Minature veggies

[Andrey_BY]

Jeannine,
have you tried to use tater pot?

[Andrey_BY]

http://sonja-joe.blogspot.com.by/201...otato-pot.html
It should definately saves space and bears you a potato harvest during the whole season if you choose midseason or late season varieties

[Jeannine Anne]

Hi Andrey, no I haven't, my pots are much bigger than that. Oh I am going seed shopping Tomorrow Tuesday not today I forgot it was Easter Monday.

[clkeiper]

Andrey, your cabbage is beautiful. I love the colors of it.

[Jeannine Anne]

Andrey, I am curious , how many seed potatoes do you put in that pot. I am thinking of keeping my huge ones for something else and using a smaller one for potatoes. I have a great many 5 gallon buckets made up as Global buckets for self watering. I didn't use them last year but am wondering about using them this year.

XX Jeannine

[Andrey_BY]

Jeannine, personally I'm not using tater pots, because we used an extra area for growing potatoes outside our dacha's garden and also because they don't sell such a tool here)))
So I get all the tubers right from the ground. There is one local poptato variety which is about 0,7-1kg per 1 tuber
They are not as tasty as some local Belarusian varieties with small tubers, but it is a very productive indeed. 15-20 kg from one bush...

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by Jeannine Anne

Hi again, Backyard Farm, I haven't tried the radishes cooked. I do eat a few radishes as long as they are right from the garden but I will try the cooked ones too.

Some of the squash you mentioned I know ell, I was a squash collector for many years. I grew the jack be Little and his sister the white one scrambling over a fence, they looked very pretty. Gold Nugget is an old favourite, it still kaes a decent sized bush but not a vine and very productive. I shall be growing 1 winter squash as I want to keep my seeds going but I am going to trail it down the side of the lawn. It is Mayoral Blue. I gave seeds to Tania a few years ago and I think she sells it now. Very rare. The info I gave Tania with the seeds is on her site.

Now I just have to find a home for all my veggie stash that isn't miniature LOL

XX Jeannine

Grilled radishes are one of my favorites. Try them with tacos.

[Tracydr]

Where did you get your perennial cauliflower and kale?

[Jeannine Anne]

Andrey, thank you for that information.That potato sound great, it is a pity we can't trade tubers as well as seeds LOL. I miss one from the UK which I can't get here, it is called Charlotte. I am growing Russian Banana,Sieglinde,French Fingerling and a Russet.

Tracydr, my perennial cauliflower is called Nine Star Perennial, it is a commercial variety but was very hard to find the last time I go the seeds sent from the UK. I sowed what was left this year but have only got 2 seedlings up. The Daubenton Kale seeds came fro the Heritage Seed Library in the UK, (they don't ship overseas)again I had very few seeds but I have managed to get about 7 to pop. I should tell you a bit about Daubenton. It is a French veggie which rarely flowers so seeds are almost impossible to get. It is usually propagated by cuttings and folks in the UK share the plants. I am frankly not expecting the plants I have grown from seed to be true but we will see. It comes green and a variegated one, There are a few perennial cabbage/kales. I also have one called Eeuwig Moes, which does grow from a seed, that seed was sent to me from a friend Holland. There is another one called Delaway which I also got from the Heriatage Seed Library , Irish Seed Savers have it by the way,but it is questionable that this one is perennial. They now ship overseas.

Before I moved to where I am now I had a community garden and I had a very large raised bed devoted to Perennial veggies, all of the above plus, perennial leeks, various types of onions and a few other. things. My aim is to try to reestablish it in one bed here. Very fascinating.

XX Jeannine

[Deborah]

Grilled radishes? That sounds good-how do you make them? Just brush with oil? I love radish sandwiches, sliced radishes on buttered whole grain bread and lightly salted.

[Starlight]

Til I saw the request on another post, I had forgotten all about them, but I have some Baby Bok Choy seeds Jeannine Anne if you would like some. They don't get very big at all.

[Jeannine Anne]

Starlight, thank you so much for the offer but I have a baby one called Toy Choi I think and am going with that one but I truly do appreciate you offering to help me it is very kind.

XX Jeannine

[luigiwu]

I am sooooo curious about the perennial cauliflower!!!

[Jeannine Anne]

I would love to help you with that but as I said I sowed all my seeds which were old and I got 1 plant, there seems to be another one trying but I think it is losing the battle.

It is a bit like the white Sprouting Broccolis, but if you pick the shoots before they flower you can keep the plant going for several years. I am going to try to find more and if I do I will let you know.

Meantime you can grow the white sprouting broc. I grow several sprouting brocs every year and I am hoping to find enough space to do so this year too. I have a range of them which harvest from July onwards right through May, most are purple but I have a couple of white ones

Some of the varieties are Red Spear,Summer Purple,Santee,Late Purple, Rudolph,Redhead,White Star and White Eye.

I need to look for fresh ones so I will let you know what I find but meanwhile I think these will sprout one more year, they are 2012 seeds. I can send you a few of what I have left if you would like them. I am out od some but do have Santee, White Eye, Redhead all of them mature Feb thru April.

I don't know what your weather is Luigi so you decide. If you need to look it up it is called Sprouting Broccoli.

XX Jeannine

[Jeannine Anne]

Nine Star Perennial