Topic: Seed Sharing Circle 2014?

[ruud]

  :blob7:The pigeon arrived safe and sound.What a great bunch of people to have as gardenfriends.My weekend is already great,what a great variety of seeds.Thanks a lot especially jaybe for organising all. :wave:Have no time anymore have to find out what all those little treasures are.

[markfield rover]

So many lovelies, looking forward to the wheat, I think I shall thatch the greenhouse!

[goodlife]

So many lovelies, looking forward to the wheat, I think I shall thatch the greenhouse!

[RenewableCandy]

I got my seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedz!!

Thanks guys!!

[Jayb]

Chufas? I didn't get chufas!

Oops, you should have! Did you get two lots of Ulluco instead?
I'll pop some in the post to you.

[Jayb]

:blob7:The pigeon arrived safe and sound.What a great bunch of people to have as gardenfriends.My weekend is already great,what a great variety of seeds.Thanks a lot especially jaybe for organising all. :wave:Have no time anymore have to find out what all those little treasures are.

A racing pigeon no less, glad it arrived so quickly 

[galina]

I have two questions regarding our seed harvest: 

Markfield Rover, is 'Georgian Runner' bean a runner bean or a French bean (which are often called 'runner' if they are climbing, because they 'run' up the pole?) 

Ruud, are your white seeded Cherokee Trail of Tears descendants from Mr Yeoman's Whiteseeded Cherokee Trail of Tears beans which I shared in an earlier seed circle, or are they a different white seeded strain?

Thanks Jayb for uploading the seed pictures. Great stuff 

[markfield rover]

Hi galina, the seed was from a HSL swap, they grew to 10/12 feet to me they were more a fine runner, very tasty when small  then again there was something of the French bean about them, sorry to confuse, iam back at the same seed swap soon so will ask the chap who had them for clearer info.

[Jayb]

Looking at the seeds, with their colour and markings, I thought they looked more like French beans? I guess we will know for sure when they germinate. I'm looking forward to sampling them whichever 

[Robert_Brenchley]

The look like French beans to me as well. I just assumed they were climbing Frenchies.

[galina]

Hi galina, the seed was from a HSL swap, they grew to 10/12 feet to me they were more a fine runner, very tasty when small  then again there was something of the French bean about them, sorry to confuse, iam back at the same seed swap soon so will ask the chap who had them for clearer info.

Thankyou all.  They looked like a french bean to me too, but then you can't always tell.  Yes it would be great to have a little more origin info Markfield Rover, if that is possible.  They look a great bean whichever and I am looking forward to growing them 

[sparrow]

Possibly a bizarre question - at any point was Mr Fearns Purple Flowered CFB on the list for this parcel?

Only it's snuck onto the things-to-grow list for this year but I can't figure out where I would have got the seeds from. I certainly don't have any. Please can someone put me out of my misery? I don't need seeds (my boxes are overflowing!) I just want to know where I got the idea from!

[Jayb]

No I don't think it was from this Circle, we have had them in the past though. I think there were seeds in the Seed Swap parcel, I can check when it arrives back, in case you change your mind.

[sparrow]

Thanks Jayb - perhaps I dreamt it! I really don't need more seeds though thanks v much for your suggestion, I will struggle to grow as much as I want from the fab seed circle this year.

[ruud]

Hi galina,the cherokee trail of tears white seeded are from a swap i had.They are coming from the states and i think they are from an other source.

[goodlife]

RUUUD!    

..sorry about shouting, just wanted to make sure you notice...


I wanted to know what sort of tomato is SC2121?

[ruud]

Hi goodlife,tomato SC2121 is a commercial grown tomato in turkey.I bought the seeds on a market in turkey.The tomatoes are salad kind of tomato golfball size big.I hope you have enough information,they are producing well in a greenhouse never tried them in the open.

[Jayb]

They sound good and from the bit I found on the internet, a tasty red round 160g fruits, medium early, strong growing determinate variety.

[galina]

At last! Although the pictures were great to look at.  But actually holding these amazing little packets and looking them over and planning, is just something completely delightful.  Trying to visualise a whole tomato garden from everything we received.  Amazing shapes colours and no doubt flavours to look forward to.  Thank you everybody so much   

Thank you Ruud for all the info.  Yes I wonder.      I know that Mr Yeoman did send some seeds to the USA, but on the other hand I have heard reports that Cherokee Trail of Tears throws up a white seeded mutation from time to time (another has been reported at Ryton, but there were no seeds distributed  that I know of).  In any case, both being mutations from the same bean, should in principle be as identical as two different lots of seeds from the same variety ever can be.   

[galina]

Hi goodlife,tomato SC2121 is a commercial grown tomato in turkey.I bought the seeds on a market in turkey.The tomatoes are salad kind of tomato golfball size big.I hope you have enough information,they are producing well in a greenhouse never tried them in the open.

http://www.kucukciftlik.com/seed/87

There is quite a bit of information on www about this tomato, with a little help from Google Translate.  I have not found a definitive statement that SC2121 is open pollinated, but noticed that other tomatoes are labelled as F1 hybrids by the same companies that offer this tomato.   I therefore expect that this variety is OP and breeds true. 

We are able to grow some really special tomatoes from shared seed    Thank you all for diverse and interesting varieties.  And of course not just the tomatoes, the number of grains, brassica, tubers, legumes, fruit and veg from this circle is fabulous.