Surprising Plants Our Subscribers HATE Growing!
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How about a plants that you didn't expect to do well, but actually did? I have a bunch of peach trees that I started last year, started from local orchard peach pits. (No stratification needed, just crack open the pit with a vise or a pair of pliers. carefully. Extract the almond like seed and soak between wet paper towels until the brown seed coat can be peeled off. Watch out for the growing tip! Then put them between some layers of damp, but not soggy, paper towels in an old plastic Chinese take out container, and let them sprout) Now I need to figure out where to plant them and how to keep them trained low.
Date: 2023-02-10
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adriennefloreen
I think you don't know how to cook or prepare these things. Ground cherries have an awful taste if not washed after being peeled to remove the wax and I love them washed, especially in fruit salads which can include pineapple. I've never heard the word fartichoke before you said it and you appear to be growing a oval not round variety, perhaps try another one. I've had issues with tough beets too, which is why I have some several year old beets I eat leaves from regularly (yes, you can do this, they're like small chard leaves) You could look up recipes from where these plants are natively eaten and most likely enjoy your exotic food crops more. Too many chilies can be dried or made into a canned or frozen hot sauce, too.
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I think you don't know how to cook or prepare these things. Ground cherries have an awful taste if not washed after being peeled to remove the wax and I love them washed, especially in fruit salads which can include pineapple. I've never heard the word fartichoke before you said it and you appear to be growing a oval not round variety, perhaps try another one. I've had issues with tough beets too, which is why I have some several year old beets I eat leaves from regularly (yes, you can do this, they're like small chard leaves) You could look up recipes from where these plants are natively eaten and most likely enjoy your exotic food crops more. Too many chilies can be dried or made into a canned or frozen hot sauce, too.
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handmade
I use radishes as diversion crops to keep cabbage flies and other nasties off my crops. The bugs seem to develop a taste for whatever grows early, and losing a few 20-day radishes is a good trade for untouched bigger veggies! Elk ate my rhubarb down to the roots- oxalis acid-housing leaves and all! - 3 years running. Now in a broody gray marine climate where sun-starved tomatoes and peppers die of depression, but cold weather crops do well in my Eeyore raised beds! Fond of groundcherries, beets reach dental floss proportions here, and broccoli got leg cramps and didn t get beyond 2-bite size. Looking forward to spring- my brassica crops grew through winter!
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I use radishes as diversion crops to keep cabbage flies and other nasties off my crops. The bugs seem to develop a taste for whatever grows early, and losing a few 20-day radishes is a good trade for untouched bigger veggies! Elk ate my rhubarb down to the roots- oxalis acid-housing leaves and all! - 3 years running. Now in a broody gray marine climate where sun-starved tomatoes and peppers die of depression, but cold weather crops do well in my Eeyore raised beds! Fond of groundcherries, beets reach dental floss proportions here, and broccoli got leg cramps and didn t get beyond 2-bite size. Looking forward to spring- my brassica crops grew through winter!
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Someone
I've given up on growing Watermelon, Cantaloupe, and Broccoli. I can't grow melons before the leaves get powdery mildew killing the whole plant and leaving me with tiny underdeveloped melons. I stopped growing Brocolli because it seemed I was growing it just for aphids to mow down on and I could never eat something that was recently swarming with aphids no matter how much I washed it, I've had similar issues with Kale but it's been far easier to control and minimize their presence and damage. As a note to the Pineapple guy I would suggest giving some of those plants away so they don't go to waste and you can recover back some space.
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I've given up on growing Watermelon, Cantaloupe, and Broccoli. I can't grow melons before the leaves get powdery mildew killing the whole plant and leaving me with tiny underdeveloped melons. I stopped growing Brocolli because it seemed I was growing it just for aphids to mow down on and I could never eat something that was recently swarming with aphids no matter how much I washed it, I've had similar issues with Kale but it's been far easier to control and minimize their presence and damage. As a note to the Pineapple guy I would suggest giving some of those plants away so they don't go to waste and you can recover back some space.
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AnyKeyLady
jacquesinthegarden If you are growing Rhubarb, you should try making rhubarb crumble ice cream! Also, another big hit with the family is my rhubarb, orange and ginger Jam.
Once cut it doesn't last long in the fridge before it starts to go floppy, so if i am not making rhubarb, apple and raisin crumble, i cut them in one inch pieces and freeze it.
It also needs cutting every 3 years during winter, when it is dormant as you need to cut off and separate the baby nubs to create new plants. i grow spinach next to it as when the rhubarb grows it give the spinach a bit of shade during the hotter months.
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jacquesinthegarden If you are growing Rhubarb, you should try making rhubarb crumble ice cream! Also, another big hit with the family is my rhubarb, orange and ginger Jam.
Once cut it doesn't last long in the fridge before it starts to go floppy, so if i am not making rhubarb, apple and raisin crumble, i cut them in one inch pieces and freeze it.
It also needs cutting every 3 years during winter, when it is dormant as you need to cut off and separate the baby nubs to create new plants. i grow spinach next to it as when the rhubarb grows it give the spinach a bit of shade during the hotter months.
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Terri
I am all about the cucamelon, all the time. There's no better way to de-stress than to just harvest a half dozen and eat them right then and there. And I discovered Aspabroc last year. It's a game changer for me. The leaves are also delicious fried crisp in olive oil or butter.
p. s. I am planting both Fartichokes and ground cherries this year. I just love the stubborn privacy hedge of the Fartichokes with the beautiful flowers. And my husband has never had ground cherries. He has a sweet tooth and I don't. I am going to give it a try to see if he likes them.
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I am all about the cucamelon, all the time. There's no better way to de-stress than to just harvest a half dozen and eat them right then and there. And I discovered Aspabroc last year. It's a game changer for me. The leaves are also delicious fried crisp in olive oil or butter.
p. s. I am planting both Fartichokes and ground cherries this year. I just love the stubborn privacy hedge of the Fartichokes with the beautiful flowers. And my husband has never had ground cherries. He has a sweet tooth and I don't. I am going to give it a try to see if he likes them.
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FrozenWolf150
For sunchokes, slice them up and boil them with vinegar or lemon juice for 20 minutes. This will break down the inulin into fructose and glucose, which also makes the sunchokes taste sweeter. Since this isn't long enough to thoroughly cook them, you can still fry them up like potatoes afterwards.
For superhot peppers, I found the best use is to steep them into a pepper solution to spray on my plants, which deters herbivore pests. The steeped peppers will have lost about half their heat, making them more agreeable to cook into your favorite recipes.
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For sunchokes, slice them up and boil them with vinegar or lemon juice for 20 minutes. This will break down the inulin into fructose and glucose, which also makes the sunchokes taste sweeter. Since this isn't long enough to thoroughly cook them, you can still fry them up like potatoes afterwards.
For superhot peppers, I found the best use is to steep them into a pepper solution to spray on my plants, which deters herbivore pests. The steeped peppers will have lost about half their heat, making them more agreeable to cook into your favorite recipes.
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Kirstin
I hear you on the cucamelon, but it does really work for me. I an balcony growing, and I have 2 large trellises that I use for peas and beans in window boxes, but the boxes are not as wide as the trellises. I got some little dollarama pots to hang on the railing next to the trellises, and the cucamelons grew up the sides (and over the top, and back down) and filled things in nicely, especially when my beans pooped out in early September. 6 plants and we got almost 1000 cucamelons. We got about 12 cucumbers before powdery mildew killed the plants.
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I hear you on the cucamelon, but it does really work for me. I an balcony growing, and I have 2 large trellises that I use for peas and beans in window boxes, but the boxes are not as wide as the trellises. I got some little dollarama pots to hang on the railing next to the trellises, and the cucamelons grew up the sides (and over the top, and back down) and filled things in nicely, especially when my beans pooped out in early September. 6 plants and we got almost 1000 cucamelons. We got about 12 cucumbers before powdery mildew killed the plants.
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Diana
Vanilla beans come from a vining orchid. They don't bloom until the vines are about 20' long. I've had mine for about 5 years and it's just now getting long enough that it MIGHT bloom. When it does bloom, you have to be the pollinator (there is only one bug that does it and it's only located in the original country) and there's a special way to do it. The blooms only last ONE day so you have to pay attention and be quick, lol. If the bloom pollinates, it takes 9 months for the bean to mature. Now I understand why the beans are so expensive.
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Vanilla beans come from a vining orchid. They don't bloom until the vines are about 20' long. I've had mine for about 5 years and it's just now getting long enough that it MIGHT bloom. When it does bloom, you have to be the pollinator (there is only one bug that does it and it's only located in the original country) and there's a special way to do it. The blooms only last ONE day so you have to pay attention and be quick, lol. If the bloom pollinates, it takes 9 months for the bean to mature. Now I understand why the beans are so expensive.
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David
Living in Maine I can't imagine not growing rhubarb! There's so many options for cooking with it beyond just strawberry rhubarb pie: drinks like wine or shrubs; using cherries instead of strawberries for less sweet pies, cobblers, and jams; in marinades it's perfect for pork or turkey; and the leaves make good compost or lay them flat to suppress weeds. As an additional benefit when your bed gets too full, cull it down and give the plants as gifts (though, hopefully the recipient won't notice your eye twitching.
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Living in Maine I can't imagine not growing rhubarb! There's so many options for cooking with it beyond just strawberry rhubarb pie: drinks like wine or shrubs; using cherries instead of strawberries for less sweet pies, cobblers, and jams; in marinades it's perfect for pork or turkey; and the leaves make good compost or lay them flat to suppress weeds. As an additional benefit when your bed gets too full, cull it down and give the plants as gifts (though, hopefully the recipient won't notice your eye twitching.
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Daniel
Well with the spicy peppers you can dry them to later blend them into a power to have seasoning of, that you can put in your dishes. If you keep the powder dry and away from sunlight it can last for 2 years. Also with a lot of ghost peppers or Carolina repears you can also make hot sauce out of them. Cook it very good and bottle it up, will last you 1-2 years if kept in a dry cool dark place, even more if in the fridge.
Some ways to have a lot of super spicy peppers put to good use from your garden.
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Well with the spicy peppers you can dry them to later blend them into a power to have seasoning of, that you can put in your dishes. If you keep the powder dry and away from sunlight it can last for 2 years. Also with a lot of ghost peppers or Carolina repears you can also make hot sauce out of them. Cook it very good and bottle it up, will last you 1-2 years if kept in a dry cool dark place, even more if in the fridge.
Some ways to have a lot of super spicy peppers put to good use from your garden.
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Nyana
Pineapple is a waste of space and resources in a grow bed or pot, but I do like growing them in the front yard as an ornamental. Just requires the right expectations (slow and little fruit, but in South Florida they survive on neglect, so my kind of plant! Broccoli is an interesting one because yes, the heads are small, but the leaves are edible and very nutritious, so it's like 2x1. I cook the leaves in pretty much everything that I cook and eventually I get rewarded with broccoli too!
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Pineapple is a waste of space and resources in a grow bed or pot, but I do like growing them in the front yard as an ornamental. Just requires the right expectations (slow and little fruit, but in South Florida they survive on neglect, so my kind of plant! Broccoli is an interesting one because yes, the heads are small, but the leaves are edible and very nutritious, so it's like 2x1. I cook the leaves in pretty much everything that I cook and eventually I get rewarded with broccoli too!
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tammy
Beets! I cannot grow beets but giving it one more shot this year! I LOVE beets! No go on sunchokes and kale for me. I don't care for cooked greens, I know, I know. never tried ground cherries but am this year. Broc? LOVE it! I would have half my garden in it! lol Pineapple, if only. I watch Danny n Wanda and they have a ton in a small side greenhouse and I will try to go that route one day but know it takes forever. lol Great video guys! Oh and no go on hot peppers besides the big J's!
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Beets! I cannot grow beets but giving it one more shot this year! I LOVE beets! No go on sunchokes and kale for me. I don't care for cooked greens, I know, I know. never tried ground cherries but am this year. Broc? LOVE it! I would have half my garden in it! lol Pineapple, if only. I watch Danny n Wanda and they have a ton in a small side greenhouse and I will try to go that route one day but know it takes forever. lol Great video guys! Oh and no go on hot peppers besides the big J's!
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nateross14
No no no, she's wrong about the Pinnapples. They can Initially take 18-24 months to fruit, but then after that you will get Fruit every season/year after that if you take all the suckers and slips off the Mother plant except the very largest one that uses the Mother plants roots. Growing pinnapples is an intial time investment, but after that first 18 months or so you get a yearly harvest. Also, you can plant them very densely as long as you fertilize them sufficiently.
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No no no, she's wrong about the Pinnapples. They can Initially take 18-24 months to fruit, but then after that you will get Fruit every season/year after that if you take all the suckers and slips off the Mother plant except the very largest one that uses the Mother plants roots. Growing pinnapples is an intial time investment, but after that first 18 months or so you get a yearly harvest. Also, you can plant them very densely as long as you fertilize them sufficiently.
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Stokely
Pinapples. I'm in south florida so pinnaples are simple and tropical looking in the landscape. They are Bromilliads and require minimal resouces. Also they love to be overcrowded. i plant mine 6-8 inches apart. So DON'T waste space putting them in your vegetable garden beds, but rather just tuck them into your landscaping. They even do well in dappled light / afternoon shade ( especially in the south florida summer heat. Every grocery store top finds a home in my yard.
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Pinapples. I'm in south florida so pinnaples are simple and tropical looking in the landscape. They are Bromilliads and require minimal resouces. Also they love to be overcrowded. i plant mine 6-8 inches apart. So DON'T waste space putting them in your vegetable garden beds, but rather just tuck them into your landscaping. They even do well in dappled light / afternoon shade ( especially in the south florida summer heat. Every grocery store top finds a home in my yard.
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