Well, my failure for the year was courgettes, one so bitter brushing my teeth didn't take the taste away. So I sowed a couple more!
I was going to pull these second batch of plants because it was obvious from the growth rate they weren't courgettes but TMT suggested to let them grow to see what they were.
These turned out to be ornamental gourds. I've never grown gourds before....but look a this!
Yes, they are ugly
and I can't eat them but they will make fab Halloween decorations, they are the size of a medium orange - a friend has just been gifted a mushroom tray full. She was delighted with them. So definitely the "best" failure. I will actually buy a pack of decorative gourd seeds to grow again.
I was going to pull these second batch of plants because it was obvious from the growth rate they weren't courgettes but TMT suggested to let them grow to see what they were.
These turned out to be ornamental gourds. I've never grown gourds before....but look a this!
Yes, they are ugly
and I can't eat them but they will make fab Halloween decorations, they are the size of a medium orange - a friend has just been gifted a mushroom tray full. She was delighted with them. So definitely the "best" failure. I will actually buy a pack of decorative gourd seeds to grow again.
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