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    ...on your allotment? I've been having a nosey at other peoples plots to try and get some ideas about how to have my layout (and to just be nosey really!) and have noticed everyone grows potatoes onions strawberries and that's about it. I was having much grander ideas of sowing every seed I could find and get my hands on!

    So was wondering, what does everyone grow on their plots?


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  • #2
    I think what you grow will depend a great deal on the facilities you have at your allotment. The allotments near here (I've applied but not got one yet) have no facilities at all - no water supply. I wouldn't be wanting to grow anything that needed watering regularly. Also if you have limited security arrangements (our gate isn't locked and anyone can walk in) you don't want to be growing things that people might easily steal.

    I would suggest potatoes, onions, leeks, brassicas (possibly started at home then planted out when big enough to cope, and of course protected by nets), root crops etc. I'd keep the peas, beans, tomatoes and fruit for somewhere where they can be kept an eye on and watered.

    But your arrangement may be very different - more experienced allotment holders may have better ideas than me.
    Last edited by Penellype; 10-06-2014, 03:11 PM.
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    • #3
      Weeds and slugs.

      And lots of stuff. Onions, potatoes, beans (broad, french and runner), peas, carrots (well I try), parsnips, leeks, blackcurrants, blackberries, goji, raspberries, strawberries, rhubarb, lettuce (again I try), mint (for making wine from), tomatoes (several types), cabbage, sprouts, kale, some herbs (mint, chives rosemary, basic), globe and jerusalem artichokes, courgettes, pumpkins,
      ETC

      Tried asaragus lettuce things but think I left them too long as they were really tough.
      Last edited by alldigging; 10-06-2014, 03:19 PM.

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      • #4
        Grow whatever you enjoy eating.

        we eat lots of onions, either in stews or curries or just cheese and onions toasties so ive grown lots of those.

        I love parsnips, sweede, sprouts, leeks and runner beans so got lots of those too.

        Love salad crops...different types of beetroot, spring onions, courgettes, raddish and iceberg lettuce.

        Also grown lots of strawberries and mangetout peas.

        My second half plot has potatoes and carrots.

        Oh, not to mention the sweet peas, cosmos and Helichrysum for cut flower
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        • #5
          I used to try everything but got fed up with just looking at it cos the kids or the OH wouldn't eat it. Now I stick to the stuff we eat although I still grow chillies! My excuse is that everyone elses OH's eat chilli everything!
          My list this year
          Several hot chillies, padron peppers, serrano peppers.
          Several lettuces, including iceberg, mustards, giant mustard, Mexican tree spinach.
          Spinach
          Kale
          Spuds
          Courgettes, squash
          Toms &cues
          Beetroot, chard,
          French, runner & borlotti beans
          Fat baby achocha
          Gooseberry, rhubarb, red, black, white currants.
          Apples, pears, plums.
          Raspberries, strawberries, tayberry, blackberry and cape gooseberry.
          Sprouting broccoli and red cauli.

          Seems like a lot now I've written it down!

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          • #6
            I'm glad I'm not the only one who wants to grow more variety, can't wait to clear the weeds and get something more useful in the ground


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            • #7
              Anything that will grow, I try and plan the crops so there is something going on all the time. I dont grow spuds on the plot though, those are in the garden in containers

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              • #8
                I only grow what we eat. Potatoes, carrots, peas, sweetcorn, runner beans, tomatoes, strawberrys, rhubarb and black currants. Oh and mini pumpkins if they ever get pollinated
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                • #9
                  It can be a real chore growing every seed you can find. They all need so much care and attention it's hard to cater for them all. Grow what ya love to eat, and can grow due to conditions and facilities, then perhaps do just a couple of new and exotic things each year.
                  Hussar!

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                  • #10
                    As others have advised, grow what you like to eat, especially if it's expensive to buy. One of the first things I did when I finally got my allotment was to establish an asparagus bed. This is its fourth year and I've had a bumper crop and finally been able to eat my fill of my favourite.

                    I grow sugarsnap peas because life is too short for podding ordinary peas and, besides, I love stir fries.

                    Sweetcorn is another staple on my plot because the stuff you buy in the shops is both stale and expensive.

                    Although I love really fresh carrots I've given up on those because the root flies are endemic. So the whole answer is to grow what you like as long as it likes to grow where you are. Have fun!

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                    • #11
                      I usually try to grow stuff that works well, is expensive in the shops, and I like.
                      If you have limited space it's no good growing a vast amount of spuds etc.
                      I like
                      Yellow courgettes
                      Marketmore cucumbers (they always work)
                      Climbing french beans
                      Spring onions
                      Various colours of lettuce
                      Various cherry toms ( Sungold is best)
                      Peas for eating off the plant..

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                      • #12
                        I grow:

                        Potatoes
                        Broad beans
                        French Beans
                        Peas
                        Garlic
                        Onions
                        Beetroot
                        Kale
                        Sweetcorn
                        Tomatoes
                        Mint
                        Strawberries
                        Gooseberries
                        Lavender
                        Chives
                        French Tarragon
                        (attempting) chervil
                        (attempting) carrots
                        (attempting) spring onions
                        Nasturtiums
                        Turnips
                        Pattypan squash
                        Raspberries

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                        • #13
                          I grew huge quantities of things when I started and would end up with ridiculous amounts of things like turnips or cabbages, which made trying to find new ways of cooking them a real chore.

                          Like a few others have said, I'm trying these days to grow things we actually like and can use easily. I tend to experiment with varieties.

                          Brussells Sprouts
                          Broccoli
                          Carrots
                          Onions
                          Garlic
                          Beetroot
                          Potatoes
                          Squashes/pumpkins
                          Tomatoes
                          Cucumbers
                          Lettuce (lots of different sorts)
                          Onions
                          Spring onions
                          Chard and spinach
                          Jerusalem artichokes
                          Globe artichokes
                          Peas
                          French Beans
                          Runner Beans
                          Roses
                          Sweet Peas
                          Gooseberries
                          Raspberries
                          Strawberries
                          Redcurrants
                          Blackcurrants
                          Whitecurrants
                          Pears
                          Apples (eating and culinary)
                          Blackberries
                          Hazelnuts
                          Rhubarb
                          Swede
                          Parsnips
                          Kale

                          ... and I think that's it!

                          My most successful veggies are always lettuce, carrots and Brussells Sprouts. Kale, rhubarb, runner beans and onions are the next most reliable. Rasps look like they'll be good this year for the first time ever. But I've had problems with all the others at one time or another, including 'easy' veg like spuds, peas and beetroot!
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Noosner View Post
                            I grew huge quantities of things when I started and would end up with ridiculous amounts of things like turnips or cabbages, which made trying to find new ways of cooking them a real chore.

                            Like a few others have said, I'm trying these days to grow things we actually like and can use easily. I tend to experiment with varieties.

                            Brussells Sprouts
                            Broccoli
                            Carrots
                            Onions
                            Garlic
                            Beetroot
                            Potatoes
                            Squashes/pumpkins
                            Tomatoes
                            Cucumbers
                            Lettuce (lots of different sorts)
                            Onions
                            Spring onions
                            Chard and spinach
                            Jerusalem artichokes
                            Globe artichokes
                            Peas
                            French Beans
                            Runner Beans
                            Roses
                            Sweet Peas
                            Gooseberries
                            Raspberries
                            Strawberries
                            Redcurrants
                            Blackcurrants
                            Whitecurrants
                            Pears
                            Apples (eating and culinary)
                            Blackberries
                            Hazelnuts
                            Rhubarb
                            Swede
                            Parsnips
                            Kale

                            ... and I think that's it!

                            My most successful veggies are always lettuce, carrots and Brussells Sprouts. Kale, rhubarb, runner beans and onions are the next most reliable. Rasps look like they'll be good this year for the first time ever. But I've had problems with all the others at one time or another, including 'easy' veg like spuds, peas and beetroot!
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                            • #15
                              Oh, I forgot...
                              Carrots
                              Parsnips,
                              Herbs ...parsley, basil, lemon &lime basil, chives, garlic chives, several types of mint, lemon balm, rosemary
                              Welsh onions, Egyptian walking onions
                              Garlic, giant garlic,
                              Crab apples (fab jelly!)!
                              ...elderberries, walnuts, cobnuts
                              Grapes,
                              EGGS! ( I might not grow them but I have to look after the chickens!)
                              Last edited by Scarlet; 13-06-2014, 09:51 PM.

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