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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: Ozzy_aka_Pothead on October 23, 2003, 03:01:21
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Yo Peeps
I iz in need of sum advice I iz... my Runners are now starting to die back and a lot of the pods I am saving for seed are still green.... should I pick them now and store them in me shed or something? cuz its been blinking cold here with frosts of -5, or will they be better left on and allowed to freeze their pods off?
cHeErS
oZzY %)
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Hiya, :)
Take them off. The seed will be ripe, even if the case is green. Remember to make sure the seed is not on a damp surface or piled on top of each other and that there is air circulation around them. Once a week, for a few weeks give them a shake up and they'll be grand for next year.
Oh. I pod mine as soon as brought into the shed.
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Glad I read your message Ozzy. I looked at my plants today and they still have plenty of fat pods on them but are looking pretty knackered. I shall de-pod, store the beans and cut the plants down. More green matter for my bean trench! ;D
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Yo Merv/EJ
Thanks I think I will take half off and leave the other half on,
on, off, on. off, on, off iz how i wil do it I will.
EJ I picked sum pods a few weeks ago, those pods had gone a paper brown color and the pods split easy and the beans were a rich purple with black specks, a good
size too. The one I picked tonight the seeds inside were smaller and duller in color, so I shall keep the pods in tact and store them like Merv sez... cheers Merv...
cHeErS
oZzY #8-D (thats me wearing a fez and flying goggles when I had one of me compulsive grins on, that iz)