely enclose it above and below ground would I have another go.

[Madasafish]

Weeds :-)

[Scoot]

Weeds :-)

I always manage to grow them successfully so I'd imagine I'll be giving them another go this year.

[sparrow100]

I always manage to grow them successfully so I'd imagine I'll be giving them another go this year.

Just please this year, not new ones!

[Gillykat]

Weeds :-)

Yes, I do pretty well with Sow Thistle Not this year though!!!!!! Going to pull the little blighters up before they get a chance to grow big!

[seasprout]

Not bothering with red cabbage, those that survived the slugs, got white fly. Then were attacked by cabbage white butterflies even when grown under enviromesh. The one that made it to the pot turned dirty grey whilst cooking.

[cristalfiona]

Onions. They're cheap enough and if I grew enough for what I need in the garden I wouldn't have room for anything else. Maybe once I get an allotment. I wasn't going to grow potatoes but 'accidentally' bought some in £land the other week, despite knowing better so looks like I'll be squeezing them in somewhere. As it's only my second year of growing, nothing has bothered me enough to stop it so far - the failures were mostly down to (very) old seed and just made me more determined to try again this year.

[Gilberd]

Cucamelons......taste and texture were horrid.

[Containergardener]

Spuds, havnt had time
Sweetcorn, waste of effort and I don't even like it
Rhubarb, can't get it to grow on longer here, dunno why

[Mrs Bee]

Aubergines, peppers, oca and salsify.

First two I never do well with because of the weather.
The latter two we grew last year successfully but not keen,