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    Have you tried any new varieties this year and if so, what did they promise and what did you think of them? I've tried several and the first results are in.

    Pea Terrain (T&M)

    Claim: High resistance to powdery and downy mildew. Ideal for late crops (sow upto July). Last year my late peas were very badly affected by mildew.

    My experience:
    Sowed in the usual way for my 2nd maincrop in mid May. I was intending to sow again later, but found that germination was very poor (less than 50%) and I had much fewer than intended, so I used Hurst Greenshaft for my late sowing.

    The plants have grown well and are now producing large numbers of pods. The pods are well filled and the peas have exceptional flavour, staying sweet until they are quite large. There are no problems with mildew this year on the Hurst Greenshaft grown next to them, so it is hard to judge this.

    Verdict: Apart from the very poor germination I'm impressed and I will certainly grow these again.


    Turnip Oasis (T&M)

    Claim: A turnip with the distinct flavour of melon. I just had to try this one!

    My experience:
    Sown direct in a pot in late April in almost full shade and covered with a net to keep off cabbage root fly. Germination was good and I found I had sowed them too thickly. Some small turnips were ready by the end of June, by which time several of them had bolted and the rest followed very quickly.

    Verdict: No harder to grow than ordinary turnips (the problems were almost certainly user error). The taste is definitely different, but I would not have identified it as melon. Less turnipy, "fresher" and really very pleasant. I will definitely grow these again and sown them more thinly next time!
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    My new variety this year is Lord Leicester (tall) pea.

    They have just started cropping (picked my first bowlful yesterday) and initial thoughts are;

    Certainly not the sweetest pea ever tasted but good enough and nice fat, full pods.

    Robust plants (even in the terrible weather this year that has seen my other varieties come to nowt) and the plants are absolutely laden with ripening pods.

    I don't spray or net and three or four pods contained one pea with a maggot in (out of a large bowlfull) which I don't think is too bad although, with the weather up there, I feel any moths getting through must have been outstanding flyers. In another, more normal year I think they might be susceptible.
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    • #3
      Mine was cauliflower White Step a compact variety which I have grown at 8 plants in a square metre box and also 1 plant in each of 8 BFB.

      One plant grew to be a giant with very little in the way of a curd. The rest all produced nice curds about 5" across. This is the first year for a long time I have cauliflower cheese in the freezer, well pleased and will deffo grow again.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by muddled View Post
        My new variety this year is Lord Leicester (tall) pea.

        They have just started cropping (picked my first bowlful yesterday) and initial thoughts are;

        Certainly not the sweetest pea ever tasted but good enough and nice fat, full pods.

        Robust plants (even in the terrible weather this year that has seen my other varieties come to nowt) and the plants are absolutely laden with ripening pods.

        I don't spray or net and three or four pods contained one pea with a maggot in (out of a large bowlfull) which I don't think is too bad although, with the weather up there, I feel any moths getting through must have been outstanding flyers. In another, more normal year I think they might be susceptible.
        I've had one maggot so far - not bad for a bucket load. Will grow it again ad it is brimming with pods - not sweet but tasty and fat (younger peas were sweet though )

        Champion of England is another one I'll repeat but I don't think that I'll bother with Serpette Guilloteau. Compared to the other two it's shorter (about 4 foot tall) and not as prolific. I haven't had any pods off it yet.
        Boddington soup pea looks good but as it's really a drying pea I'll know better when it's dried and harvested.

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        • #5
          2 new varieties of pea for me - there were meant to be more but...

          1. Sutton's purple podded
          Great germination, grew well and not one pea maggot. No mildew either. But they go mealy very very quickly, or I haven't the knack yet of spotting the peak picking point.

          2. Magnolia Blossom Tendril pea
          This is a new hypertendril pea - the massive tendrils are supposed to help air flow. It's a tall pea (7-8ft) and is the best sugar snap I've ever tasted. And you pick them before the purple strip appears on the pod, so it's hard to go wrong! I'll definitely grow them again, and I've saved seed this year. The mature peas I saved did have a lot of maggots - but they were sown and put out a lot later than the purple podded.
          Last edited by sparrow100; 30-07-2016, 09:32 PM.
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          • #6
            sparrow I've seen the tendril peas and they look really interesting. good to know they taste good too - I'll add them to my wish list for next year!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by sparrow100 View Post

              2. Magnolia Blossom Tendril pea
              This is a new hypertendril pea - the massive tendrils are supposed to help air flow. It's a tall pea (7-8ft) and is the best sugar snap I've ever tasted. And you pick them before the purple strip appears on the pod, so it's hard to go wrong! I'll definitely grow them again, and I've saved seed this year. The mature peas I saved did have a lot of maggots - but they were sown and put out a lot later than the purple podded.
              Where could I find those please sparrow100 I can only see them on baker creek from usa

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              • #8
                I try different varieties of potato every year. This year my new second earlies were Cosmos and Foxton

                At the first blighty raindrop the Cosmos keeled over - think it's the worst blight resistance I've seen in a potato (though it hadn't spread to the tubers).

                Foxton managed to hold out a bit longer to the blight - I quite like the red skins, and they're a nice firm potato to cook

                So, low marks to both for blight resistance. On the plus side there was very little pest damage and no scab on any of the tubers, so I think they'll store well.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ladyslip View Post
                  Where could I find those please sparrow100 I can only see them on baker creek from usa
                  That's where I got them from. I do a yearly order as I find their catalogue pretty irresistable.

                  If I have enough after inspecting again for pea moth holes, I'll add them into planetologist's seed circle, if not, there will be a packet or two going into the VSP.
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                  • #10
                    Lord Leicester tall pea - would agree, tasty & a good cropper but not the sweetest, will probably try a different variety next year as ours are normally eaten raw as sweets by eldest child.

                    Golden sweet mangetout - lovely, really tasty mangetout & such pretty flowers to - definitely growing next year & lots more. Decent cropper.

                    Rapa De senza turnip greens. Buttery, soft lovely leaves. Yes to next year. Planning on trying in greenhouse over winter.

                    Foordhook giant chard - white stemmed, tasty and prolific. Will be growing next year. Good as baby leaves or full size.

                    Wautoma cucumber. Started these a bit late so haven't eaten any yet, but plants are massive and covered in cucs that will start to be ready in about a week or two. If they taste good then yes, as growing really well.

                    Kinghorn wax dfb. Ok, but not amazing. Good germination & no problems growing though. May grow as an early crop next year plus a climbing one for main crop.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by sparrow100 View Post
                      That's where I got them from. I do a yearly order as I find their catalogue pretty irresistable.

                      If I have enough after inspecting again for pea moth holes, I'll add them into planetologist's seed circle, if not, there will be a packet or two going into the VSP.

                      Thank you for replying I didn't realise they could send to uk

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