Topic: Bean and pea swap

[Digeroo]

I hope you will all remember that I am doing a specialist beans and pea swap thought I would do it on the same lines as Chriscross did for Squashes and have everyone send in their contribution and then divi it up.  Then everyone gets a fair share of the goodies.

Please remember to save some seeds.

[goodlife]

 ;D ;D ;D ;) ;D ;D

[Deb P]

I'm up for that! ;)

[Dadnlad]

Count us in too please

Got some HSL and own saved stuff going well, but Extra Hatif de Juilet and Mountaineers didnt make it :'(

[Jayb]

I'm hoping to have a few things available for swaps later on  :)

[plot51A]

Me too  ;D

[1066]

ooooo yes please  :D Hoping to be able to save some this year

[greensausage]

Im planning to seed save from my beans and peas this year, please count me in too  :)

[Twoflower]

Stick me on the list please  ;D

[manicscousers]

not sure, I'm going to try to save some mummy peas, tiger beans and colossus peas, don't know if they come true or cross pollinate , if they do, yes, please  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

The peas should come true. I don't know about tiger beans, it depends what species they are.

[manicscousers]

thank you, Robert, the tier beans are from HSL, a friend gave me some of his to try, just said tiger beans  ??? :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

The HSL have a variety called 'William's Tiger Bean', which is a climbing French bean. In that case the seeds should come true. They have a lot of French beans since they self-pollinate, making it easy to save seed, and very few of the outbreeders like runner beans as they're more complicated to maintain as true stocks, and few people have bothered.

[manicscousers]

right, just got to get them to produce some beans, then  ;D

[lottiedolly]

I am growing a variety of french beans (climbers & dwarf) drying beans and runners. Am hoping to increase my own stock and am hoping that i will have plenty for swaps, so please add me down, when the time comes

 ;D

[Digeroo]

Runners are much more of a problem as they do not come true being outbreeders.  Some are easy to maintina by roguing out.  I have some liberty which are staying quite good  But they have a very easy to spot seed and any outbreeding seems to affect the bean very quickly and they are not the right colour or shape but very dark or white beans are impossible to spot the rogues.  So it is not until you get a rather substandard bean the next year you know that things have gone wrong.

Doing the business with a paint brush is a bit of a nightmare and I have only managed it with a very few beans at a time.  I have been breeding my own beans and only get a one pod of each breed.

[Isleworth]

Hi, I have many different types of shop purchased Peas & Beans and if they are suitable for the swap... Can I join in please  ;)

If so please could you PM me the details and workings etc...


Cheers,

Isleworth

[chriscross1966]

Count me in!

[lottiedolly]

Runners are much more of a problem as they do not come true being outbreeders.  Some are easy to maintina by roguing out.  I have some liberty which are staying quite good  But they have a very easy to spot seed and any outbreeding seems to affect the bean very quickly and they are not the right colour or shape but very dark or white beans are impossible to spot the rogues.  So it is not until you get a rather substandard bean the next year you know that things have gone wrong.

Doing the business with a paint brush is a bit of a nightmare and I have only managed it with a very few beans at a time.  I have been breeding my own beans and only get a one pod of each breed.

Duly noted, I shall stick to my frenchies and drying beans  :)

[Kingfisher]

Hi all I was wondering if you could help me out my other half has just informed me that he wants me to grow
Butter Beans is there any one out there with some to spare that they could send me I am willing to swop for any other veg seed but time is running out and I would love to grow them for him many thanks Jan