Nasturtions

Mine are still doing well , ive just taken these photos today, they are from seeds i saved from last year.
Ive collected seeds from these and will sow them next year ,

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They look great ... mine are still romping along too. Can't beat them for a nice splash of colour this late in the season can you.

I like the veined leaves in yours. I shall have to try some of them, go wild and buy a packet next year, as like you I collect the seed.

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some of them are trailing ones Mort, and have gone every where .They faired better this year not attacked so much by aphids .

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They're lovely, Eliza, I might try growing them in the ground next year, I've only ever grown them in baskets and they always get ruined by greenfly.

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Snap! Last year mine were devoured by caterpillars ...loads of them. Don't laugh, but when they'd munched one plant bare I moved them to the next bushy one so they didn't go hungry.
This year ... not a single caterpillar in sight. though it has meant I've had nicer, bushier plants for longer.

They say you shouldn't feed them but I do as my soils that poor and a caked clay that they're straggly pygmy sized specimens otherwise.

Lovely plants though .... cheap and cheerful.

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Hi

I also grow them, but use them as salad vegetables or for dressing a plate.

http://garden.org/ediblelandscaping/?page=august_edible

They are delicious.

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Not to mention a bit peppery .... reminds me of radishes a bit.

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Nasturtiums have a faint taste of onions I reckon, other than than I think they're tasteless.

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Noooooo ... def peppery in taste but OMG blackfly were a big problem here and I refuse to use pesticides so have not grown them for years.

Maybe next year I'll have another go. They remind me of my childhood and I love the smell.

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That's a lovely show Eliza I never do well with nasturtions for some reason .