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Hi lezelle
Fleece is fine if just cut. No need for heat gun. Is this to keep allium leaf miner off? Japanese onions are hardy so not needed for insulation.

Hi All, I am planting some Japenese onions and hoping to cover them with fleece when required. The flece is huge and I wondered if I could cut it to size and would it be alright. Or would I need to use heat gun. Any advice would be most welcome. Thankyou

OK, Canada Post still on strike, d**n it but I will not forget

OK, Canada Post still on strike, d**n it but I will not forget

Thank you for your interesting list, Juliev. Again in awe of your successful hand pollination. I would appreciate both your named naked seed squash and your hybrid. I enjoy the whole process of harvesting the green seeds. Mine simply go in my muesli mix or just for munching raw. The yield isn't huge, I find; I'd need at least six or eight squash to keep me going for the year but they're very much valued. Sorry your Kakai didn't make it. I have two large squash formed on my plant but alas, not isolated or hand pollinated.

Juliev, I'm very happy for you to give your splendid project an annual mention here and direct further discussion, as you did, to pm or email. Good luck with this year's sharing.

Is your popping amaranth for heating and popping like popcorn?

It reminds me that I'm growing strawberry popcorn which I'm hoping to have available as seed, albeit perhaps not enough plants for longer term vigour. Yet to be harvested so it's one to monitor and decide about.

Yes it was.  Under Herbs and Edibles.

https://seedsaverscircle.org/seed-circle/a4a-seed-saver-group-2015/

Thank you galina for the cinnamon vine link , were the bulbils originally from you back in 2015 ? They really are indestructible and very forgiving, I think I may try a tuber , finally !

Juliev, I have never grown naked seeded pumpkins, but bought plenty from the health food shop!  We slightly roast them in a dry pan, a dash of salt and they go on top of soups together with a dollop of Greek Yoghurt.  Looking forward to the experience of growing my own.  Penelopa seeds will be very welcome here. 

Debs, I am happy to grow your mystery peas. I grow most crops as mixes/populations so not knowing the name of the variety is not an issue.

To everyone:
As Jan mentioned (thank you for thinking of me!), I work mainly with seed mixes and have been sharing my excess seeds via a small seed library. This year, I expanded the project to a UK seed share project, inspired by this group, but focusing on creating diverse mixes for each crop type.

If you have excess seeds or off-types/crosses you usually get rid of, I would love to give them a chance in the seed share project (obviously happy to pay postage etc). You can send me a private message here or email me at seedshareuk@gmail.com to discuss further.

Jan, if this post is not ok in this thread, please remove it or let me know and I'll remove it.

Hello everyone,

So many wonderful varieties being shared and even new crops (never heard of the cinnamon vine before)! I need a much bigger plot, polytunnel, some help and maybe an extra hundred years to be able to grow it all... How do you manage to keep so many varieties going?

Update on my list:

poppy (P Somniferum): white seeds Sokol (pale flowers)
                      dark flowers After Midnight (dark seeds)
I grew them in their own beds, as far away as I could to prevent crossing (a few off-types in the original seeds I had bought though).

Pea: Dwarf Grey Sugar pea
It was rough for the poor peas this year. The mixes did ok overall but the pure varieties I was trying to save didn't do as well... Thankfully I have enough seeds to grow them out again.

Tomatoes: I need to count the seeds and see what I can share.
I also grew Sgt Pepper and Sunviva this year and they did really well. My Sunviva seeds were from Seeds of Scotland, fruited early, vigorous plant and kept sending side shoots that kept on fruiting. Definitely a keeper!

peppers/chillies: Fingers crossed I'll have enough seeds to share.

French beans: TBC (I've got a lot of counting ahead of me!!!)

I haven't opened them yet but I should have:
Naked-seed squash (C. Pepo) Penelopa (original seeds from She Grow Veg) hand-pollinated for pure seeds
more info here https://theplantexplorer.com/shop/64-the-plant-explorer-seeds/1857-cucurbita-pepo-penelopa/

If you're interested in naked-seed pumpkins (but not a specific variety) I have also Penelopa X Dana and Dana X Penelopa/Dana/Kakai. I'm happy to send those separately to whoever wants to try them.

Jan, unfortunately it was the last of my Kakai seeds, having tried them two years in a row and not getting a single fruit from any of the plants...

Golden Flax

Amaranth Grain (originally the rainbow mix from Real Seeds)
I also tried a couple of popping types that grew really well (they were separate from the rainbow mix) but I'm not sure how much crossing could have happened there... Let me know if you're interested!