Hey Jayb!...I just had to tell you some good news..with last years fiasco with my sweetcorn germination..I can proudly announce that I've got not 110 painted mountain corn plants on a go.. ;D ::) Your seeds been FAB..one complain..I've got one pot where the seed haven't emerged YET..I 'really' wanted to grow 111 corn plants.. ::) ;)
;D ;D ;D.
111 would mess the block up :P
Glad germination has been ok, I can send more if you need them? They didn't grow very tall for me, so will be intresting to hear how they do for other folk.
I have to admit I've not sown mine yet and I did buy another packet from the States to grow and compare and hopefully add a few more genes to the pool. But I've got side tracked growing sweet corn so I'm not sure if I'll have room them year :-\
Hi Jay, is anyone growing the stuff I sent XX Jeannine
I know some of your tomato seeds have gone out from the tomato swap, but Oh Jeannine, the Seed Circle seeds are sat by the side of me as we speak. Such a lovely selection of seeds you sent to us all :-[ I'm afraid I've drifted on this. I'll do a post for it. I've also finally listed all the tomato seeds (some things still need to be added to a couple of categories), though I can't remember if Great White and Madame Jardell's Black are for the Seed Circle or not? I've got some other seeds to list for Dave M too.
x
I can send more if you need them? Need!? :o...oh thanks for the offer but I think I've got enough for this year... ;D Just a question about this variety..were they ok to eat as 'corn on the cob' or is it purely just for corn meal...do I need to invest for heavy duty corn mill? ::)
I only ate a few cobs raw straight from the plants, they were tasty and quite sweet, I may have hit them just right. I think I've read they are good cooked, just need to get the water boiling first :P
Jay no probs, I was just ineterested in who was growing what.It was the soya and lims beans mostly as I was hoping I had sent some that would be good for the UK.Not to worry.
XX Jeannine
Last year I grew for circle some Swedish Skansk Margart peas..and I wasn't quite sure how to categorize them..tall 'normal' type or short climbing..they reached last year 5ft. I'm growing them again this year as I found them really delicious..and they are now already about 6 ft tall..so yes, they are climbing and they've flowered now about a week or so..looking forward for another good crop from them. They certainly seem to like it here.. ;D...rain or not.. ::)
Quote from: goodlife on July 07, 2012, 15:02:20
Last year I grew for circle some Swedish Skansk Margart peas..and I wasn't quite sure how to categorize them..tall 'normal' type or short climbing..they reached last year 5ft. I'm growing them again this year as I found them really delicious..and they are now already about 6 ft tall..so yes, they are climbing and they've flowered now about a week or so..looking forward for another good crop from them. They certainly seem to like it here.. ;D...rain or not.. ::)
I agree, they are fab - to 5ft, branching and lots of big peas. I would class them as tall peas, not as intermediate. Heavy yielding.
Lettuce Sylvesta - did we get this last year or the year before? Anyway, nice lettuce, good heads. Leaves are strong and firm, growing to seed here for future years. Like! :)
Quote from: galina on July 07, 2012, 23:46:47
Quote from: goodlife on July 07, 2012, 15:02:20
Last year I grew for circle some Swedish Skansk Margart peas..and I wasn't quite sure how to categorize them..tall 'normal' type or short climbing..they reached last year 5ft. I'm growing them again this year as I found them really delicious..and they are now already about 6 ft tall..so yes, they are climbing and they've flowered now about a week or so..looking forward for another good crop from them. They certainly seem to like it here.. ;D...rain or not.. ::)
I agree, they are fab - to 5ft, branching and lots of big peas. I would class them as tall peas, not as intermediate. Heavy yielding.
What!...are picking them already..?..mine are still loooong way from that.
So many other brill seeds - will report when more are growing fruit. Everything is so late this year.
Another from the previous swap was the white beetroot. We had some huge beetroots aned very tasty.
For some reason, the Turkish Rocket took a long time to germinate but all is well and planted now. Looking forward to them taking off, so that we can taste a few leaves. Should they have been in the propagator/greenhouse?
Quilquina (sp?) is doing very well in the greenhouse, but I may have planted them too close together, they are growing quite big.
Your seeds will be anticipated for this year, Jeannine. Will do the best for the limas we can. The Edamame this year are in the warmth and desperately hoping for a good summer :(, but we haven't given up on them yet.
Thank you everybody - there are many happy and grateful thoughts going out from my patch to the seed donors from the circle. :)
Quote from: goodlife on July 07, 2012, 23:52:45
Quote from: galina on July 07, 2012, 23:46:47
Quote from: goodlife on July 07, 2012, 15:02:20
Last year I grew for circle some Swedish Skansk Margart peas..and I wasn't quite sure how to categorize them..tall 'normal' type or short climbing..they reached last year 5ft. I'm growing them again this year as I found them really delicious..and they are now already about 6 ft tall..so yes, they are climbing and they've flowered now about a week or so..looking forward for another good crop from them. They certainly seem to like it here.. ;D...rain or not.. ::)
I agree, they are fab - to 5ft, branching and lots of big peas. I would class them as tall peas, not as intermediate. Heavy yielding.
What!...are picking them already..?..mine are still loooong way from that.
Started seeds in February and yes :)
They were also not pigeon damaged :). Despite CDs and strings, the Paula peas were decimated and will need longer to produce, but there should be enough for seed saving eventually even so, unfortunately not for sharing I fear.
The Paula Pea's are delicious and will be worth the wait.
I have another growing and forget the name. It is only 5ft and all the flowers are located in bunches at the top. Its a nice neat block and wonder if its 'Salmon flowered' as the flowers are pink?
I mixed up the labels ::)
Quote from: Dandytown on July 09, 2012, 13:53:13
The Paula Pea's are delicious and will be worth the wait.
I have another growing and forget the name. It is only 5ft and all the flowers are located in bunches at the top. Its a nice neat block and wonder if its 'Salmon flowered' as the flowers are pink?
I mixed up the labels ::)
That's what my 'salmon flowered' are doing. Forgot to mention these, very unusual looking, the stem seems to be fatter at the top than the bottom, all grown together. I think 'fasciated' is what that is called. Fascinating pea.
How tall are your Paula? Mine got 'pruned' n o t in a good way by pigeons and I fear will not make full height.
The Salmon flowered ones are certainly unusual and rather attractive. I like the fact that all the peas are bunched together but wonder if the wait could topple the stems once they mature.
My Paula pea are around 6ft. I have another variety of pea that is around 11ft. They got to 7ft then toppled onto a support then started growing up again. Too much for a small garden plot at my mums house but on the flip side, there are so many flowers and therefore peas!
Sparrows have show bit too much interest of my peas and I've ended up netting every single lot.. ::)..luckily I have got quite a lot of enviromesh..and without doing anything fancy with it..it is just chucked over the plants and kept in place with few clothes pegs. It ain't pretty but do the job and good news is that those plants that got almost nibbled into ground, they produced lot of new growth..so things are looking better than I thought at first.. ;D
The Paula Pea's are delicious and will be worth the wait.
Ummm... :-\..those little gray peas?...hard as bullets...? I only tasted some last year and found them not so nice as fresh peas and doomed them into 'pea soup peas only' gategory... ::) But yes..mine grew about 6 ft tall too.
I haven't grown them this year at all as I have some other 'cooking' peas in production...well one hopes anyway.. ::)
Galina...if you paula peas should not produce..I still got plenty of seed left from last year, if you should need more.. ;)
How do i join this lovely seed sharing circle as i have quite a few seeds to share.
My Early Tanana and Latah tomatoes have got lots of fruit on them.
Lots of pods on the Purple podded peas.
Quote from: daveylamp993 on July 10, 2012, 12:53:12
How do i join this lovely seed sharing circle as i have quite a few seeds to share.
Davey..it is late to join now (see 'sticky' seedsaving circle 2012 thead) as the group is already growing the crops that will be shared later on this year..but hopefully Jayb organize another growing group again end of the year for next growing season.
The aim with the seed sharing circle is that each in group grow number of crops..purposely for seed saving and results are shared within growers at end of the year. So what ever lovely seeds you have availabe to share is best advertized on 'swap' section.. ;)
Bit more info about the circle.. http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,70816.0.html
If Salmon-Flowered Peas show any tendency to fall down, tie them in.
Quote from: goodlife on July 10, 2012, 12:34:09
The Paula Pea's are delicious and will be worth the wait.
Ummm... :-\..those little gray peas?...hard as bullets...? I only tasted some last year and found them not so nice as fresh peas and doomed them into 'pea soup peas only' gategory... ::) But yes..mine grew about 6 ft tall too.
You know what, they could be something else! My mother is growing them and I know she mixed up some labels. If there was a prans pea, maybe it could be them.
Quote from: Dandytown on July 11, 2012, 15:34:18
Quote from: goodlife on July 10, 2012, 12:34:09
The Paula Pea's are delicious and will be worth the wait.
Ummm... :-\..those little gray peas?...hard as bullets...? I only tasted some last year and found them not so nice as fresh peas and doomed them into 'pea soup peas only' gategory... ::) But yes..mine grew about 6 ft tall too.
You know what, they could be something else! My mother is growing them and I know she mixed up some labels. If there was a prans pea, maybe it could be them.
There was indeed. Another I forgot to mention that is doing good here :) white flowered, haven't eaten any yet, but the plant is unusually tall. On 8 foot support and has just continued growing and leaning onto the neighbouring holly bush (perhaps this is why I haven't picked any yet - prickly ;D). Guess these pea plants must be 11 to 12 ft tall. Just huge.
Thanks for the report on Paula's height. Also thanks GL for the offer, should be ok here, but will review and let you know later, much appreciated both.
PS: (post supper !? - ;D)
King Tut aka Pran's pea is delicious!!! Super flavour. big pods 6-8 fat, sweet peas inside. Similar to Magnum Bonum, but plants are even taller. Thank you Markfield Rover!
Just from the top of my head, what's doing well (won't mention the disasters at the moment :'()
Quillquiña has done well, despite the weather and slugs, love this herb.
Napia' Early Pointy Red, just starting to ripen. Not a huge crop as I've grown mine in pots but but each has 2-3 just turning fruits with I hope more to come.
Alpatieva 905A, grew a couple of plants which have done well, but flavour is a little mild for me.
Demidov, finally fruiting well, (weather's fault not the plant)
He-man rootstock strong and robust grower, didn't get to make my grafts though!
Blue Belle TPS ahhhh blight wipe out. I haven't even looked underneath yet, but I'm doubtful as it hit early on. I have a pot which were for mini tubers they looked good so I'm hoping I will have something there to salvage.
I'm having a "quiet" year, what with the weather and suchlike, but I just wanted to say how pleased I am with Galina's achocha. Despite a late start, the plants have been happily climbing over a fence for a while and there are plenty of female flowers in evidence. A few more insects to pollinate them and it will be in business! :)
There they were in the corner - a small wigwam growing happily - to be honest I haven't been that end of the garden very often, but the weeds were shouting at me to do something just now. At first I didn't see very many beans, but when I started picking and looking on the inside, there were loads of Bonne Bouche and there are such a lot of small pods to come too. A 'freezer filler' of a bean! Thank you Markfield Rover.
My napia...there is 14 good size fruits on a plant, but long way to go yet to get them ripe..
Most of my beans now have flowers on. The slugs have murdered the dwarf beans, but most of the climbers are OK. Apart from Kew Blue, that is. I won't have any swaps since something bit most of the stems through.
:'(
It's torture hearing about these exotics such as Quillquina without knowing how to get hold of them!
I'd love to participate in the sharing at a later date but my 'exotics' are pretty humdrum in comparison.
Quote from: galina on August 27, 2012, 16:29:11
There they were in the corner - a small wigwam growing happily - to be honest I haven't been that end of the garden very often, but the weeds were shouting at me to do something just now. At first I didn't see very many beans, but when I started picking and looking on the inside, there were loads of Bonne Bouche and there are such a lot of small pods to come too. A 'freezer filler' of a bean! Thank you Markfield Rover.
PS:
Prepared and froze some and ate some for tea. They have wiry strings reminiscent of Cherokee Trail of Tears beans. So easy to remove, they come off like opening a zip and don't break. Tasted very nice too.
Quote from: Toshofthe Wuffingas on August 27, 2012, 21:02:48
:'(
It's torture hearing about these exotics such as Quillquina without knowing how to get hold of them!
I'd love to participate in the sharing at a later date but my 'exotics' are pretty humdrum in comparison.
You can get seeds here:
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/herbs.html
Scroll to near the bottom of the page.
Ah, thanks. Lots of other goodies there too.
Maybe a thread that lists good suppliers that people use might come in handy.
Quote from: Toshofthe Wuffingas on August 28, 2012, 00:16:33
Ah, thanks. Lots of other goodies there too.
Maybe a thread that lists good suppliers that people use might come in handy.
And here it is, but beware! it has been described as 'seed porn' ;D
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,62941.0.html
I have 4 Napia Early Pointy in the greenhouse.2 have 1 big pepper that are turning red,1 has a single smaller pepper still green and 1 has none but a lot of white flowers.The snails got to them earlier in the season.
My Alberto Locoto's kept in a different place have a number of green fruits on them.
The small un-named chillis in my Tomato house have a number of creamy white fruits developing.
The Cayenne pepper has 1 orange fruit and a smaller green one.
My Anaheim chilli's have shedloads of red fruit.
Looking forward to lots of chilli's later in the year.
Thanks for thread diving for me. I bumped it to get it noticed again.
(I may have to take out a second mortgage.......)
Its not been a great year which has affected my seed sharing capacity.
That said, I am sure I will have ample amounts of kaferbohnenn beans.
I will also have tons of beans grown from last years seed sharing. The trouble is that many of you will already have these. Maybe I can send beans to anyone that wasnt in last years seed circle. For the rest of you I'll have to get my thinking cap on and may even buy some seed for the share.
Just to clarify, is anyone planning on supplying the following beans, if not I will for new people: bon bouche, major cooke, trail of tears, madera mareon, mr brooks blue, magpie, swedish one pot
I should have Major Cooke and Trail of Tears, but given the dreadful season, it might be sensible if we both saved them!
Just eaten one of the Slovenian Black tomatoes,very nice sweet taste.