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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Ok I'm being a bit lazy here, but sometimes were all guilty of posting a question that you could usually just ask Google for the answer.
But I've foolishly hinted that I'd get the little monster something to grown in the garden. Ideally this needs to be edible and be able to be planted now. The less pest annoying,5 the better. The garden sort of faces east, gets about 4/5 hours of good sun on a good day.
Something in a pot would be best and needs to be able to be planted in the next few weeks.
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Sunflowers are best for children because the results are amazing and the seeds can be eaten or left for the birds 
Otherwise tomatoes and cucumbers grow well in containers but it might still be a bit early for them? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Sunflowers are best for children because the results are amazing and the seeds can be eaten or left for the birds
Otherwise tomatoes and cucumbers grow well in containers but it might still be a bit early for them?"
Tomatoes and cucumbers would be great. When's best? |
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I have a small blueberry plant, bought it from homebase a few years ago and had fruit a few weeks later, I get loads from it! Nothing yet but looking forward to it
Tomatoes and strawberries too |
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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago
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"You can't go wrong with sunflowers. 
Sorry we did that last year. The battles I had with snails  "
Perhaps you can go wrong with sunflowers!
As Kinky-Minx suggested, tomatoes are pretty straight forward. You'll want to start them off in your house though and not move them outside until they're established. |
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Runner beans/green beans are easy to grow and take very little effort other than watering and tieing to some kind of support.
Sunflowers are easy to but also need tieing to some kind of support. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"for your kid? cherry tomatoes might be a good choice. can do them in a pot or outside (with canes/trellis)."
Oh we love them. Will they ripen ok? Can they be planted now? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Nasturtiums
Potatoes in a sack
Dwarf sun flowers, hang em up for the birds after
Chives
Peas but can fall prey easily to mice and requires staking
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There's a little bugger that nicks the birds nuts sometimes |
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"pumpkin..you can get some huge varieties now, good for Halloween too, not too much care needed, start it on a windowsill in a pot, easy enough "
For the big ones you'll need a big windowsill
Straw under the pumpkins helps them not get soggy bottoms |
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"pumpkin..you can get some huge varieties now, good for Halloween too, not too much care needed, start it on a windowsill in a pot, easy enough "
Will it grow big in a pot? |
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By *orum TrollWoman
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"for your kid? cherry tomatoes might be a good choice. can do them in a pot or outside (with canes/trellis).
Oh we love them. Will they ripen ok? Can they be planted now?"
probably a bit late now for outdoors now, carrots would be ok though. |
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"My rule of thumb is if the supermarkets are selling the plants then they will be able to go outside in a few weeks "
I kind of want to do it from seed. It's my attempt at being "educational" |
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"pumpkin..you can get some huge varieties now, good for Halloween too, not too much care needed, start it on a windowsill in a pot, easy enough
Will it grow big in a pot?"
nah, you can start them in pots but you'd need to transplant into the garden after it gets it first few pairs of leaves, they spread out a bit much for a pot. or the bigger ones do anyhow...i bet there's mini varieties too, but i'm not sure |
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"My rule of thumb is if the supermarkets are selling the plants then they will be able to go outside in a few weeks
I kind of want to do it from seed. It's my attempt at being "educational" "
cress? all kids end up growing that at some point. and you don't even need to plant it in soil so can watch it sprouting. |
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"pumpkin..you can get some huge varieties now, good for Halloween too, not too much care needed, start it on a windowsill in a pot, easy enough
For the big ones you'll need a big windowsill
Straw under the pumpkins helps them not get soggy bottoms "
huge! i just started mine in the windows and pop em out in the garden and indeed pop straw under em to keep em lovely |
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"My rule of thumb is if the supermarkets are selling the plants then they will be able to go outside in a few weeks
I kind of want to do it from seed. It's my attempt at being "educational" "
Ahhhh |
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"You can't go wrong with sunflowers.
Sorry we did that last year. The battles I had with snails "
You can some traps for snails and slugs, little green containers you but a bit of beer in and leave em on floor
I caught fucking loads on first day |
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"You can't go wrong with sunflowers.
Sorry we did that last year. The battles I had with snails
You can some traps for snails and slugs, little green containers you but a bit of beer in and leave em on floor
I caught fucking loads on first day"
Egg shells broken up and put over the soil keep them away! |
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Easy:
Strawberry planter/hanging basket for utter ease, just water on hot days and pick when they are big enough. Delicious and easy entertainment. Bought for 3/4 quid easily from a store or garden centre.
Fast growing:
Grapes/Sunflowers/Nasturtium.
Mostly already mentioned and as you said Sunfies (Sunflowers; got hit with slugs, slug pellets perhaps or ensure they are not under stress which attracts the slugs, healthy plants are less prone to slugs.)
Most packets of Annual seeds will grow and flower inside of 12 weeks, it's what they do and do best. Also the perfect time of year to get them and sow now/next week or two seeing as weather is only just warming up so soil is optimum for Annuals.
HOWEVER....
If you want something to capture interest and teach a little patience...
Classic garden perennials such as Lupin, Foxglove or maybe Echinops etc are fantastic. Sow and grow this year, but generally flower next year. One germinated they will grow quickly and put out lot's of leaf and grow large root stock, but generally flower the second year. Once they do though every year they are show stopping and just get better and better, so it's a long cycle but great results year after year.
Lastly, and my favourite...
Bonsai!
Those of us of a certain age will remember Karate Kid, right?
But a child a 6-8 quid Bonsai tree from a store or a nursery etc and teach that child so many things.
Patience, nurturing, constant caring, Zen, research, time management, scheduling and ongoing depth of interest that is a soft life skill and hard to teach without practical knowledge and hands on experience.
Most people kill their first Bonsai due to overwatering or buying a Bonsai tree that is already dead, however, the lesson learned in that alone is often worth the price for that first tree.
Anything else or other suggestions, message me as I'd rather not bore the rest of the users with my gardening or Bonsai obsession.  |
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"You can't go wrong with sunflowers.
Sorry we did that last year. The battles I had with snails
You can some traps for snails and slugs, little green containers you but a bit of beer in and leave em on floor
I caught fucking loads on first day
Egg shells broken up and put over the soil keep them away! "
Nothing stops snails that want to eat other than a strong healthy plant as they will just go for a plant under stress or in distress. Or enough predators that eat them or chemical solutions and even those are often not enough.  |
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We found a cherry tomato plant growing in the compost bin lady summer.
Transferred it to the garden and ended up with loads of tomatoes. Did beggar all with it |
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"We found a cherry tomato plant growing in the compost bin lady summer.
Transferred it to the garden and ended up with loads of tomatoes. Did beggar all with it "
Great for hanging baskets out the front or back depending on the facing of the garden. |
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"My rule of thumb is if the supermarkets are selling the plants then they will be able to go outside in a few weeks
I kind of want to do it from seed. It's my attempt at being "educational" "
Buy some rocket seeds slugs hate it. Radishes grow really quickly so do lettuces although they fall prey to slugs. Tomatoes will be fine outside now. Cress and other micro greens will sprout almost overnight on damp kitchen roll on a windowsill too. |
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ooooooooh!
Forgot the daddy of them all...
Sweetcorn!!!!!!!!!!!
Have to sow/plant a few in a block though.
£1.50 for a packet of seed from Wilkinsons, + £2 for compost to sow into then out to the garden in a few weeks. Insanely fast growers and if you can get it to cropping state, De-Licious!!!!
Mine are currently 12 inches + in my bay window ready to go up to my allotments! 
Monty Don, pffft, he only sowed his the other week, amateur.  |
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Runner beans were the first vegetables that I grew as a kid. They grow pretty fast, will climb up a few sticks, have attractive flowers - then beans that also elongate fairly quickly, like your cock with the right temptation.
They can have bright red flowers, so interesting long before harvest.
As long as watered and fed, they're largely trouble free. Could sow the seeds on a windowsill and plant out into a larger pot later.
There's some interest leading the odd stem to a cane, to get it to twirl around and climb up.
I think these are ideal for a child as there's nothing complicated,the seeds are big - think kidney bean size that we eat - fast growth, like Jack and the Beanstalk, pretty flowers and the plant crops tasty beans over many weeks. |
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"Cherry tomatoes in a hanging basket. Tumbling Tom is a good variety."
These are great for pots
If the pot is big enough to get some canes in, French or runner beans. Flowers are pretty, great for attracting bees and normally have a good crop |
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