Seed Circle 4 - Peas and Beans only - 2011-12

[tiachica]

my hatif d'annoy unfortunately did not survive the winter despite best efforts to keep them warm... but got some salmon flowered peas from a kind grape instead... I'll sprout them this week at home and then put them out next weekend...

[Flummery]

There used to be more types of crown peas available than today. They have thick, almost fused stems, and the flowers and peas form at the top. Salmon flowered are one kind of crown pea. Never seen the white flowered - this will be interesting!

[zazen999]

my hatif d'annoy unfortunately did not survive the winter despite best efforts to keep them warm... but got some salmon flowered peas from a kind grape instead... I'll sprout them this week at home and then put them out next weekend...

Let me know how that goes!!! I'm starting to chit a few this week to see if any germinate....fingers crossed...

[gan heather]

Quick question... how many plants do you think should be planted to get enough seeds to share around? I have some larger packets of peas/beans which I might grow for the circle, but I also have my HSL packets for this year. Would these smaller packets give enough for 15 people?

[zazen999]

Well......depends on so many things - I'd just grow as normal, and put aside your later crops just for the circle; it doesn't take that many pods to put aside 150 pea seeds; 10 for each person.

[poly]

I'm growing Salmon flowered (from another seed saving group) but didn't think I would have enough this year for everyone so good to know tiachica is hoping to grow them for the group.

White flowered crown peas sound super, a real bouquet

[kiwirach]

just thought i'd touch base....i'll be deciding on my beans this weekend and let you all know. think i'll only offer beans....is that ok?. i have more success with beans than peas, and lots of peas have already been mentioned for the swap.

[Flummery]

Auld Flumsie will share Major Cook's Bean and Kent Blue Pea. Thanks for doing this Zazz, you're a star girl.

In fact, Flumsie hasn't grown Major Cook this year! I am growing Moonlight, the self pollinating runner, if that is of interest?

[SarzWix]

I'm thinking I may have to gracefully bow out of the circle this year I had terrible germination of my beans, so only have the basics that I sowed a lot of - Cobra, Cosse Violette, Trail of Tears and a handful of Roquencourt.
And now the sparrows have ruined most of my peas too The only 'unusual' ones to make it are the recently sown Salmon-Flowered and Parsley that I got from Zaz, other than that it's a few Telephone and Gladstone that survived the pecking, which I'm pretty sure everyone will have anyway.
Gutted

[zazen999]

I don't have Telephone....dont' bow out just yet eh?

[SarzWix]

You're missing not much They're the one from Real Seeds and they don't cope well with a very dry spring. They don't mind being sown a bit later though, I've discovered, as long as you don't have a pea moth problem...

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Another Grape who doesn't have the telephone pea. Oh and I forgot to say dry weather is not a problem for me

[tiachica]

Hallo everyone,
I have had to give up my allotment due to having to relocate, so I have lost all my peas and beans. I am really sorry....

[zazen999]

Right - first seed saved.

Goldensweet Mange Tout - produced loads of mangtouts earlier; and some we had as light green peas as we missed a few and the rest were left and I took the plants down today.

Will update the first post as we confirm those we have saved so that I can do another guide for everyone.

[Two_Sheds]

I have Canadian Wonder beans (it's a proper red kidney bean)