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    Oddments - those seeds that you buy on impulse but never get sown. They lurk in your seed box and stare at you accusingly, because they want to grow, and you won't give them a chance!

    I've been pulling these out of their various hidey holes and I'll give you a letter at a time and perhaps you could tell me if you've grown them? Maybe you have some Oddments of your own that need sowing in 2018?

    Oddments beginning with A


    Actinidia Arguta (Tara Vine) Of the Kiwi fruit family Actinidia arguta Tara Vine PFAF Plant Database

    Asparagus "Mary Washington" (Old seeds)
    Asparagus Racemosus /Shatavari https://www.pukkaherbs.com/your-well...ing-shatavari/
    Asparagus Acutifolius (Wild or Sharp leaved asparagus)

    Amaranth - Mixed grains

    Asparagus Pea Asparagus Pea Seeds

    Averrhoa carambola (Star Fruit) Star fruit, Averrhoa carambola, plant facts - Eden Project

    Aster Tripolium (Sea Aster/Sea Starwort/Sea Spinach) Aster tripolium Sea Aster PFAF Plant Database

    Artichoke - Green Globe
    Artichoke - Violetto precoce

    Annona Cherimola (Custard apple) - The seeds look too small to be custard apples but that how they were named when given to me. Also quite old so probably not viable.

    .........and that's just the As

  • #2
    At the mention of quite old made me wonder what you will say when you get to V
    it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

    Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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    • #3
      V = Very old, just like you rary

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      • #4
        I've grown asparagus peas from seed. Very easy to grow. Beautiful looking plant. Just don't eat the things! Bitter very very bitter. Eat the beautiful red flowers.
        Very productive as well if I remember correctly
        Last edited by Small pumpkin; 21-12-2017, 08:22 AM. Reason: Forgot productivity

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        • #5
          Artichoke - Green Globe
          Artichoke - Violetto precoce
          I've grown both of these from seed and over the last few years weeded out the ones with vicious spikes
          If you sow them in the summer and keep them in pots in the greenhouse (best in soil not compost IMO) you can discard the worst of the spikeys in Spring when you plant out - you'll get a fair crop that summer
          I've a new bigger plot from March and will take them with me

          So deffo worth sowing - fingers crossed they will germinate!

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          • #6
            Moving plots Thelma? Exciting stuff

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            • #7
              Moving plots Thelma? Exciting stuff
              Oh yes, I've finally managed to talk them into letting swap 2 tiny plots at opposite ends of the site, for one full-size allotment at the sunny, top end of the site. Better soil and it drains freely. Oh and it has an enormous shed! Result

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              • #8
                Come on VC........get up
                I want to know how many things I've never heard of are on the B list

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                • #9
                  I've grown amaranth as microgreens - the ones I have are bright red. Very colourful but don't really taste of much.
                  A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Small pumpkin View Post
                    Come on VC........get up
                    I want to know how many things I've never heard of are on the B list
                    SP, did you have to shout so loud? ............and did you tell that lady to ring my door bell when I wasn't dressed? .............Its so exciting when you see someone at your door with a big bouquet of flowers - but not so good when they're for next door.
                    Anyway. give me a moment while I have a coffee and I'll tell you what's on the B envelope.

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                    • #11
                      Sorry to disappoint you but its mostly Bananas

                      Musa Velutina - the Hairy banana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_velutina
                      &
                      Bananas - Mixed!!

                      However, I've just bought from RealSeeds Beetroot Seeds to buy in the UK from The Real Seed Catalogue
                      Beetroot "Touchstone Gold" "An incredibly rare strain, recently rescued from extinction".
                      This one is definitely on my "To grow" list.
                      Has anyone tried it?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        Oddments - those seeds that you buy on impulse but never get sown. They lurk in your seed box and stare at you accusingly, because they want to grow, and you won't give them a chance!

                        I've been pulling these out of their various hidey holes and I'll give you a letter at a time and perhaps you could tell me if you've grown them? Maybe you have some Oddments of your own that need sowing in 2018?

                        Oddments beginning with A


                        Actinidia Arguta (Tara Vine) Of the Kiwi fruit family Actinidia arguta Tara Vine PFAF Plant Database

                        Asparagus "Mary Washington" (Old seeds)
                        Asparagus Racemosus /Shatavari https://www.pukkaherbs.com/your-well...ing-shatavari/
                        Asparagus Acutifolius (Wild or Sharp leaved asparagus)

                        Amaranth - Mixed grains

                        Asparagus Pea Asparagus Pea Seeds

                        Averrhoa carambola (Star Fruit) Star fruit, Averrhoa carambola, plant facts - Eden Project

                        Aster Tripolium (Sea Aster/Sea Starwort/Sea Spinach) Aster tripolium Sea Aster PFAF Plant Database

                        Artichoke - Green Globe
                        Artichoke - Violetto precoce

                        Annona Cherimola (Custard apple) - The seeds look too small to be custard apples but that how they were named when given to me. Also quite old so probably not viable.

                        .........and that's just the As
                        I look at this and think of Jay-els allotment. Not that I is saying Jay is odd!
                        Last edited by Snadger; 22-12-2017, 09:39 AM.
                        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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                        • #13
                          I'll say it for you then, Snadger - Jay-ell is odd - even odder than me - but not as odd as you.

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                          • #14
                            I don't think I'm mad enough to try growing bananas up here. Those beetroot look very pretty . I'm having a year off from beetroot growing next year.
                            Looking forward to the C list tomorrow


                            Not guilty! I did send flower delivery to the wrong house

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                            • #15
                              There are quite a lot of Cs - shall we do them now? B was a bit Boring

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