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What's Growing 2026
Galatians522:
Hey everyone, I want to see if we could get some more discussion going over here on the vegetable section. Let's talk about what we are growing in the garden! I'll start.
I've been having a lot of success the past couple seasons with growing Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli/Kale) over the cold season. I am growing the Yad Fah variety from Thailand. Gai Lan is very similar to kale/collards when cut young and cooked as a green. It does not seem to have major pest or disease problems here when grown over the cool season.
I'm also growing a Lettuce hybrid that I produced myself of the heat tolerant Queensland and a Red Romaine. This is the F2 generation and I am getting everything from all green to nearly full red. I plan to call the variety Sun Kiss.
Also growing Snow peas, Pak Choi, and Komatsuna. Carrots sadly suffered a rabbit attack and then foliar disease. I should have rotated my planting site. There will be a few, but nothing like last year.
Hopefully Bovine will give us an update on his mellon project.
Pokeweed:
I grew a new to me Cowpea last Summer that I was very impressed with. The variety is "mavuno". Very productive and rampant. I got it from Cody Cove farm. I will continue growing this one. D
roblack:
Growing some small tomatoes (including Everglades), various peppers, wing beans, moringa, beets, parsley, pigeon peas, hibiscus, carrots, onions, and gotta bunch of old seeds I need to toss in a pot or the yard.
Galatians522:
--- Quote from: Pokeweed on January 04, 2026, 08:18:58 AM ---I grew a new to me Cowper last Summer that I was very impressed with. The variety is "mavuno". Very productive and rampant. I got it from Cody Five farm. I will continue growing this one. D
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Glad to hear that it's doing well for you. I tried some Zipper Cream peas that were supposedly nematode resistant only to find that they certainly were not resistant in my garden. :(
Galatians522:
--- Quote from: roblack on January 08, 2026, 08:05:42 PM ---Growing some small tomatoes (including Everglades), various peppers, wing beans, moringa, beets, parsley, pigeon peas, hibiscus, carrots, onions, and gotta bunch of old seeds I need to toss in a pot or the yard.
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That sounds like lots of fun! Are you talking about the edible lead hibiscus also known as bele or just the regular flowering kind?
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