Hi folks,
I have a bit of problem in as much as every plot holder where I have my allotment seems to grow a different variety of runner beans which means that due to their close proximity to each other they are probably all cross polinated. This means that any seed I save at the end of this year will not be true to type. I like growing White Apollo & have also just purchased some St George to try out. What I was thinking of doing was to grow a dozen or so of each of the above varieties at home in my garden where there are no other beans grown for several hundred yards. If I were to do this would I be able to "develop" my own bean & would future generations breed true.
I have a bit of problem in as much as every plot holder where I have my allotment seems to grow a different variety of runner beans which means that due to their close proximity to each other they are probably all cross polinated. This means that any seed I save at the end of this year will not be true to type. I like growing White Apollo & have also just purchased some St George to try out. What I was thinking of doing was to grow a dozen or so of each of the above varieties at home in my garden where there are no other beans grown for several hundred yards. If I were to do this would I be able to "develop" my own bean & would future generations breed true.
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