If you had some land that was irrigated and without crops, what would you plant?

Muckets is a valuable crop that is badly neglected in North America! I remember Grandpa saying the prettiest thing he ever saw was a field of Muckets in full bloom.He said when they were ready for harvest you had to sneak out to the field just as the sun was rising, so as not to startle them into flight. I'm not sure there is a market for muckets now, but my Grandmother always had one wrapped around the chamber-pot in the guestroom.

hi kizzycatfish i would like to plant carrots , sayote , tomatoes , potatoes and eggplant i would like to plant this because even though i will not buy in the market i have this plants i will just get them in my back yard or my land and i have free food already i know that someday this vegetables will be more expensive .

I would plant all kind of fruits and a few vegetables. I would plant, watermelon, pumpkins, tomatoes, corn, peppers, onions, lettuce, grapes, apples, oranges, pears, peaches etc.

This would be my list: Rice- as philippines' main staple food, definitely I will not forget this and the fact that, there are 9 people in our house so we have to by a sack of rice by the end of the month if lucky enough that we do not get visitors all the time.That hurts in the pocket actually! Tomatoes- I love it with my meal, I can't simply miss to have it on my salad. Okra- I know for some do not really like it because of it's "slimy", i still love it specially when its grilled or steamed! Apple- as they say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Would be nice to have it everyday on the dining table. Though I am not sure if it'll survive in the philippines Corn- alternative to rice, I truly love this! Keeps me full and good for my tummy! Dragonfruit- one of my new favorite fruits. Not too sweet yet tastes lovely! I have plenty on my lists but these are usually what I have in mind first....

There are many factors to consider while deciding what to plant, this is because different crop do well in different climate and weather. Also you need to know if you want to plant cash crop or just for normal daily consumption. If its cash crop you need to know things like market. If you have the market, perishable things like tomatoes make quick money but the risks are very high so one need to be very careful.Tomatoes can be soild locally so the market is always ready for them. All you have to monitor is the right season to plant. If you plant when every farmer is planting, the market will be flooded but if you chose a season when there is no rain and only irrigation is working, then you will harvest cash.

I will select nut trees as main crop.In my country coconuts is the main cultivation.It give yields for a long period. Every part this tree is usable to man. Moreover there is a lot of chances for inter crops. There are varieties of vegetables suitable as inter crops in coconut farms.Then the farm will be very beautiful to the sight. Further at the border plant various fruit trees.Then the farm changes to every season yielding and pleasant bringing to mind.

I would plant either Paddy or Sugarcane as ours is in one of the most fertile deltas of India - the Godavari river basin. We have 3 crops a year and we are very successful farmers. We also have vegetables like Tomato, Bringal, Ladies finger, etc. Fruit crops like Banana, Mango also yield good returns for us.

Right now I live on a piece of land that we have planted many trees. We have two mango, four avocado, eight plantain, one banana, one breadfruit, one starfruit trees. We also have eggplant, tomato and grandules beans. We have also planted a lemon, grapefruit and orange trees that I can't wait for them to bloom. We have also now just planted four pineapple trees in the beginning stages in smaller container to transplant into the ground once its ready too. We chose these because we love these fruits, veggie and beans.

if i had an acre of well irrigated land i am going to plant the whole area with coconut trees and along the perimeter or the boundaries of the land i am going to plant bamboo! the coconut industry is a very good business here in my country because of copra and bamboo is used in building houses and furniture so there is big income from coconut and bamboo plantation.

It would be fruit trees for me. I am near the equator and the fruits that I want to plant will be my favourites which are mangos, rambutans, jambu air and durians. Thinking about them is already making me salivate. Yum!!

I would plant peaches. I love peaches and I always wait for them to be available. Also I would plant tomatoes. When I was a child my grandfather always planted tomatoes on his piece of land. They tasted just great and smelled wonderful. What you can buy in supermarkets these days are just artificial pumped without smell something but not tomatoes for sure.

I would grow hemp. Hemp can be used in so many industries and many if not most hemp based products are far superior to products made from other plants or substances. Hemp can be used for building materials, ropes, fabrics, paper, oils, fuels, food and many other types of things. Hemp based products are so much better than their counterparts that major companies feel threatened by it and sought to make it illegal in the US rather than compete with them.

I will prefer to plant chilis. Easy to plant, easy to grow, and easy to harvest. And people here are used to use chili on their cooking. It is kind of popular here :).

I'd plant a permaculture forest garden in one section of the land, with nut and fruit trees, fruit bearing shrubs, useful herbs etc, then polycrop vegetables in another section. I'd also have a go at growing Maca roots as you can sell the powder at £8 for 300 grams, it'a a dietary suppliment that grows high in the Andes.......

I have always had a dream that if I had land I would like to grow lavender.Lavender is a very good plant that is used in natural perfumes,sachets,candles,oil and more.Lavender is very soothing and calming to a person.It also makes your home and clothes smell nice. But,that would just be in one area.In the other other area's I would grow green beans and broccoli.Those vegetable are very healthy and even better for you if you grow them yourself.It also is a great learning experience for the kids to plant the seeds,watch the grow,nuture them and then harvest them. Besides green beans are my favorite vegetable,fun to cook too.And broccoli is my daughter's favorite.

Here in upstate NY, USA, the growing season is relatively short. I would grow grapes either for eating or winemaking and rosebushes for the flower and for the seeds to create smaller starter plants to sell. Corn would be nice, but the racoons and other four-legged folks like it too and would get to it before I could.