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Are we doing one this year?
Hi jayb, welcome back, hope that very soon you can be potting and planting and feeling the sun on your face. X sunloving
I'm much the same. It's been a right struggle, but I'm getting stuff done on the plot again, and planning for this year's swap.
Question about the purple tomatillos.. Is it best to put these in the ground or a pot and inside the poly or outside? Looking forward to some lovely salsas in the summer! , x sunloving
If anyone's growing the Unity pea that Galina shared, I'd love to know how they do for you and how they taste!
Do you think they would roast like tomatoes do then? With some oil vinegar and sugar? Sound very interesting!
Quote from: Silverleaf on April 13, 2017, 12:29:36If anyone's growing the Unity pea that Galina shared, I'd love to know how they do for you and how they taste!I'm also curious to know whether you've actually eaten the Unity peas Galina? Or, are they best as a mange-tout?
Quote from: Silverleaf on April 13, 2017, 12:29:36If anyone's growing the Unity pea that Galina shared, I'd love to know how they do for you and how they taste!I'm also curious to know whether you've actually eaten the Unity peas Galina? Or, are they best as a mange-tout?Also, I am curious about Mrs Lei I managed to find it on the German (or was it Dutch) seed website and now they have another Mrs something with pink flowers. Lei, is a Chinese name and although it was a while ago I think the new pink is too. Do you know the origin of these?
Thanks Galina, very useful to know. Hopefully I can breed a sweeter version too.That crimson flower is the reason I ordered it from the seedbank in the first place! It really is gorgeous and so unusual for a pea. And Unity isn't at all shy about flowering either.
Quote from: Silverleaf on April 14, 2017, 17:11:23Thanks Galina, very useful to know. Hopefully I can breed a sweeter version too.That crimson flower is the reason I ordered it from the seedbank in the first place! It really is gorgeous and so unusual for a pea. And Unity isn't at all shy about flowering either.Yes Jayb made a cross between Unity and Mrs Lei. Apart from the flower colours, it will be very exciting to see whether there are mangetouts in the F2 generation. I have about 20 F2s growing at the moment. Jayb, I am pretty sure I sent F2 seeds back to you, if I haven't, let me know please - I certainly meant to.
You should see purple, pink, crimson, and possibly salmon flowers, if you get lucky. And mangetout is definitely possible as well. Sounds like a great cross!