unusual colors, anyone?

marsinger4 on 4/13/2011, 5:35 am

I'm helping my 12-yr-old neighbor make an edible garden, SFG of COURSE Wink

, and I was hoping someone would have suggestions on anything I can grow in different colors or shapes? I have purple and white carrots, three colors of peppers and three colors of potatoes, but if anyone has more suggestions that would be awesome. He and I both enjoy all the colors!!

Goosegirl on 4/13/2011, 5:45 am

marsinger4 wrote:I'm helping my 12-yr-old neighbor make an edible garden, SFG of COURSE , and I was hoping someone would have suggestions on anything I can grow in different colors or shapes? I have purple and white carrots, three colors of peppers and three colors of potatoes, but if anyone has more suggestions that would be awesome. He and I both enjoy all the colors!!

Some kind of purple bean would be good - or dragon's tongue beans - purple and green!

**walshevak** on 4/13/2011, 6:02 am

Try the swiss chard with the multi colored stems. They are soooo cool looking. I found the transplants at Lowes this year. Bonnie plants,

Kay

BCgarden on 4/13/2011, 6:50 am

I love to plant Royal Burgundy Bush beans, they have long purple pods that turn green when you cook them, very cool. The grands love to watch and so do I. Wink

I also like to plant a wax bean, makes a great color contrast with green beans for the table.

Squat_Johnson on 4/13/2011, 7:36 am

Purple radishes are very nice. Any radish is good for kids because they grow so fast.

quiltbea on 4/13/2011, 8:38 am

Eggplants come in a variety of colors, purple, green, white, red and white.
Even cauliflower has a variety that is orange; Cheddar and purple; Violet Queen.

Here's a Violet Queen cauliflower.
Have fun.

Barkie on 4/13/2011, 8:51 am

Odd shapes and colours -

Onion North Holland Blood Red - red
Cauliflower Purple Cape - purple
Radish Black Spanish Round = round, black skin white flesh
Radish Long White Icicle - 3 inches long and white
Tomato Tigerella - red and yellow stripes
there are yellow varieties also

Barkie

Smartchick on 4/13/2011, 9:39 am

I've always wanted to try growing pumpkins in a shape - I know you can put "forms" around pumpkins when they are small and they will grow in the shape of what is around them (Disney World makes them in the shape of Mickey with clear forms like this).

I bet you could do that on a trellis. Maybe grow some small pumpkins and put them in a square form like an orange juice box and make square ones? Even better if you could find something clear so you could watch it grow.

(wonders if she has a spare square left to try pumpkins....hmmmm)

dizzygardener on 4/13/2011, 9:51 am

Don't forget about tomatoes! They come in a myriad of shapes, sizes, and colors.

quiltbea on 4/13/2011, 9:57 am

There's also a red carrot, Atomic Red.
In cucumbers there's white, Miniature White and yellow, Lemon and the shape is round like a lemon as well.
The kids will have such fun in their colorful garden.

Patch on 4/13/2011, 10:43 am

The Tula tomato is purple. They are heirloom and the seed is available at "Seed Savers" and I have seen some plants at the local nursery.

ashort on 4/13/2011, 11:00 am

Smartchick wrote:I've always wanted to try growing pumpkins in a shape - I know you can put "forms" around pumpkins when they are small and they will grow in the shape of what is around them (Disney World makes them in the shape of Mickey with clear forms like this).

I bet you could do that on a trellis. Maybe grow some small pumpkins and put them in a square form like an orange juice box and make square ones? Even better if you could find something clear so you could watch it grow.

(wonders if she has a spare square left to try pumpkins....hmmmm)

This is awesome!!!

elliephant on 4/13/2011, 11:03 am

Poona Kheera is an interestingly colored cucumber, too.

acara on 4/13/2011, 11:52 am

Mr. Stripey tomatoes are good if you like multi-colored produce ...and most box stores carry them

acara on 4/13/2011, 12:02 pm

Hey Ashort .... cukes will work for that too. Slip a soda bottle over the cuke when its small, use a sling to support the bottle and the cuke will fit the space (and its faster than pumpkins/gourds).

It's a lot safer now (with plastic containers).

I learned that trick from my dad many years ago ..... and probably ingested a little glass from breaking old Coke bottles to get the cukes......But it seemed like a neat thing at the time Embarassed

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