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    What's your problem?

    I've just been reading one of the other threads on here (who inspired you to begin gardening?) And it started me thinking about both my grandfathers who, in their own very different ways, were very good and very inspirational gardeners. But I also remembered that both seemed to have terrible problems when it came to just one, simple plant. No matter what they did they simply couldn't grow it. With one of them the problem was sage and with the other lettuces. I personally always struggle with carrots and my sister-in-law can't grow runner beans to save her life. Yet we all manage everything else perfectly well, even 'difficult' stuff

    Does anyone else seem to have a mental block when it comes to just one thing - or is it just that my family are a little weird?
    Into each life some rain must fall........but this is getting ridiculous.
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    indoors - orchids

    outdoors - carrots
    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      WON'T grow sprouts...they're 'orrible.
      CAN'T grow radish..or at least, the leaves grow great but the radish bit doesn't!
      EXPERT at growing DOCKS
      I you'st to have a handle on the world .. but it BROKE!!

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      • #4
        Ohh.. i've tried for 3 years to grow cabbages... no joy!!!
        Cyanara

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        • #5
          Swede. They never thicken up.
          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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          • #6
            Cauliflowers,All i get is leaves and a tiny,blown curd.

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            • #7
              I'm with Flum on this one, Swede are one of my favourite veg to eat but one of the hardest to grow well.
              My harvest is better this year than most, but still pretty crap by normal standards. This is one veg where F1's seem to out perform old varieties especially in mildew and clubroot resistance. If I could only get the soil conditions right, and more importantly the sowing times right for my area I think I will eventually crack it! I'm getting there..........but slowly!
              My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
              to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

              Diversify & prosper


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              • #8
                Indoor plants - African Violets. Love them but they won't grow for me despite following all the "expert" advice I can find. Outdoors it varies from season to season (I think it depends on the weather conditions). Last year's failures were notably courgettes, squashes and tomatoes, though I have grown them successfully before. Carrots I've never been much good at.

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                • #9
                  What a fantastic question!!!!
                  I'll have to think about it, but got guests all weekend ( will see if I can sneak a moment!!!)
                  "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                  Location....Normandy France

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                  • #10
                    On limited experience, caulifowers. Mine looked promising for all of five minutes but rapidly went all brown and icky!
                    I was feeling part of the scenery
                    I walked right out of the machinery
                    My heart going boom boom boom
                    "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                    I've come to take you home."

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