We’ve grown our fair share of plants here at Epic Gardening…and not all of them are worth the effort! The crew gets together to share 3 crops each they feel are NOT worth the time.
00:00 – Intro
00:23 – Jerusalem Artichokes
01:39 – Thorned Blackberries
02:57 – Kiwano
04:12 – Lemon Cucumber
05:20 – Lebanese Squash
06:51 – Edamame
07:59 – Purple Tomato
08:52 – Napa Cabbage
10:17 – Malabar Spinach
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Do you agree with our picks? Any veggie or fruit you WON'T ever grow again?
Thanks for the suggestions. Lemon cucumbers have worked well for me, I do like the flavor and also have used small ones to make delicious and crispy lacto-fermented pickles. YUM
Jerusalem Artichoke – It's not a bug, it's a feature.
I completely disagree with your review of the Lemon Cucumber. It’s delicious! I grew it last year and I am growing it this year again. Every time someone new tastes it, they absolutely love the taste.
The Napa cabbage and ear wigs! I live in the Midwest, never had an issue with earwigs until .. I tried Minuet cabbage. OMG. I am still totally gagged over it. And now, finding them on potato leaves, cucumbers … sigh … Also, any "purple" or "black" tomato .. I just don't get the infatuation. In my yard, not a winner, at all. This was fun, thank you!
Brussel Sprouts because if aphids a out of control
my kids love lemon cucumbers
Which dragon priest did you kill to get that staff?
My comments on 3:00 : just like her, I like to try new fruits and stuff. I once saw kiwanos in a supermarket. Got one home, just to try, and (personally) I liked its flavor and texture which is something that I found strange in her comment, why did she spend all that time and work for something that apparently she didn't try to taste first before planting, and then complained about what she got? And I mean because this is not such an "exotic" thing, as I said, I just got one in my supermarket, so you have the chance to try instead of guess hoping for the best. In my case I saved a few seeds from the one that I ate precisely because I liked it. Seeds sprouted easily, but I didn't get such huge vines like she did, maybe because I didn't make such a fancy trellis. Mine were smaller, growing on top of some other plants that I had, and I got some kiwanos. This is some sort of desert melon from central and south Africa, in fact they use it as a source of water during dry season. Therefore, it's for tropical climate. I think that planting them in places that will get winter doesn't make much sense, unless you have a nice greenhouse, or you'll have to be planting over and over with not enough time to enjoy a nice harvest. I'm from the Caribbean, so those vines were so happy in my backyard non-stop. Like she said, you need to have a taste for the uncommon flavor and texture of this fruit. If you're kind of picky, this is not your regular banana that everybody loves. But for me they were a nice alternative.
Agree with soybean or edamame. They are poor growers in zone 10
i try growing lemon cucumbers last year, they didnt grow well, still had seeds left so trying again this year just for fun but i think next year will try some other kinds of cucumbers
it so far growing well but it also mixed in the same bed as my slicing ones so wont know what is what until i see fruit on it
I just bought 5 lb bag of food grade diotamacious earth and i heavily soaked my plants and put the diotamacious earth under each bucket and then sprinkled on top of the soil around the plant……….. keeps ear wigs away! kills them 🙂
Very interesting and thoughtful information on the summer squash. I'll be referring back to this video when planning next summer!
Jerusalem artichokes are not artichokes. They are related to sunflowers.
Lettuce. We just don't eat as much lettuce as I thought we did…that being said they did make a really pretty ground cover.
Grow run of the mill zucchini for zuchinni bread.
Its funny how Chris had a bad experience with soybeans, my gf asked me to start some and maybe I was lucky but they produced like crazy pretty fast, in fact so fast that I started a second patch after in my radish patch (I only like spring radishes). But I agree that bushbeans are the best! (Yet not for me since Im kinda allergic to them, I can only eat the peas…).
When I first planted Jerusalem Artichoke last year, I thought I planted something that was meant for the compost. I love it’s taste eaten raw but even a small bite will put me in so much gastrointestinal discomfort, until I fermented it and boy, I loved it so much that I planted more this year. That crunchy, nutty and salty pickled taste got me craving for more. That is why I made it a point to plant more this year so that I can have a lot of fermented chokes in the Fall. And no problem trying to store them. I had chokes anytime during the winter. Even after the stalks and leaves have turned brown I just left them in the ground and just dig every time I want to use them.
Jerusalem artichokes are definitely not for small gardens. I grow them both for eating and market sales. The culinary key is moderation and use it as an ingredient like in stir fry or potato soup. It's their strong probiotic properties that can lift the veil between this world and the darkness…..and lift the sheets on your bed as well.
I had great success with malabar spinach. You have to grow them in the shade and hot temperature, not hot and exposed like tomatoes.
I enjoyed this video. Grew a load of kiwano on my first try, and that was exciting, but I didn't really enjoy eating or handling them. I love Jerusalem artichokes–free food.
In the squash section he mention a vining squash I couldn’t make out what he said, center cut squash?
I've been growing Kiwano for a few years, mine seem to produce much better than the ones in this video. With that said I don't really use them for anything I just like them because they cover the cattle panel fence on the west edge of my garden
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