A few years ago I planted a hop plant in my garden. It's currently 18 ft long, 7 ft tall, and has spread into the garden by another 10 feet. I also noticed it's made a bit of a break out of the garden and by another 10ft in each direction... It's been like this every summer for years, I often joke that it's a triffid.
Well I used to...
I planted a pumpkin in my veg plot last year, Uchi Kuri, a small variety, I didn't want anything too big. It over spilled the veg bed and spread about 6'. This year I planted another in the veg bed. It had over spilled by about 5ft before I went on holiday. I came back to find that the pumpkin has spread to 18ft long, climbed up a tree and a my other hop plant to over 7ft tall, and is putting out quite a few fruit... It's kinda taken over the half of the garden the hop triffid hadn't...
I thus conclude that if anyone is to ever create real triffids, it's going to be by crossing hops with pumpkins, they're taking over everywhere!
PS, does anyone know any good preserve recipes for pumpkins?
Julia
Well I used to...
I planted a pumpkin in my veg plot last year, Uchi Kuri, a small variety, I didn't want anything too big. It over spilled the veg bed and spread about 6'. This year I planted another in the veg bed. It had over spilled by about 5ft before I went on holiday. I came back to find that the pumpkin has spread to 18ft long, climbed up a tree and a my other hop plant to over 7ft tall, and is putting out quite a few fruit... It's kinda taken over the half of the garden the hop triffid hadn't...
I thus conclude that if anyone is to ever create real triffids, it's going to be by crossing hops with pumpkins, they're taking over everywhere!
PS, does anyone know any good preserve recipes for pumpkins?
Julia