quickest growing veg on return

[Mirinjawbro]

Hello

will be growing some fruit and or veg this spring / summer and looking at peoples opinions on the fastest growing.

by that i mean i don't want to grow something for 3 months pick it then have to wait months again

thanks

[EmailAddress]

Lettuce, Tomatoes, all beans on poles.

Chilllies will eventually get going and be endless.

[Tyndall]

Cut and come again salad leaves

[Turtle Shed]

Rhubarb. Will eventually overwhelm the entire garden.

[trickywoo]

Beans up a wigwam is the easiest / most reliable.

Also courgette and or squash which will happily grow in a pot.

Tomato needs decent weather and even then you can get blight after all the hard work.

Salads are ok but can get slugged or go bitter really quickly.

[paulw123]

Cress. Don't get much quicker than that. Failing that radish!

[Paul Drawmer]

Chard

[TCruise]

Runner beans.

Make a tee pee

You'll have more runner beans than you know what to do with.

We still joke about it 20years on, we had runner beans with every meal, we're giving them away and still had more.

[Cow Corner]

Agree with the above - for me, lettuce and beans (tender or runner) are the most consistent yield.

[xx99xx]

Garlic. Ok not quick growing but the cloves from a couple of bulbs will give you enough new bulbs to last all year. Can grow them in pots which frees up the ground for stuff not suitable for pots.

[EmailAddress]

trickywoo said:

Salads are ok but can get slugged or go bitter really quickly.

Smashed egg shells, netting, and raised pots help.

And if you can encourage a frog zone somewhere they'll do the work for you, as well as bird visitation.

Though birds can be a double-edged garden friend!

[otolith]

Last year’s slugs were a biblical plague. Hopefully this year will be better.

[cml24]

I agree with salads. Pick the right ones and they grow quickly, and keep re growing. We didn't have any issue with slugs, hadn't considered the frog option mentioned above. These were next to a small pond with frogs so maybe helped!

[dickymint]

The key to not having a glut then having to wait is 'successive planting' ..........

[Mirinjawbro]

thankyou all

looks like its salads and slug killer