You can't buy these in the supermarket - we show you five unusual vegetables you can grow in the garden.
Fresh vegetables from your own garden - is there anything better? But if you tend to your vegetable patch regularly, you quickly fall into a pattern: the same vegetables are grown in the same varieties over and over again. There is a huge selection of unusual, sometimes even strange plants that not only taste good, but are also real eye-catchers. Find out here which five unusual types of vegetables you should definitely discover.
If you are looking for strange colours, unusual shapes or great eye-catchers, you should not miss these five unusual types of vegetables.
5. Red Brussels Sprouts ‘Red Bull’
Some love it, others hate it - Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera) are opinions divided. However, if you love the small cabbage vegetable, you should definitely not miss the 'Red Bull' variety. With its dark red, almost violet florets, the plant is a real feast for the eyes even in the garden. But this variety of Brussels sprouts also cuts a fine figure in the kitchen, because - in contrast to many other purple vegetables - its color stays the same during cooking. Like all Brussels sprouts, the 'Red Bull' tolerates frost - in fact, the red-purple coloring is even intensified by it.
Yellow Beets ‘Golden’
The beetroot (Beta vulgaris) is well known to everyone. But did you know that there are also bright yellow varieties of the trendy vegetable? Yellow beets like the 'Golden' variety impress in the garden with their orange-yellow color alone. But their flesh is also bright golden yellow and can therefore be used as a contrast to beetroot in raw vegetables, for example. Despite its special color, the yellow beet is just as he althy as its red sister: Since it is low in calories, but still full of nutrients and enriched with many vitamins, the beet is an insider tip for a he althy diet. Both are also very similar in taste, but the yellow beet is considered milder.
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3. Runner Bean ‘Monstrance Bean’
runner beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are boring? Then you have never seen the monstrance bean. This old type of vegetable impresses above all with its appearance: on its white seeds there is an almost "heavenly" pattern reminiscent of a monstrance. For this reason, the dried seeds of the plant have long been used to make rosaries. But the monstrance bean is also not to be scoffed at as a soup or in a salad and is also a great eye-catcher.
2. Tomato ‘Green Zebra‘
When you first see the 'Green Zebra' tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), you might think it was harvested too early. In fact, this variety does not turn red even when fully ripe, but remains striped green and yellow. Although this tomato variety looks unusual, but also quite inconspicuous, it becomes the highlight of every meal in the kitchen: Since it also stays green on the inside, green tomato salad, green sauce or even green tomato juice can be made from the 'Green Zebra'. At the same time, the tomato, with its sweet and spicy aroma, is extremely tasty and can also be easily grown in a greenhouse by laypeople.
1. Eggplant ‘Obsidian‘
Most people know the aubergine as a long, violet fruit. But this vegetable can also be different: the 'Obsidian' variety is not only almost black-purple, but is also spherical. The spherical aubergines can reach a diameter of up to 10 cm and are a real eye-catcher. But not only the fruits are special with this aubergine variety - the stalks of the 'Obsidian' cannot be overlooked either: almost 1 m high and dark violet in color, they also provide high-contrast splashes of color. The aubergine quickly becomes the secret highlight in the garden.
Unusual Vegetables: The Right Soil
So that your unusual vegetables attract everyone's attentionproper care is essential. And this starts with the choice of the right soil: it is still a widespread misconception that soil is soil. In fact, different soils differ greatly from each other - poor nutrient supply and the wrong soil conditions ensure that the young plants can only grow poorly or, in the worst case, even die with cheap vegetable soil. If you want to be on the safe side, you should always use high-quality soil. This supplies the plants with nutrients, sometimes for months, using special depot fertilizers and thus ensures that the new plants find perfect conditions for growth. At the same time, a good soil structure forms the basis for good root development, which is essential for the successful growth and thriving of the plant. Thanks to this supply, which is adapted to the needs, the curious plants can become radiant stars in the garden and you don't have to be annoyed afterwards about puny plants that don't want to bear fruit.
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