[Beetroot queen]

You have ever had to grow.
I have only just started so the all seem difficult but I am sure many of you will have some good answers  

[Sheehah]

I must be a little strange as my watermelons have grown with great ease, but I cannot get peas to grow for love nor money  :shock:

[Beetroot queen]

I must be a little strange as my watermelons have grown with great ease, but I cannot get peas to grow for love nor money  :shock:

I tried peas before in a pot LOL what a joke that was it failed with an A+ grade

I am hoping I will do well with rhubarb seen as people say its like weeds and I do well with them  :roll:

[Ice]

Easiest are courgettes and most tragic failure is cauliflower.  Carrots grew but looked like space aliens.

[yummy]

Easiest - swiss chard

Hardest - beetroot. I just cant do em. Hardly any germinate. Then those that do are scrawny little things that stay as a shoot and dont grow into roots. Two years running.

[Beetroot queen]

Easiest are courgettes and most tragic failure is cauliflower.  Carrots grew but looked like space aliens.

It doenst matter what it looks like, How did they taste  

[Ice]

Amazing.

[Beetroot queen]

Amazing.

well there you are then. it was worth all the hard work.

[shaun]

spuds are easy
cauiflower are hard and carrots (but not this year not a carrot fly in sight)

[pumpkin-queen]

This thread has really made me laugh! Found the easiest things to grow were Tomatillos & chillies. The hardest has to be cauliflower & broccoli. And don't talk to me about peas! Beetroot Queen & Sheehah, are we bothering with peas next year? I don't understand them! In the 2 years on our lotty I think we've managed a total of 11 pods out of 3 different varieties. Oh, and I agree about Chard, easy peasy lemon squeezy! Even if you don't eat it, makes your lotty look lush.

[shaun]

This thread has really made me laugh! Found the easiest things to grow were Tomatillos & chillies. The hardest has to be cauliflower & broccoli. And don't talk to me about peas! Beetroot Queen & Sheehah, are we bothering with peas next year? I don't understand them! In the 2 years on our lotty I think we've managed a total of 11 pods out of 3 different varieties. Oh, and I agree about Chard, easy peasy lemon squeezy! Even if you don't eat it, makes your lotty look lush.

i'm with you queeny dont get peas at all.

[Beetroot queen]

I love fresh peas but its just depressing when all you get is a handfull, I will have another go when we get a lottie but it will be once more and thats it if it doesnt work. :roll:

I did see a nice pic of a good pea frame on here that I will try along with my munty bean frame  

[pumpkin-queen]

It's great being self-sufficientish, getting the fresh air & exercise, trying to be organic & wholesome & self righteous. But some things are best left to Captain Birds Eye. Peas is one of them!

[Ropster]

Easiest Sweetcorn (And Tastiest)
hardest Carrots F**%$%&**** Flys ate them all

 :cry:

[Eristic]

I find it most strange that people have difficulty growing peas as these simply require planting and left to their own devices until harvest. Stop trying so hard with all the new-fangled methods, dig a trench the width of a spade about 3" deep and throw the peas in.

My easiest crops are peas, beans (broad and runner), chard and other beets, potato, which leads me to ask why so many posters find swiss chard very easy while failing with beetroot? They are virtually the same plant.

Most difficult has to be outdoor tomatoes and the carrots always get eaten by slugs.