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Old 07-07-2008, 11:21 PM
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Hello everyone,
What would be great to try would be:
- Curry Plants (or plants to make curry)
- Coffee Plant (UK growable)
- Cocoa Plant (UK growable)
- Low Cost, Easy Set-up, Water Butt-Watering System
- Rice Seeds (UK growable)
- A plant to rid soil of onion/garlic rot

What would you love to have (veg/herbs-wise) Next Season?!
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:40 PM
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tea bag plants, chocolate bar plants, and a plant that kills everything thats not a vegetable
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:55 PM
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yellow courgettes, them big chili shaped sweet red peppers, and on page 184 of the T&M seed catalog they have some cracking looking orange skinned, cherry plum tomatoes called 'orange Santa' that look a bit yummy!

I fancy trying my hand at the gorgeous looking 'Turks turban squash' and we have got some 'Mammoth' onion seeds to sow in January too

Them are the extras that take my fancy on to o the basics for next year.

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Hello everyone,
What would be great to try would be:
- Curry Plants (or plants to make curry)
- Coffee Plant (UK growable)
- Cocoa Plant (UK growable)
- Low Cost, Easy Set-up, Water Butt-Watering System
- Rice Seeds (UK growable)
- A plant to rid soil of onion/garlic rot

What would you love to have (veg/herbs-wise) Next Season?!
A little help with the last request, possibly?Plant Solutions Limited Organic Compatibles - Caliente Mustard
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Money tree?
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Hello everyone,
What would be great to try would be:
- Curry Plants (or plants to make curry)
But surely ... everything on the lotty can go in a curry? And in a salad. And in a stir-fry.
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them big chili shaped sweet red peppers,
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I'm growing these Wren - in my greenhouse. I have longish green fruits on them already - I saved the seed from some I bought in T*sco. Cheap and cheerful, that's me!
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Old 08-07-2008, 07:32 PM
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Thanks for your responses - Think I'll add another few.
-Wheat
-Supersteak Tomatoes (for my 'big' corner idea)
- and Honey -non-veg but making some would be interesting.
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yes I'd like bees to make honey. I was also like a way to irradicate bindweed instantly and organically without digging it.
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Would like a nice mature lemon and/or lime tree. Have tried a lot of new stuff this year so my wish list isn't so long now as it was this time last year.

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I'm growing these Wren - in my greenhouse. I have longish green fruits on them already - I saved the seed from some I bought in T*sco. Cheap and cheerful, that's me!
I think i will do same as you then Flummery.

I was not sure if they were some sort of F1 hybrid or not and so i was going to purchase the seed, but if you are having success with your seeds direct from the fruit i will save myself some money too. I will enjoy a char grilled Romano red pepper for my tea, with onions and mushrooms, a nice chop, some new potatoes and get my free seeds while i am about it

Thank you for the tip.

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tea bag plants, chocolate bar plants, and a plant that kills everything thats not a vegetable
I would love a chocolate bar plant, money tree and a happy tree
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veg that you can pick the day after planting...
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I would like!!
- eucalyptus (UK grown one that can be contained in a pot)
- cherry (ditto)
- bamboo (one that will grow usable garden canes without taking over the world)
- to get some soapwort to germinate
- wild / perrennial strawbs
- funny coloured veg
- a shed and water butt for the allotment
- a free and inexhaustible supply of organic mulching material...near my plot.

PS I'm going to have a go at rice as well!! Got some seeds from Jungle seeds - worth a try, I reckon
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Pineapple and some other more exotic fruits. I don't reckon I need 8 gazzilion tomatoes and cucumbers next year!
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How about a petrol tree!!
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How about a cabbage plant that explodes when a pigeon pecks at it?
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its happybunny's birthday in August I asked her the other day for her wish list as relatives phone for ideas usually she says I don't know surprises. not this year though her list consist of a mushroom kit, wheelbarrow, subscription to GYO mag, griddle pan and paints to deorate the pots for the herbs!!!
Think she might be addicted How many other 13 year olds have a list like this?
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I did when I was 10!!![long time ago in a land far far away]
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How about a petrol tree!!
Can I have a deisel one or 2.
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How about a cabbage plant that explodes when a pigeon pecks at it?
With all this rain mine are exploding without the help of pigeons!
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I'd love a Olive tree - my little 3 year old one finally snuffed it this spring
Also a plum tree and a nectarine tree, and a much bigger veg bed - or 5!!
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I'd like to be able to grow tea, but without all the fuss that's required, just pick it chuck it in the pot and add boiling water.
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