Champion of England...scented!

Started by Hector, June 18, 2017, 16:31:24

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Hector

June 18, 2017, 16:31:24
I have heard such great things about this pea's taste....so what a pleasant surprise today to smell the lovely white flowers...reminds me of vanilla/ honey
Jackie

Hector

June 18, 2017, 16:31:24
Jackie

galina

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June 18, 2017, 21:20:47
Really?  I never noticed.  Pity I am not growing them this year.  Enjoy.  Will make a note to check next time in my pea database.  By the way I wonder how many peas in the pod you get?   They are so well filled.   :icon_cheers: :sunny:

Hector

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June 21, 2017, 08:31:13
Spoke to Real Seeds ( lovely people) and they say they have had another customer contact re Lord Leicester with same thing....they think its related to weather.  What a nice bonus!
Jackie

Silverleaf

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June 21, 2017, 11:14:41
I haven't noticed any scent on my peas (will check properly later though) but my potato blossoms smell wonderful. I suppose that's the weather too.

Vinlander

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June 28, 2017, 09:18:03
Quote from: Hector on June 18, 2017, 16:31:24
... smell the lovely white flowers...reminds me of vanilla/ honey

I have a feral chard volunteer in my polytunnel and it was well out of the way so it had time to flower. No visible petals but the smell of honey is overpowering - I try to persuade visitors that it is my "odour of sanctity".

Cheers.
With a microholding you always get too much or bugger-all. (I'm fed up calling it an allotment garden - it just encourages the tidy-police).

The simple/complex split is more & more important: Simple fertilisers Poor, complex ones Good. Simple (old) poisons predictable, others (new) the opposite.

Hector

#5
June 28, 2017, 21:13:41
Scent of Chard-onnay ;)
Jackie

Seacarrot

#6
July 07, 2017, 06:33:58
I've got seeds for next year, I must remember to sniff.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Silverleaf

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July 07, 2017, 08:23:27
Had a sniff at my Telephone flowers, yep, faint sweet smell. :)
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