Is anyone growing anything unusual.....( that's legal)

oblivious

Hi just wondering if anyone is grow anything unusual this year

I’ll go first, this is my first year growing hops, they are called First Gold (brewing) or Prima Donna (gardening) and are a English dwarf variety. They are admired for their quick growing, foliage and of course hops

Here is a pic

NextSteps

Oh we had hops before, if you stand there long enough you'll see them growing, they're great fun. Are you going to make beer?

I have runner beans germinating on my windowsill, one of them has grown an inch since yesterday.

oblivious

UB wrote: »

Oh we had hops before, if you stand there long enough you'll see them growing, they're great fun. Are you going to make beer?.

yea they grow at a tremendous rate, i think they are also called wolf plants due to their growth rate.

First gold have a great spicy/ marmalade aroma and I do plain to brew with them. Its called wet hopping as the hops wont be dried like the traditional methods and this retains a lot more of aromatics oils.

The Hill Billy

I have a venus fly-trap myself. Probably not that uncommon these days though as it was bought in Lidl.

oblivious

Hill Billy wrote: »

I have a venus fly-trap myself. Probably not that uncommon these days though as it was bought in Lidl.

Has your's flowered yet?

Mine did, man the flower stem must have grown well over a foot. i supose it maybe to protect the polinating insect from the business end of the plant?

The Hill Billy

Aye, I've got 4 flower stems running out to around 25/30cm.
Any idea what you're meant to do, if anything, with these?
Should they be staked to be kept upright?

oblivious

Hill Billy wrote: »

Aye, I've got 4 flower stems running out to around 25/30cm.
Any idea what you're meant to do, if anything, with these?
Should they be staked to be kept upright?

Probably not a bad ides about the the stakes, i just propped them up against the window/wall

wreckless

hey guys,

i know they are not really that unusual but ive planted a few new varieties of tomatoes in the greenhouse this year.

Got a packet of different seeds, one variety is Ildi, small yellow fruits, another is tigerella- the skin is red and brown stripes ..like a tiger!!! another is Red pear, small pear shaped tomatoes, very juicy looking fruits and red too!!!

my dad got me some excellent cherry tomato seeds from spain, which all hit, so there should be plenty of them this year too. afew jalapeno and different chillis to spice things up a bit also

as soon as i snap some pics i will add them to this thread

come on the sunny days eh?:D

Minder

I am waiting for a delivery of seeds. I bought a selection of asian veggies including snake beans aka yard long beans, water spinach, pak choi and choi sum, Thai Green Pea and Thai Yellow Egg Aubergines, Chinese Chives, Cavolo Nero cabbage and a land seaweed called Okahijiki.

All but the Okahijiki should do well outside, I have no idea what to do with the Okahijiki:rolleyes:

magicbastarder

i managed to grow a sequoia from seed last year or the year before - it's been donated to someone with a bigger garden, though.