Christmas Dinner

[Tee Gee]

Hi all,

Hope you all had a good Christmas?

I did considering I developed a heavy cold, however having the family and the grandkids around took my mind off it.

To answer your questions;

Our Savoys are refusing to grow - what variety, TG?

These were not Savoys Tim they were an F1 Cabbage named 'Tundra'  Described in the catalogues as 'a winter cabbage with great uniformity'
and I agree with this statement.

I do grow savoys (Wintessa) although I haven't started picking them yet.

I eat the Tundra first then the savoys as a rule.

The Sprout variety is Maximus and the Leeks are Mussleburgh.

No parsnips, TG??

Would you believe I left them on the greenhouse bench  :-[  and they are still there!!

By the way a few days ago we were discussing 'experimenting with new seed varieties' and I mentioned it was 'not for me'

I suppose on reflection I do experiment with seed varieties but not the 'exotic' varieties.

I generally try out a few new varieties on my plot each year to see how they fair.

I only grow a few of this new variety/s to compare alongside tried and tested varieties i.e. I don't put all my eggs in one basket......No ...I ensure I grow enough of my tried and tested stuff and if the 'new' variety' is a success and compares favourably well with my maincrop then I might swap in future years to the new variety, if not I stick with the old variety.

Regarding the varieties above; I have been growing Maximus sprouts for about four years now and Tundra cabbage for over ten years and the Musslebugh leeks for longer than I care to remember.

With the latter two, I have yet to find a better variety hence my reason for continually growing them.

So my advice to new growers would be is find the variety/varieties that grows on YOUR plot and forget what others might tell you including me i.e. the above grow well for me but might not do as well for you.

In my opinion you can only find this out by trying a number of varieties until you get the one that suits you.

[Tee Gee]