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Hi Ruud. Thanks for all these. Very interesting. It's always interesting to have your contributions, and your connection with Turkey yields lots of interesting varieties. I looked up Acman Ayse Sirik as it sounded Turkish. It seems that Ayse is a type of high yielding, tender, white seeded climbing bean. Does that match your experience of it? There's a variant of Ayse called Alman Ayse. Could that be the one? And Sirik means climbing rather than dwarf. Certainly one to look forward to. And I'm particularly looking forward to Reading Purple too.

I'd love to know how you got on with Roodnerf Brussel sprout. It looks like a great heirloom variety with redd veins in the leaves. When I've grown brussel sprouts from open pollinated seed they've often been rather blown although I once did well with Groninger. It's about time to try a new OP variety. Thanks for including that one.

Hello everybody,here a message from over the pond,been busy collecting seeds for the seedcircle.I also have a lot of old seedswho are expired from there date but still will germinated,if there is intrest.I will here it from you.Till know i have for the seedcircle the following seeds"beans:selma zestra
                                                                   reading purple
                                                                   mantra
                                                                   acman ayse sirik
                                                                   bosnian
                                                                   golden sunshine
These are all pole beans,there are more varieties in progres,still drying.
I also have some herbs:turkish parsley,turkish dill.
I am going through all my seeds till know i have for the seedcircle:brussel sprouts roodnerf 2025
                                                                                    long island 2024
                                                                    turnip de milan 2023
                                                                            kirmizi pancar
                                                                    multicolour chard 2023
                                                                    scorzonera long black 2023
                                                                    okra clemson spineless 2022
                                                                    Lettuce yedikule 5701 2025
                                                                    rocket 2022
                                                                    basil 2024
                                                                    borage 2022
                                                                    mayweed 2024
                                                                    koriander 2024
Still to come a lot of melons,pumpkins,tomatoes,pepers,etc.Will be continued.   

Quote from: galina on October 23, 2025, 18:45:20I note that it gives you options what size of photo to insert, but they are not easy to use. I have inserted the potato photo, but left auto as the size.  It will be interesting to see what size that insert will display, as I cannot currently see it before post is clicked.  This is different to how I normally attach photos, but I wanted to try your method, JanG. 

Yes, I haven't experimented with the number of pixels and I guess when using auto the size of the original photo file determines the size it appears in loco.

And yes, this also results in a huge photo, with a smaller photo at the bottom. 

So here once again the same photo.



And then the rest of the text.  I note that it gives you options what size of photo to insert, but they are not easy to use. I have inserted the potato photo, but left auto as the size.  It will be interesting to see what size that insert will display, as I cannot currently see it before post is clicked.  This is different to how I normally attach photos, but I wanted to try your method, JanG. 

I think you can fairly easily add photos where you want them whichever method you use. You just need to click in the right place and then click the 'Insert' on the photo.

I'm realising after again reading your last but one message, Galina, that mine come up large because I had assumed that I needed to click Insert rather than just leave them at the bottom of the message. .

Ah that is a more sophisticated method JanG, because you have photos inserted between the text. Mine are only at the bottom.   

As to size, mine open out when clicked.  Perhaps I compress my photos a little more than you do. 

That's an interesting method. Another way is to click on Reply immediately after the last message rather than using the reply box lower down the page. That way you also have the option to include photos. The same 'click or drag files here to attach them' shows at the bottom of the text window.

Excellent idea to clarify, Galina, as it's lovely to have photos on different varieties offered.

My photos always turn out rather large. I'm not sure why. Perhaps I'll try your method to see whether my photos come up more modestly!

A quick guide on how to post photos in this group. Instead of clicking 'post' after the text has been written, click on 'preview' instead.  Then  'click or drag files here to attach them' shows at the bottom of the text window. 
I want to attach a photo of my Snookie tps harvest, so I click and then open the photo file. There is a size limit, so very large photos may have to be compressed.  The second photo has been 'dragged' into the screen and that also worked. When I can see my photos, I just click 'post' as normal to finish my post with photos.


Hope this helps. 

Quote from: JanG on October 03, 2025, 15:16:04Tomatoes for the seed circle.


OSU Blue. I love the anthocyanin colouring of dark tomatoes and this one is bigger than some and a real winner in my book. It's quite heavy cropping and tastes good. OSU stands for Oregon State University where this variety was experimentally developed by Jim Myers in the first years of this century. It's one of the earliest anthocyanin varieties. My original seed was from an exchange.

It is actually  t h e  earliest non GM blue tomato ever created.  Here is a bit more of its origin.  https://www.tomatofifou.com/en/produit/osu-blue-p20/

A sample of tomato OSU Blue aka P20 'left' OSU, when it was in its late development stages and was avidly shared in seed communities.  And called 'OSU Blue'.  Later the final product was selected, which is now being sold as 'Indigo Rose', which I believe we also shared in the seed circle.  Indigo Rose is a little larger than OSU Blue, but OSU Blue was not yet the finished article, when it was 'liberated' from the lab.  This is the grandparent of  a l l  the very many blue varieties we now enjoy.