Return on your seeds
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After all these years I've realised why I choose to grow certain veg in preference to others and its not a question of taste! 

My favourite veg to grow are courgettes, tomatoes, peas and beans. As much as I like the taste of carrots and cauliflowers I rarely try to grow them, not just because I find them difficult to grow properly, its because of the Return on each seed.

With carrots, for example, you sow a seed and, if you're lucky you grow a carrot. Pick it and you're left with a hole in the ground. You have to re-sow something in its place.
Sow a bean, however, and you can keep picking beans for weeks without needing to re-sow. The same with courgettes, tomatoes and peas - and peppers, of course. They're good investments because you can take a crop from them for a long time. They're also time saving, sow once, pick for weeks - so appeal to my lazy streak.
I'm also partial to growing loose leaf salads, kale and rocket for the same reason. Just pick a few leaves at a time and leave the plant to grow on.
I should try harder to grow sprouting broccoli and brussels sprouts as these would also suit my needs and stop trying to grow heading brassicas and root vegetables which are always a disappointment anyway.
The Moneyless Chicken says:- 
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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Messages In This Thread
Return on your seeds - by Veggie - 23-06-2023, 08:06 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Small chilli - 23-06-2023, 08:30 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Veggie - 23-06-2023, 09:16 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by JJB - 23-06-2023, 09:45 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by toomanytommytoes - 23-06-2023, 11:10 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by JJB - 24-06-2023, 09:17 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by toomanytommytoes - 24-06-2023, 10:53 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by toomanytommytoes - 23-06-2023, 11:22 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Mark_Riga - 23-06-2023, 11:30 PM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Bren - 24-06-2023, 09:03 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Admin - 24-06-2023, 09:24 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by toomanytommytoes - 24-06-2023, 10:55 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Jimny14 - 24-06-2023, 10:25 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Veggie - 24-06-2023, 11:04 AM
RE: Return on your seeds - by Vinny - 24-06-2023, 10:47 PM



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