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markfield rover

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #140 on: January 06, 2021, 14:22:32 »
Just had a look at the airtable, really useful , thank you.

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #141 on: January 07, 2021, 11:18:24 »
Yes after been lost somewere on a postoffice i finally got my parcel full of intresting seeds.Thanks everbody for the contribution and specially jang for organising the seedcircle.

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #142 on: January 07, 2021, 17:05:41 »
That's great new ruud  :icon_cheers:

Markfield, what's your typical spacing for the Syrian broad beans? Do they tiller a lot?
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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #143 on: January 09, 2021, 16:26:42 »
Vetivert, I space them about 10 inches apart , I start them of in pots early spring . Sorry not sure what you mean by tiller !  I tend to leave after care and eating to OH as BB are the one  crop I find difficult to eat 🙁🙁

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #144 on: January 09, 2021, 16:41:12 »
Tillers are usually extra side shoots... sweetcorn does it a lot, broad beans less so but still quite common.

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #145 on: January 09, 2021, 16:48:18 »
Ah , thank you saddad , I ll keep an eye , is it best to remove them?

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #146 on: January 09, 2021, 21:19:47 »
Thanks for the tip! And no don't remove the tillers, or you'll be removing a lot of your potential crop too!


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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #147 on: January 10, 2021, 08:22:59 »
Tillers is a new phrase for me.

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #148 on: January 11, 2021, 07:49:20 »
Everyday is a school day!

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #149 on: May 13, 2021, 06:34:55 »
I’m intrigued by Galina’s Greek White squash.

​​​​​​​I sowed three seeds and had 100% germination. 
What intrigues me is that one plant has romped away and become quite large, and the other two remained much smaller. It seems a remarkable amount of variation.

I wondered whether Galina previously or anyone this season has experienced such a degree of variability. I suppose it could just be a cultural accident but as far as I know I’ve kept them in roughly the same conditions.


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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #150 on: May 13, 2021, 11:32:10 »
Let's hope there has not been a hand pollination mistake and one seed is an unintended F1
hybrid, displaying hybrid vigor.  I seriously hope not and have been careful with isolating and hand pollinating and then reclosing the female, but hybrid vigor could be a possible explanation.

The resulting fruit will soon tell you.   :BangHead:
« Last Edit: May 13, 2021, 11:39:32 by galina »

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #151 on: September 15, 2021, 11:20:23 »
Rather late in the day, I can happily report that the Greek White courgette was indeed true to type. My large vigorous plant continued to prosper and produced perfect white courgettes. Thanks Galina.

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Re: Seed Saving Circle 2020
« Reply #152 on: September 17, 2021, 10:12:06 »
I'm interested to know whether anyone else has grown Ruud's Pamplemousse du Grandpère this season. It's a lovely blushing largish, slightly beefsteak kind of tomato. It starts yellow, then develops a red blush when fully ripe.
I have only one plant which has the colouring shown in internet photos but mine have a pointed tip which I like very much, but which doesn't appear in any photos I've seen online. I imagine there's some variability in the tomatoes produced by this variety but I wonder whether anyone else has this pointed tip on their P du G.

 

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