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This thread is about plants that I tried this year and won’t try again next year as well as ones that did really well.
East coast North America, zone 8/9, rainfall 120cm.
*Updated with pics
12/ Katuk. Consistent producing perennial.
I use this plant a lot. I cut a couple of sprigs with leaves on them for salad nearly every single day. Can also be cooked. It needs to be brought indoors in winter. Since it’s in a pot, it does need to be fertilized occasionally with nitrogen-rich fertilizer. Can use compost or grow beans as companions for this. Not a major water hog. Survived tropical storms ok. Gets eaten by rabbits so needs to be caged.
@malterod Sauropus androgynus. I pinned a thread on it on my profile. 
@jblue have you ever grown watercress? It's super easy, unless your dog eats it like mine used to. Very good nutritionally as well
@deepmud yeah I did once but it got buggy in the sunroom with my other plants. It’s too hot to grow it outside or in the sunroom most of the year. I pull hundreds of plants into my sunroom and garage during winter and they bring bugs with them. So whatever I grow needs to be really pest resistant or the plants will be overwhelmed by spring. I do buy ladybugs for the sunroom.
@jblue I also have the plants in and out but definitely not so many plants as you. I rely on my trusty pressure washer. I set the pressure way down to where it just stings. And then I proceed to massacre all the soft bodied critters I can get to. My personal vendetta is for spider mites. I hates them.
I admire your vast number of varieties! I garden on what is essentially a gravel pile. It's thin and low nutrient. At the moment I'm growing mostly for bees and birds.
@jblue what does it taste like?
@deepmud it has a peanut-y flavor with a touch of green
@malterod it really grows the best in mostly sun/part sun and warm temps. Indoors in winter, it doesn’t grow very much. When you trim it back for winter, you can dry the leaves to add to sauces,soups or powder to add to flour.