Topic: Seed Sharing Circle 2014?

[goodlife]

Great...thank you all for the tomato info...I shall look at all the links I don't know what has happened to my brain...but I just couldn't find anything about this variety  I did find it mentioned in people's blogs and 'to grow' lists but no real info.
 Hmm...maybe I should sleep more..I've been doing my night owl activities quite a lot lately and head is not quite as sharp as it should be ...or too much 

[galina]

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.

My info says that I had them from A4A swaps, two sources Plot51a and aj.

By the way, does anybody else get advertisements for 'The Circle' which seems to be a telephone fortune teller    

[Jayb]

Unstickied, a link to this thread can be found on the first post of the 2015 circle.

[Jayb]

My info says that I had them from A4A swaps, two sources Plot51a and aj.
By the way, does anybody else get advertisements for 'The Circle' which seems to be a telephone fortune teller    

Same here, Mr Fearn's Purple Flowered were added to the 2010 Seed Circle by Plot51a. I've some seeds also from Aj, but possibly not from a swap on A4A.

I use Adblock Plus as I got annoyed at some of the ads that were presented, much better now 

[Jayb]

Are Ambercup squash a hybrid? I was looking for some info to add to the site?

[galina]

Are Ambercup squash a hybrid? I was looking for some info to add to the site?

http://www.clovegarden.com/ingred/squash.html

Ambercup   -   [C. maxima]
A cross between the Buttercup and Golden Hubbard squash, the Ambercup looks like a small pumpkin and generally weighs around 2-1/2 pounds. An exceptionally sweet winter squash, it's considered one of the finest for eating. This squash has an extraordinarily long storage life.

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The only thing I can't find out is whether Ambercup is a hybrid or not.  Did Ruud share or grow and save these seeds?

[Jayb]

Nice link, thanks.
Yes that's the bit I don't know, I found a couple of references to them being a hybrid, but quite a few that don't.
Hopefully Ruud will be along to chime in 
Either way they look delish 

[ruud]

The ambercup i have grown last summer was from seed from my neighbour allotmentholder.I think it is almost sure not a hybrid because i am now 8 years on this plot and my neighbour is grown hin since.He always kept some seeds for the next summer.I hope it is enough information.Bytheway after 8 years it is dehybridsated and adept to certain circumstances.

[galina]

Great information Ruud, thank you.  It looks a very good squash.   

[ruud]

Not only looks galina tastes even better than it looks.

[galina]

Not only looks galina tastes even better than it looks.

I am looking forward to growing and  t a s t i n g  them to find out.  Are they producing long vines or a bush variety with shorter vines?  How much space do you give each plant?  Is a square metre enough?   

[galina]

I found a mystery packet in my seed swap parcel.  I hope somebody can enlighten me.  A dozen broad bean seeds wrapped in a sheet of the Yorkshire Post newspaper.  Unfortunately no variety name.  Who do I thank for them?   

[ruud]

Yes i have them also in my package,i already read the newspaper but i dont know the variety of the broad beans.

[galina]

I found another little online snippet about different strains of white seeded Cherokee Trail of Tears.  Many years ago Ben Gabel (from Real Seeds) apparently offered these vie the Seed Savers Exchange in the USA.    

[galina]

Gifted Broad beans are still a mystery   

Jayb, is there a way we can add descriptions to the new seed circle site?  I have completed my descriptions and photos on the old site, but don't know how to upload to the new site.  Could you please transfer the Piquante Pepper and the Argelia Squash info?

Thank you.   

[markfield rover]

Galina , the Georgian beans are CFB. I went to the swap  and picked " Ingrid Marie "and "Blue and White" and "Romanian" &  "Magorcan' I'll do a google and see if these might be worth a go for the 2015 circle. Hope this helps.

[galina]

Galina , the Georgian beans are CFB. I went to the swap  and picked " Ingrid Marie "and "Blue and White" and "Romanian" &  "Magorcan' I'll do a google and see if these might be worth a go for the 2015 circle. Hope this helps.

Thank you for finding out about the Georgian Beans, Markfield rover.   

Nice haul.  You'll love Blue and White - big plants with big stems and big shelling beans, hardy whatever the weather throws at them.  The type of Victorian bean that can be eaten as green beans young and/or shelled later.  Have grown Romanian too, very early, lots of pods.  The others I have never heard of.  Hope they will do well.  Sounds like there will be a great bean or two in the 2015 swap 
 

[markfield rover]

Thanks for the info galina, I have some toms too but I'll mention them on the 2015 swap page I hope they might be interesting if googling them is anything to go by then I don't think they are too common.

[Jayb]

Gifted Broad beans are still a mystery   

Jayb, is there a way we can add descriptions to the new seed circle site?  I have completed my descriptions and photos on the old site, but don't know how to upload to the new site.  Could you please transfer the Piquante Pepper and the Argelia Squash info?

Thank you.   

I'm pretty sure editors can be added to the new site, I'll see if I can work it out, I think there are different levels if someone wants to write bits on there etc.
I've copied over Piquante Pepper and the Argelia Squash info.

[Jayb]

Yes i have them also in my package,i already read the newspaper but i dont know the variety of the broad beans.

I've no idea what they are either. I've sent a pm to RenewableCandy asking her in case she doesn't see these posts.