What new veggie are you trying this year?

Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:02 am

I'm just curious to know what new veggie you are going to try in the garden this year - I like to try something new and different every year to see if there is anything I am missing out on... I could use some ideas for this year.

Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:23 am

These are not new to me, but are not talked about much here.

Koyoto Mizuna
Tah Tsai
Joi Choi

There are many interesting Asian greens.

I'll be trying Sweet potato this year. I've only grown them once in the past, with mixed results.

Eric

Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:11 am

Purple Mizuna to add to the salad mix. I am also growing artichoke plants this year after about a 6 yr. hiatus from growing them. Beautiful plants, but they do get pretty big.

Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:42 pm

Kinda boring, but sweet banana peppers, and lima beans.

Actually, aside from the lettuce and tomatoes- everything in my garden this year is new to me. It's definitely going to be an adventure

Sat Apr 30, 2011 2:59 pm

Everything for me is new this year except for radishes. New stuff for me is beans, black Simpson lettuce, rainbow lights Swiss Chard, two different bell peppears that I can't remember the name of, Anaheim peppers, habanero peppers, mariachi peppers, cayenne peppers, celebrity tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, brandywine, tomatoes and a Serrano pepper or two.

T.M.H.

Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:19 pm

Most of these are new to me.

Quantity and type germinated
in 3x3's 3/20/11 avg-2-1/2 in.tall

480--- Bhuts
175--- Scotch Bonnets
325--- Naga Vipers
60 ----chocolate habs
50---- 7pod not sure of the color
130--- Trinidad Scorpion
230--- Fatalii
90---- Chiltepin
300--- super chili's (hybrid)
190--- orange habs
110--- Caribbean Reds
20---- peter peppers
35---- red savannahs
150--- Garden salsa

Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:25 pm

We are trying yard long beans.

Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:37 pm

Ground Cherries. Please drop by and answer some questions here if younahve experience with them.

Parsnips and rutabagas, Sun chokes, Pink-eyed purple hull beans, Okra.

Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:29 pm

crosnes (chinese artichoke), moth beans, chickpeas, a third variety of sunchokes, groundnuts, mashua, sea kale, turkish rocket, ground plum, goldenberries (husk tomato cousin), good king henry...probably more I'm not thinking of just now. lots perennial veg experiments.

edit: i know something i forgot: a few chenopodium greens for experimentation; magentaspreen, strawberry spinach, and huauzontle.

Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:34 pm

I've decided to pretty much grow and many unusual veggies as possible.

My List, All New to Me!
Giant Cape Gooseberries
2 types of ground cherries
Hmong Cucumbers
Serpent Melon
Warty Pumpkin
Futsu Squash
Broccoli Rapini
Glow in the Dark Pepper
Amish Sweet Pepper
Kamo Kamo Squash
Giant Celeriac
Vine Peach
Dragon Tongue Beans

Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:33 pm

Let's see...I have a couple starts of Swiss chard; a flat of habaneros; a few purple tomatillo seedlings; and a big flowerpot on the front porch into which my daughter and I threw some basil, sage, and thyme seeds.

I got the chard and habaneros at the local farmers' market (much cheaper than the big-box stores to my great surprise!), and I started the tomatillos and herbs from seed. Can't wait for purple salsa this summer.

Sun May 01, 2011 3:08 am

Started Asparagus beds this year ... however, I won't be able to harvest anything from those beds for another year or two.

Sun May 01, 2011 3:45 am

Kohlrabi

Sun May 01, 2011 6:18 pm

I planted two new varieties of garlic in the fall. The rest of the garden will be pretty much as always. Oh, about forgot, trying Bright Lights Chard. I have grown chard for years, but not the varied color mix.

Sun May 01, 2011 6:46 pm

jal_ut wrote:I planted two new varieties of garlic in the fall. The rest of the garden will be pretty much as always. Oh, about forgot, trying Bright Lights Chard. I have grown chard for years, but not the varied color mix.

I like the Bright Lights for the color it adds to a salad since I eat a lot of chard in my tossed salads. The colors don't hold up quite as well when cooked with the red stems being the most obvious in the pot and even they tend to fade a bit. But it does look great in the garden and is quite the conversation piece with folks that have never seen it before.