Ever wanted to try to grow something different?

[boggybranch]

Don't have any idea why this thought jumped into my head today (maybe, boredom) but I got to wondering about the possiblity of growing a pineapple...just for kicks and to see if I could do it. I searched the subject and found that, like asperagus, it's not, really, that hard to do and takes about the same length of time to get edible results.

http://www.rickswoodshopcreations.com/Pineapple/pineapple.htm

 

[ninnymary]

Boggybranch..You are ambitious! The only different thing I've thought of growing was pinto beans. We eat them weekly. I think they would take up to much space and they probably need hot weather which I don't have.

Mary

 

[boggybranch]

Boggybranch..You are ambitious! The only different thing I've thought of growing was pinto beans. We eat them weekly. I think they would take up to much space and they probably need hot weather which I don't have.

Mary

Check the link, Mary......you may be surprised (I know I was)

 

[Greenthumb18]

I have two pineapple plants myself that i started from pineapples from the fruit store. Its not that really hard to do.

Good luck boggybranch! I'm sure you'll get some pineapples to grow for you

 

[digitS']

Let's see . . . what do I grow that's different ?

I've grown pinto beans. Last year, I tried adzuki beans - they didn't mature very well. But, some of the soybeans I grew were wonderful as edamame! I'd never even eaten edamame before last year (and certainly don't live in soybean country). There were 6 or 7 varieties for me to try, a few did fine, I thought . I'll have them again this year.

Probably, many people would think my interest in Asian greens is "different" but they are just greens. We've all eaten them, at least when we had something at a Chinese restaurant. Some aren't much different from broccoli or cabbage.

Ummm, I grow green eggplants! Purple eggplant is sometimes bitter. I've never had a bitter green eggplant.

Steve

 

[damummis]

I have a pineapple plant going from the grocery store. I have also done avocado.

 

[boggybranch]

Let's see . . . what do I grow that's different ?

I've grown pinto beans. Last year, I tried adzuki beans - they didn't mature very well. But, some of the soybeans I grew were wonderful as edamame! I'd never even eaten edamame before last year (and certainly don't live in soybean country). There were 6 or 7 varieties for me to try, a few did fine, I thought . I'll have them again this year.

Probably, many people would think my interest in Asian greens is "different" but they are just greens. We've all eaten them, at least when we had something at a Chinese restaurant. Some aren't much different from broccoli or cabbage.

Ummm, I grow green eggplants! Purple eggplant is sometimes bitter. I've never had a bitter green eggplant.

Steve

How do you know when a green eggplant is "ripe"?

 

[digitS']

How do you know when a green eggplant is "ripe"?

They kind of lose their shine.

The stem & calyx change for both purple and green as they mature, also.

There's a nice one called AppleGreen that is useful for casseroles. It matures early and that's important here. I wish there was more interest in these and wider "green" choices .

S'

 

[boggybranch]

Do they taste bout the same as the purple ones?

 

[digitS']

They do! Just without that tang !

I grow purple ones, too. Dusky will do fine here and they are a little bigger than AppleGreen. And, they are pretty . . . what can I say ?

Another "different" plant is celeriac . . . but, Europeans probably have grown these for centuries. It is great to have that starchy, celery flavor to go in a winter stew or mashed together with potatoes. It has to be one of the homeliest vegetables out there, tho' .

Steve

edit: Here's a story on NPR's webpages about, what they call: "The Vegetable World's Ugly Duckling: Celeriac."