What did you plant as an experiment this year that you WON"T be planting again?

[camochick96]

I’m in North Texas. Everyone says bush green beans do great here. I had 2 45 foot rows of them and only got 3 green beans total! Not sure what went wrong plants flowered and everything and then they all died when they had tiny beans starting. I’d never waste my time with green beans here again!

 

[Crows-A-Lot]

I basically do the same as you, however I put a damp paper towell over them in a tupperware bowl with a lid and they stay crisp for many days.

 

[Crows-A-Lot]

I’m in North Texas. Everyone says bush green beans do great here. I had 2 45 foot rows of them and only got 3 green beans total! Not sure what went wrong plants flowered and everything and then they all died when they had tiny beans starting. I’d never waste my time with green beans here again!

I hope you will try again. Fresh green beans from your garden is a hundred times better than days old ones from the store.

 

[camochick96]

I hope you will try again. Fresh green beans from your garden is a hundred times better than days old ones from the store.

That’s what I’ve heard and my grandma had great success for years growing them just down the road. Don’t know what went wrong, but I won’t be wasting my time anytime soon it was so disappointing!

 

[April0617]

Yeah I'm not doing Black Krim again either. Grew it a couple years ago and my mother in law casually went, "Oh, those are really hit or miss... either you get great tomatoes, or really mealy tasteless ones." Yup, I got the mealy ones. Still looking for the "perfect" dark tomato... grew Paul Robesons this year but weather has not been good for tomatoes at all, so still waiting for one to ripen!

Might go with all cherry tomatoes next year just to get ripe fruit faster.

Cherokee Purple for darker tomatoes? I didn't have any the last couple years, but I was always very happy with them for many years before!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

We're also probably not doing Honey Nut butternut squash again. They set fruit very early and then proceeded to stall out and not ripen. They're still not ripe.

We planted Brulee (another type of honeynut) right near by and it's doing MUCH better than the honey nut. This COULD be environmental. The brulee are about 6' over towards the sunny part of the lawn and that will have an effect. I'm not sure it should have THIS much of an effect though.

Next year we will grow only the brulee in two spots (one shady one sunny) to compare to this years results. We may review the choice to not do honeynuts again because I LOVE their color and size and shape. The brulee are a little skinny and small even for a personal size squash.

 

[Toxicity 321]

I am in central northern Minnesota where the weather cant make up its mind
I planted acorn and butternut squash this year. And let me tell you it took over the whole 20x 20 garden I cant even see my zucchini, cucumbers, potatoes, or my tomatoes. But I know they are in there I just have to dig for them. I will plant them again just not in the 20x20 garden it will be behind it so they can grow as big or tall or lon g as they want

 

[rosemarythyme]

That’s what I’ve heard and my grandma had great success for years growing them just down the road. Don’t know what went wrong, but I won’t be wasting my time anytime soon it was so disappointing!

Maybe try a different variety? Or try wax beans, which are more prolific but fairly similar in taste. I only planted 6 green beans this year (and 4 wax beans) but still got overloaded with beans, something like 10 lbs in the freezer right now.

Cherokee Purple for darker tomatoes? I didn't have any the last couple years, but I was always very happy with them for many years before!

I'll consider them for next year, if the Paul Robeson doesn't pan out. Or honestly I was thinking of dark cherry tomatoes simply because the little ones ripen faster, though they don't get the real deep flavor I'm looking for.

 

[camochick96]

Maybe try a different variety? Or try wax beans, which are more prolific but fairly similar in taste. I only planted 6 green beans this year (and 4 wax beans) but still got overloaded with beans, something like 10 lbs in the freezer right now.

Wow, that’s crazy to get that out of so few plants! I still can’t believe how bad our beans went. We did plant one row of bush black eyed peas and got covered up in them! I’ve never heard of wax beans I’ll have to look those up, thanks for the tip!

 

[kcan2]

Make sure we know WHERE you are in case weather or other location conditions are a factor.
WHAT you won't be planting again.
And WHY.

Carrots! The carrots I planted here in northern MI look good until they come out of the ground...they came up small and somewhat bitter. Yucky!