VEGETABLES / RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EXPERTS
Recommended
Special requirements / Specific characteristics
Caleb
Paddy
Broccoli
Requires spraying otherwise too many pest problems and inedible Requires spraying otherwise too many pest problems and inedible Requires spraying otherwise too many pest problems and inedible
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Capsicums
Easy to grow, expensive to buy
Carrot
Cauliflower
Requires spraying otherwise too many pest problems and inedible
Corn
Cucumber
Eggplant
Requires rotation to avoid diseases shared with tomatoes
Green beans
Disease resistant, easy to grow and productive
Leek
Lettuce
Pak Choi Parsnip Potato Pumpkin
Usually bolts; Requires spraying and steady watering; Usually fails
Too long cycles for crop rotation
It would be better if the good raised beds could be for other more valuable crops.
Silver beet
Easy to grow Usually bolts
Spinach Tomato Zucchini
Requires rotation to avoid diseases
Recommendations: Based on the advice from Professor Caleb Gardner at IMAS Taroona campus and Patrick Barbour (Paddy) former head of Sandy Bay student accommodation, who have extensive experience with all the above listed types of plants and trees.
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