What will you never grow again?

Full size cucumbers, too much, mini munch are perfect. Rocket, gets riddled by flea beetles. Coriander, I’m fed up with trying, it bolts every time, great for seeds, but I want leaf.

Another thumbs down for Alium triquetrum. I had to dig out loads of it when I moved here last autumn . I bet it will be back next spring.

Beware the bamboo....

Carrots, I don’t know why I bothered as they don’t do well, I don’t really like them - but the dog does so he digs them up to eat.
Spanish bluebells, very pretty but thuggish.
Montbretia - the corms are such hard work to dig up as they form deep, thick mats.

Another one who’s not going to try brassica next year even under nets they were eaten to the ground over night
Not so many potatoes ✖️
No brassica✖️Kale and chard seem fine ✔️
Cucumbers in my garden in pots have done well ✔️in the ground at allotment not done well ✖️
Be more clever about staggering the runner beans had a glut all at once too many to eat

My montbretia which I have a lot has done very poorly this year although I ve watered regularly

Courgettes, as they take up too much room and do not taste any better than the ones from a supermarket which are cheap and readily available.

I was pleased when lily of the valley appeared from next door. This year it took over a shady bed, so I'm afraid it's been hoiked out.
Likewise a passion flower which sent runners out underground. I felt bad about attacking that one given the symbolism of its flowers.

Beetroot - we had only ONE!
Dahlias, they get eaten, we'll stick to geraniums next year.

After this year’s performance I’m thinking about whether to bother with sweet peas next year.

Peas.
I spent ages putting little support canes in and then netting.
I think we had 1/2 cup of peas all told.
And birds eye petis poi's taste better.

Beautiful violets have taken over my borders, as yet I forgive them. I'll probably never grow lupins again as past efforts have attracted an enormous amount of aphids and I've never successfully grown Michaelmas daisies without them succumbing to mildew.

Strawberries- just don't want to spend my time fighting slugs and snails. I am replacing them all with raspberries- so easy to grow, no wrries with the above, and no worries about foxes either. Win, win. and I really prefer raspberries.

J52, during the next month or so we’ll be taking some pretty savage action against our Japanese anemones - they’re encroaching well into the grass.

I've enjoyed reading this post. I must admit I don't bother with garden veg now. As others have said the bugs and beasties get to them too easily and I remember once a friend finding a wee caterpillar in her cauliflower at dinner. So embarrassing... I have grown some potatoes in containers this year and I do have strawberries and blueberries in my raised beds. There's nothing like popping out at breakfast and filling your bowl with berries.
I do grow my own tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse. The home grown taste is so worth it but I'd love to be able to get finer skins. Apparently it's the heat and even tho I've ventilation and open the doors I still get some with chewy skins. Melons and cucumbers just not been a success and the supermarket ones are just fine.
For the Gran who can't grow Ladies Mantle, I wish you stayed near me, I'm forever digging up self seeded seedlings. The same with the Alpine variety. Alstromeria doesn't like my garden yet my 2 sisters have huge clumps of the same plant.

Brussel sprouts - covered in little grey flies.
Montbretia - dread invasive plant!
Garlic -simply not worth the effort!
Purple sprouting broccoli - simply not worth the effort!
Luffah - too much like hard work!
Peppers - prone to infestation by some sort of bug!

Wondering if runner beans worth the effort as tiny crop so far. Thought that about tomatoes last year though and they’ve done really well.
Monty Don suggested planting nasturtium seeds in pots for late summer colour. Ha! Who knew they were brassicas and I have few flowers and thousands of cabbage white caterpillars on them. And the birds aren’t interested in them even. No more nasturtiums for me. ?

Kale. It gets full of tiny moths which don't harm it but I'm a softie and can't bear washing them all away. I'm really good at growing echiums though (but then who isn't, they grow like weeds, ginormous weeds).

Thugs I have in my garden:-
Japanese Anemones
St.John's Wort
Grape Hyacinth
Stinking Iris ( just dug up

Bears breeches, not too bad at the moment
Alchemilla Mollis. Hoping it will spread just a bit
Nasturtiums, pathetic
Russian Sage. OK

Japanese Anemones
I'll keep mine in a pot then.

What about Ajuga? When I planted some years ago in a rockery it spread everywhere but, planted in a shady, dry spot, it failed completely.

I pulled it all out but have just been given another Ajuga plant by a very kind old gentleman. Help!

Figs. We are in the north west and the summer isn't long enough for them to mature.

Purpledaffodil, I invariably get black fly on nasturtiums. Not that I’ve planted any for a few years, but the self sown ones keep popping up. They do provide colour until the first frosts, but blackfly spray is def. needed.

Cauliflowers.

Witzend

*Purpledaffodil*, I invariably get black fly on nasturtiums. Not that I’ve planted any for a few years, but the self sown ones keep popping up. They do provide colour until the first frosts, but blackfly spray is def. needed.

One year I put nasturtiums seeds in with my hanging baskets. They grew and looked lovely, then I noticed all the caterpillars amongst them.

This year I struggled to buy and germinate my usual sweetcorn seeds.
In the end I got about 75 plants from three different varieties.

I put them all out on the allotment, watering and feeding as usual, having now eaten a few and found them strange in that some kernels were over ripe and some just right and others under ripe. I now realise they have hybridised, and are almost inedible!

Callistemon21

^Japanese Anemones^
I'll keep mine in a pot then.

What about Ajuga? When I planted some years ago in a rockery it spread everywhere but, planted in a shady, dry spot, it failed completely.

I pulled it all out but have just been given another Ajuga plant by a very kind old gentleman. Help!

Ajuga is usually quite obliging. Don't put it anywhere too shady and it should be fine. I find it spreads very easily but as it's shallow rooted it's easy to pull up.

Unlike those pesky Japanese anemones, that I also suffer from.. they're lovely at this time of year but I wish they'd stay put ?