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#31
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by markfield rover - September 24, 2026, 09:27:09
P.S Tomatoes Anna Russian and Orange Banana is not me.
#32
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by markfield rover - September 24, 2026, 09:23:45
Here goes....
DFB Hildago

CFB Oro.  Hidatsa Shield Figure.  Earlipol.  Abundance.  Kipfler.

Pea.  Stokesley. Pedigree Dwarf Early.  Terrain.

Tomatoes . Honey Bubbles. Zlatava. Nova. Fat Frog. Melon Liquor. True Black.  Artisan pink. Father Frost.  Garden Olive. Cobalt Blue.
Orange Hat.

Herbs. Superior Korean Mint. Huacatay Black Mint, only now showing signs of flowering!  Mr Hongs Vietnamese Mustard Early.

Flowers . Hibiscus. Dahlia.

Cinnamon vine.

I have a packet of seeds from Real Seeds of Mystery Pink Kale , my sowings were eaten , but there is enough seed if anyone fancies the unknown.
#33
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - September 24, 2026, 07:57:30
Thanks Galina and Vetivert. Some amazing varieties from both of you.

How have you found the growing of cowpeas, Vetivert? You're on the mild (I'm assuming) south coast but of course we're all getting warmer relentlessly. I'll be interested to try them.
#34
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by Vetivert - September 23, 2026, 19:46:11
I'd like to contribute:

DFB
Paas Lintorfer Fruhe

Cowpea
Blue Goose
Fast Lady Northern Southern

Tomato
Märchenengel
Märchenfeuer

Parsnip
Aromata

Shungiku (spoon-shaped smooth leaf)

Orlaya grandiflora

Tagetes patula 'Burning Embers'


#35
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by galina - September 23, 2026, 14:29:50
Courgette

Striato d'Italia

Peas

Swedish Yellow, which was shared in the very early days of this seed circle from Goodlife, a soup pea, the traditional pea soup pea.

Purple Podded, from Heritage Seed Library, very early shelling pea.

Kent Blue, the mangetout with the intensively blue coloured flowers.

Doug Bray of Grimsby, a medium height shelling pea which was the one that lasted the longest into the intense summer heat.


Winter Squash

c maxima New Zealand Blue

c moschata Old Timey Cornfield - from George McLaughlin via Vetiver


Climbing French beans

Kentucky Blue

Stangenbohne Simmen

Musje Eikes

Neckargold

Bosnian Yellow


Aubergine

Striped Nigerian


Tomato

Old Wyandotte

Onkel Gustav

Arany Alma

Reisetomate


Lettuce

Cressonette Maroccaine

which appears to have several videos in French.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIy87pejZwk


This is my list so far JanG.  There may be minor alterations, but I will let you know.





#36
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - September 23, 2026, 13:25:56
We're getting into late September and hopefully some serious seed gathering. And then of course our deadline of the end of November will quickly be upon us. I've gone through what participants have mentioned being able to contribute. If all those who have expressed interest do still wish to contribute, we are nine participants, ie. we all make up eight small packets of each variety to be shared out.

So below is the list I've gathered of participants and their hoped-for contributions. Now seems to be a good time to either commit to the varieties you've mentioned or make changes, or indeed to provide a list if you haven't already.

To be certain that we aren't asking participants to make up more packets than is necessary, I'd like to ask all those would-be participants below to get back in touch within the next three weeks, ie. by 15 October, to update us on your lists of donations. Apologies if I've left out any varieties already mentioned.



Galina

Courgette
Striato d'Italia

Pea
Swedish Yellow which was once shared in the very early days of this seed circle from Goodlife
Visionary with its very unusual flower colour, named by Silverleaf from a seedbank
Lliberation -  with dark royal purple flowers.
Purple Podded from Heritage Seed Library,
Kent Blue the mangetout with the intensively blue coloured flowers,
Doug Bray of Grimsby

Squash
Whangaparaoa Crown
New Zealand Blue
Old Timey Cornfield - from George McLaughlin via Vetiver

Climbing French bean
Kentucky Blue
Simmen
Stangenbohne Simmen
Musje Eikes
Neckargold
Bosnian Yellow

Aubergine.
Striped Nigerian

Tomato
Old Wyandotte
Onkel Gustav
Arany Alma
Reisetomate


Juliev

Broad bean
Reina Mora - dark purple

Pea mangetout
Frieda Welten


Ruud

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Elfeda

Tomato
Principe Borghese 

Python and Indian - beans ? What kind? Dwarf or climbing? Dalichos?

Garrett

Sweet pepper
Lipstick

Tomato
De Barao Black
India Stripe
Yellow Clementine
Whippersnapper  - dwarf
Velvet Night - dwarf

Dwarf French bean
Deuil Fin Précoce

Vetivert

Debs
*Pea Blauschokker (purple podded)
*Climbing French bean 'Viola Cornetti'
received from Galina in the seed circle 2016 (grown & seed collected last year)
*Tomato 'Gazzi yellow egg' ( grown and seed collected last year) received from Markfield Rover in the seed circle 2016
*Sharpe's express?

Markfield Rover

Mustard
Mr Hongs Vietnamese
Mints
Huacatay
Superior Licorice Mint

Tomatoes
Father Frost
Honey Bubbles Tomatoes

Dwarf French bean
Hildago

Climbing French bean
Earlipol

Tomato
Orange Hat - micro dwarf
Orange Hat - micro dwarf
Fat Frog - micro dwarf
Vlatava
Anna Russian
Orange Banana


Jang


Chilli
Champion

Sweet pepper
Orange Bell

Tomato
Ince Kabuk
Buratino,
Mushroom Basket
Vintage Wine
Yusupovskiy S. Fergany
Indigo Fireball

Lettuce
Lunix
Flashy Troutback
Tennis Ball
Relic
Spotted Aleppo
Flashy Butter Oak
Brown Dutch

DFB
Roja de Seda
Harvester Mangiatutti
Chevrier Vert
Rosinha
Fasan
Roxhino?

CFB
Borlotto Bonariva
Slavonski Zelena Grah

Semi
Red Ryder

Pea mangetout
Bijou
Golden Sweet

Pea podding
Freer's Mummy

Chard
Peppermint

Flowers
Sweet William

Garlic bulbils - Floha?

#37
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by JanG - September 23, 2026, 12:22:18
I'd like to try again with the Cinnamon vine tubers please. Mine didn't succeed this last year
#38
Edible Plants / Re: Seed Saving Circle 2026
Last post by markfield rover - September 18, 2026, 13:52:13
I know I added these last year but would anyone like some cinnamon aerial tubers?
#39
Chillies Ahoy / Re: [2026] What chillis are we...
Last post by tricia - September 17, 2026, 16:33:54
I lost most of my greenhouse plants when, due to my neighbour's negligence, my small greenhouse was destroyed by fire in August! Friends were kind though and even so late in the season managed to find some replacements in local garden centres  - one Serrano, a jalapeño, a ring of fire and one unlabelled. I was lucky enough to save my cherished Pepperdew plant which I have been growing each year from saved seeds for many years (originally donated by Piglet Willie), so I've ended up with lots of chillies after all. They've done extremely well outdoors too! Most of them are now hanging up to dry or safely stored in the freezer and plenty more are still ripening.
I'm hoping the replacement greenhouse will be in place before the colder nights are upon us as I plan on storing the plants over the winter to get an early start next year.

Tricia
#40
Edible Plants / Re: Potatoes for Christmas
Last post by picman - September 15, 2026, 09:50:13
Put 8 Maris Peer in 1st september in polytunnel. tops 6 inches up now. 
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