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    Bolting Swede question.

    All of my swedes have bolted. I just keep snapping the flowers off but i was just wondering if you can still eat the actual root itself? They were only planted in June.



    That's what they look like at the minute.
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    I don't grow swedes but i cant see any reason not to eat them. They actually look very healthy to me.

    And when your back stops aching,
    And your hands begin to harden.
    You will find yourself a partner,
    In the glory of the garden.

    Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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    • #3
      They should be ok to eat.
      What variety are they? they look very pale fleshed compared to mine

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      • #4
        They might be woody if they've started to bolt. One sure way to find out though. Fingers crossed....

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        • #5
          They are Gowrie!

          I'll leave them until they get a bit bigger (do they get any bigger once they have bolted?) and then give them a try.

          I am having nightmares growing them. These are the second lot that have bolted. I pulled the first lot and started again with these ones, which have bolted.

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          • #6
            I don't know what sort of a Summer you've had, but they do like to be well watered. I often have to water them down here in the SE.

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            • #7
              Yours look pretty good Hope they taste good on eating. I love swede but I've had a disaster trying to grow them and have only 5 left now out of around 40 or so that were sown originally. They have grown very poorly. I had much better luck with my turnips.
              LOVE growing food to eat in my little town back garden. Winter update: currently growing overwintering onions, carrots, lettuce, chard, salad leaves, kale, cabbage, radish, beetroot, garlic, broccoli raab, some herbs.

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              • #8
                They look very pale, aren't Gowrie a purple skinned variety?

                Re eating, I expect they'll be a bit woody and unfortunately they don't really grow much after bolting so you might have to cut your losses

                Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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                • #9
                  The old timers used to say they taste better once they have had a frost on them. No reason not to leave them in the ground and fresh for a while.

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                  • #10
                    Think i might sling the seeds i got and start again with some new seed next year.

                    The summer here is been very cool and damp with particularly cold nights through June and July. Some nights were down to 4 or 5 degrees in July, unheard of even for here in the north east.

                    Thanks for all of your comments, i think i'll leave them another couple of weeks, see if they get any bigger and then pull them up and try them.

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                    • #11
                      bolting swede

                      Originally posted by Scoot View Post
                      All of my swedes have bolted. I just keep snapping the flowers off but i was just wondering if you can still eat the actual root itself? They were only planted in June.



                      That's what they look like at the minute.
                      It doesn't look like a swede to me ... it looks like the mooli I"ve been growing. They can grow very big but very cylindrical and pale and really strongly tasting of radish???

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                      • #12
                        I was beginning to think that myself (that it wasn't swede). I made the mistake of buying some cheap seed off amazon.

                        Lesson learned though as i did this for a few things which havn't been what they said they were.

                        I only use main seed suppliers now. Mr Fothergills i use quite often now.

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                        • #13
                          Just been out and pulled the lot up and you are right, it is Daikon. Definitely be buying some swede seeds from mr fothergills after xmas and not going for the cheap option again.

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                          • #14
                            Do you like Daikon, Scoot? They look very healthy so it would be a shame to waste them!

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                            • #15
                              I cooked them yesterday and no i don't like them. They had no taste to be honest.

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