Thread: Curious about crops growing in La Cote region

Quote: Bertrand - Geneva Bankers can handle stuff pretty gently....

Quote: zürihegel Is there a way to put a picutre here so that we don't have to puzzle anymore? Still, I also believe that you are talking about sugar beets. They are planted everywhere in Switzerland since sugar cane wouldn't grow very well here Why didn't I think of that? Now I'll have to remember precisely where I saw them and get a photo.

Actually, just reread the post, and fennel doesn't remotely have tall stalks. Never mind, it's pretty anyway. A tall stalk with a feathery stalk that's turned brown sounds like sweetcorn that have 'gone over', but it's a little late in the season for those - most were ground up for cattle food a few weeks ago, I remember cycling over the scrunchy bits near me. kodokan

Quote: MusicChick Uhm, haha..I can't resist. Only watches get handled gently in these lands it seems... Bankers can handle stuff pretty gently....

It probably is sugar-beet, there's quite a lot of grown here.

Yes, sugar beets and possibly hairy vetch for the purple one; it is a green manure (legume).

Quote: RecentlyArrived Nope, doesn't look like corn though it is about the same height. It is planted much closer together and the feathery top looks like some grasses I've seen - though not in this part of the world. Is there a way to put a picutre here so that we don't have to puzzle anymore? Still, I also believe that you are talking about sugar beets. They are planted everywhere in Switzerland since sugar cane wouldn't...

Quote: RecentlyArrived Other mysterious fields have a tall stalk with a feathery top and have turned brown. They look a bit like sugar cane, except I don't think that has the feathery top and I'm sure it needs warmer weather. I think they might be sunflowers. There are a few fields of sunflowers in La Côte region. You might see that they are all facing south. The tops/flowers will be brown since it is the end of the season.