Seed Saving Circle 2025

[galina]

Great selection Vetivert, thank you.  Is Duobao f1 or open pollinated?  Looking forward to exhibition winning extra long Stenner.  The radish is dual harvest with edible tops too, according to Baker Creek. 

[JanG]

A great list,Vetivert. Thank you. I didn't know that there's a dwarf form of Lil' Daisy. That will be interesting to try. Fat Man is also an interesting one for me. I had heard good things of it and grew it this year. But for me it was just too late. I had no flower at all by late August and although it flowered eventually its few beans were much too late to produce seeds. It will be good to be able to try again with seed produced more locally.

And Clary Sage. It's decades since I've grown that. How lovely to renew an acquaintance! 

[ruud]

https://cokertohumculuk.com/urunlerimiz/#*

[Vetivert]

Great selection Vetivert, thank you.  Is Duobao f1 or open pollinated?  Looking forward to exhibition winning extra long Stenner.  The radish is dual harvest with edible tops too, according to Baker Creek. 

Duobao is an F1 variety, we'll discover the offspring together :)

Yes the radish is a leaf variety with hairless leaves, so suitable to salads. I didn't try the roots but they were fairly small, and white. The seed packet didn't have a cultivar name as such, just 'Mooli leaf'.

[Vetivert]

A great list,Vetivert. Thank you. I didn't know that there's a dwarf form of Lil' Daisy. That will be interesting to try. Fat Man is also an interesting one for me. I had heard good things of it and grew it this year. But for me it was just too late. I had no flower at all by late August and although it flowered eventually its few beans were much too late to produce seeds. It will be good to be able to try again with seed produced more locally.

And Clary Sage. It's decades since I've grown that. How lovely to renew an acquaintance! 

Dwarf Lil' Daisy was a variant that arose from Lil' Daisy on my plot a few years ago and I'm happy it is stable after three consistent crops. It has pods like the original but on tiny 20cm tall plants and no daylength sensitivity. The name is a placeholder and I may come up with something else before sending it around.

I'm surprised that Fat Man was so late in your location. I did find it took its time go get going here but put it down to my mismanagement of transplant timing. Plenty of seed here for you to try again. I'm a big fan of the silvery pods which contrast so nicely against the dark foliage.

[ruud]

peppers for the circle:demre-t
                       tepecik yakon
                       sahnali
                       urfa
 

[JanG]

A great list,Vetivert. Thank you. I didn't know that there's a dwarf form of Lil' Daisy. That will be interesting to try. Fat Man is also an interesting one for me. I had heard good things of it and grew it this year. But for me it was just too late. I had no flower at all by late August and although it flowered eventually its few beans were much too late to produce seeds. It will be good to be able to try again with seed produced

I'm surprised that Fat Man was so late in your location. I did find it took its time go get going here but put it down to my mismanagement of transplant timing. Plenty of seed here for you to try again. I'm a big fan of the silvery pods which contrast so nicely against the dark foliage.

Great on the Dwarf Lil' Daisy. And well observed. I'm not sure that I'd have noticed a dwarf plant amongst the rest. The advantage of the name as it stands is that it gives a clear idea of its origins.

Receiving Fat Man and having another go would be great. I sowed mine on 7th May and planted out on 29th May. It could have been slightly earlier but not a lot.
In fact I have harvested about eight seeds in the end but they're not in good condition - stained brown as very late seeds often are, especially white ones.

[ruud]

https://www.tohumevi.com.tr/urun/demre-tatli-biber-tohumu-geleneksel?srsltid=AfmBOopOK7rPfTbi2oJxBWiOtiwF9O4O0LyvGhJtmUhbna5y3pn4OGcS

https://www.akantarim.com/urun/biber-tepecik-yakan-tohumu-10-gram

https://www.goldentarim.com/product-page/biber-aci-%C5%9Fahnal%C4%B1

https://fataliiseeds.net/product/urfa-biber/

[galina]

And t a n  six weeks to complement cream six weeks.  Looking forward to that one Vetivert.

Thank you for a generous offer Ruud.  We will have very full gardens next year. 

[JanG]

peppers for the circle:demre-t
                      tepecik yakon
                      sahnali
                      urfa
 

That's great, Ruud. And thanks for the links. Şahnalı is a new one on me. And Urfa is a great pepper. You donated it to the circle ages ago, 2020 I think, so it will be very good to have fresh seeds.

[JanG]

I think these are the seed circle total contributions which have been offered at various times in the last six months or so. If they're not accurate or up to date, please say. And of course, there is still time for change.
I'm sure you'll agree that once more it's a very impressive collection of amazing seeds. Thank you all very much for your commitment.

Vetivert

Tomato, S. lycopersicum

Beefsteak
Jazz
Orange Jazz
Vinson Watts

Cherry
Pinky
Primabella

Round slicer
Queen of Hearts


Dwarf Beans, P. vulgaris var. nanus
Krummschnabel
Mulldoon
Dwarf Lil' Daisy
Tan Six Weeks

Climbing Beans, P. vulgaris var. vulgaris
Fat Man
Napier-Combs Family Greasy

Runner Bean, P. coccineus
Stenner

Lettuce, L. sativa
Wiener Maidivi

Radish, R. sativus
Smooth-leaved Mooli
(appears similar to variety sold as 'China Jade' by Baker Creek)

Cress, Lepidium sativum
Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled

Marigold, Tagetes erecta
Hot Stuff

Ornamentals

Angel's Trumpets, Mirabilis longiflora
Clary Sage, Salvia viridis
Oxford Blue

Summer Squash, C. maxima
Duobao


Garrett


Tomatoes -
Sergeant Pepper's (red/blue medium heart)
Malachite Box (green medium)
Tiny Tim - bush red cherry

Climbing french beans for drying -
Coco Bicolour
Deb's Creek

Dwarf french beans:
Merveille de Piemonte, yellow pods with purple markings
Purple Queen, purple pods
Jacob's Cattle Gold, golden yellow version for drying

Flowers:
Tithonia (Mexican sunflower)
Nicotiana mutabilis
Marshmallow
Sunflower Yellow Pygmy


Markfield Rover

Flowers
Wild sweet pea Pink Tangier ( Lathyrus Tingitanus)
Viola Brush Stokes
Ipomoea Tutu
Four o'Clock flower, Mirabilis jalapa
Marigold 'Lucy's Starburst'
Cosmos sulphureus.

Salad leaves
Land cress 'Grandpa's'

Tomato
Rose de Berne
Glacier
First in the Field
Mexican Midget
Peppermint.
Peruvianum.
Goldiana .

CFB
Poletska
Alice Whitis Pink
Croft Italian

DFB
Cupitano.

Pea
Twelve Acre
Fairbeards Pariel


Cinnamon vine

Mangle
Yellow Intermediate


Galina

Summer squash (Cucurbita pepo)
Pattypan  'Golden Marbre'
Early Prolific Straightneck Squash

Winter squash
Buttercup (C.maxima)

Tps
From 'Pink Dog'

Tomato
Green Spindle
Delicate
Orange Bourgoin

Water Melon
Golden Midget

Lettuce
Stoke

CFB
Violet Podded Stringless
Dracula's Eye
Childers Cutshort

Salad leaves
Cultivated rocket

Juliev

Ornamentals
Poppy (P Somniferum): white seeds Sokol (pale flowers)
Poppy (P Somniferum): dark flowers After Midnight (dark seeds)


Tomato
Black Strawberry - pink/red stripy cherry, beautiful and shiny!
Indigo Fireball - yellow with antho top, quite big for a cherry
Mlle Foriers - beautiful pink/red with antho shoulders, med/big
Marsha's Starfighter - beautiful dark stripy antho beefsteak


Pea
Dwarf - Grey Sugar pea


I haven't opened them yet but I should have:
Naked-seed squash (C. Pepo)
Penelopa
Penelopa X Dana and Dana X Penelopa/Dana/Kakai.

Golden Flax

Grain
Amaranth (originally the rainbow mix from Real Seeds)

Ruud

CFB
Selma Zesta
Reading Purple
Mantra
Acman Ayse Sirik or Alman Ayse
Bosnian
Golden Sunshine

Peppers
Demre-t
Tepecik Yakon
Sahnali
Urfa

Brussel, sprouts
Roodnerf 2025
Long Island

Turnip
De Milan

Beetroot
Kirmizi Pancar

Chard
Multicoured

Scorzonera
Long Black

Okra
Clemsons Spineless

Lettuce
Yedikule

Salad leaves
Rocket

Ornamentals
Borage
Mayweed

Herbs
Basil
Coriander

Tomato
Royal Hillybilly
Grasa de Bihor
Creole
Abraham Lincoln
Napa Giant
La Cader
Zaitska or Zyska
Sherill
Christmas Tree
Unknown
Super Yerli Marmande
Heinz 2274
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Jang

Broad bean
Black Isle

Peppers
Aji Ahuachapau (CAP220)
Lima Market Amarillo
Serrano
Purple Tiger
Fish

Tomatoes
Mila Orange
Moldovan Green
OSU Blue
Sunviva
Violet Noir

Lettuce
Rouge Grenoble
Valiant
Hyper Red Rumple Waved
Lollo Rossa
Brown Goldring

Peas
Clarke's Beltony Blue
Ruby Beauty
Raatviksaart Soup pea

CFB
Gialèt della Valbelluna
Papa de Rola
Paul Bunyan Giant

DFB
Resilient Cherokee Wax
Dakota Bumble
Poroto Huancabammba

Semi French bean
Ugandan Bantu

Ornamentals
Sweet pea - Matucana
Nicotiana sylvestris
White branched foxglove
Targeted patula 'Boy Spry'

Salad leaves
Doucette d'Algers

[markfield rover]

Thank you JanG , really appreciate all the time you have taken to do this. I may have some dahlia seeds too( drying nicely) I've grown dahlias to cross so hopefully no shrinking violets !