Surprising Plants Our Subscribers HATE Growing!

We asked, you answered. These are more of your overrated crop selection. Will @jacquesinthegarden and I agree?

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00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Kale
01:24 - Beets
02:48 - Ground Cherries
03:37 - Sunchokes
04:54 - Hot Peppers
06:25 - Cucamelon
07:42 - Rhubarb
08:52 - Pineapple
10:33 - Broccoli

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[rockinrhino]

I love how Kevin is bundled up and Jacques is in shorts and a t-shirt. 😂

[berlyn]

I inherited two massive rhubarb plants when I moved into this house. Last summer I harvested 75 lbs!

[carollyn]

Ground cherries are a great novelty for kids. The birds did the insisting that the ground cherries come back though. They helped it right along.
And I feel like my pineapple tasted much better than the grocery store. Mine was small, single serve, but the flavor was sweeter and more delicious. I was able to pick it when I wanted. the original plant does die back, but a new shoot comes off of the side(dont rip it out immediately after cutting). I love my pineapples near a fence or border. Pineapple is not inviting(especially 2ndgen) and that's usually what im going for along the fence :)
I like hearing peoples reasons for not growing these different foods though. good insight, and a joke helps you to remember why not a little better!!!

[rickytorres]

Pineapples doesn't have to be "hard" nor spacious if you can find the room for them and say "scatter" them across your lawns for instance. You might be able to also do it more tightly if you can provides aeration to the roots so you don't say need a 20 gallons pot for each of them for example. But I am still gonna grow at least a few because believe it or not organic pineapples ARE STUPID expensive. Even though they are "demanding" on space and time. Just also, try to make the fruits lasts, really do you need pineapple smoothies, cakes and dried rings every day of the week or could you do with one every few weeks or so?

[WebNHRes]

I agree about the ground cherries. The one year I tried it ( based on a description I read and it sounded like an interesting experiment) it was a gorgeous looking plant. It was also extremely prolific. I did not like the taste, but kept trying over several days seeing if I would warm up to them. NOPE! Just did not like the taste so ripped out the whole plant. Experiment done. Will never plant again.

[hannahrosefl]

Until I ate a homegrown pineapple, I thought people were crazy for wasting the space for that amount of time. I grew one, absolutely loved it and now I want to dedicate more space for them

[rozsmith]

Thanks for saving me from growing broccoli!

[lynettestauffer]

You do create some confusion... what is your weather like?? One of you in a jacket the other in shirt sleeves??! EPIC!

[blahdaniel]

I think I and my immediate family have some weird fartichoke gene, I never even knew that was a problem until I made them for someone

[davidniemi]

A lot of the dislikes seem to be highly climate-dependant. Rhubarb is a very cold-climate crop, my family had it in Norway 200 miles north of the arctic circle where little else but radish and carrots can grow. I now live in a wet temperate forest where beets won't grow (though I love them when I can get them anc I'll look into the Boron problem)...I also have trouble with Brassicas, probably because I can at best muster 50% sun, and am limited so far to peas, beans, peppers, tomatoes, and herbs.

[ColeSpolaric]

I think something that is overrated are persimmons. They are bitter if they aren't fully ripe, and then practically mush by the time they are ripe. A fruit I just don't understand.

[diananazaroff]

Vanilla beans come from a vining orchid. They don't bloom until the vines are about 20' long. I've had mine for about 5 years and it's just now getting long enough that it MIGHT bloom. When it does bloom, you have to be the pollinator (there is only one bug that does it and it's only located in the original country) and there's a special way to do it. The blooms only last ONE day so you have to pay attention and be quick, lol. If the bloom pollinates, it takes 9 months for the bean to mature. Now I understand why the beans are so expensive.

[dottydee]

Wowee, gents I was so surprised to hear you mention my plight with kale. Your advice is taken.
Just to let you know, I do grow tomatoes, many colours of cherry as well as huge Alisa Craigs that were fantastic, as well as a 'black' cherry tomato that ended up more purple than black. I also grow Paris atlas carrots, a variety of beetroot, I love the burpee golden; and lastly, salad blue potatoes as well as red and purple Duke of York potatoes. Entering the boat in the Summer is challenging 🤔, but the produce is a blessing and a joy😄
Kevin, thank you for your channel, I started growing microgreens after watching you!

[DONE]

The most overrated plant to grow is grass. 😁

[t.j.payeur]

I don't think that I've ever eaten rhubarb that wasn't from a plant that was at least 100 years old. It seems like it's impossible to kill, my buddy buried an ancient rhubarb patch under 2 feet of bony gravel to build a driveway and it pushed right up through it in 2 years..it's still there 40 years later...

[dinaducheny]

I'm not a huge fan of sautéed greens, but I used my broccoli leaves and made broccoli and cheese soup and it was amazing.

[flowerpower]

Hey guys! Love the show :) A small tip for Rhubarb is to put their feet in the shade and make the leaves stretch for the sun. This way you get much longer stalks and you get to your pie sooner! Big hugs from SA! keep growing :D

[Reindeer_jay]

Are you two in different seasons? 😂 🧥 👕

[simplysimple]

That pineapple one is true. I’ve been growing em for decades here in Hawaii. Takes time to fruit but when you do get one, it’s beyond any store bought one. Ridiculous sweet. But yes they do take up a ton of space. I grow them in their own individual containers. 10 gallon squat pots. They do really well. At least they are portable and not permanent. Try it!!🤙🏼👍🏼🙏🏼👊🏼

[mariannegermain]

My favorite use of ground cherries was with cheese and spinach as a stuffing for perogies. The sweetness of it combined with the tart of the spinach and salt of the cheese was soooo good! Another fun way to use them is to slice them in half and dehydrate them: they make great candy.