the seeds are drying nicely. one of the things that
forced air heat is good for in the middle of winter. :)
On 12/25/2021 3:59 AM, songbird wrote:
the seeds are drying nicely. one of the things that
forced air heat is good for in the middle of winter. :)
Do you use squash seeds from previous years? We have had poor luck with
that as far as variation in the varieties.
We do have a favorite bean that we use previous seeds year after year.
They came from a "weed" in a pot with something else in it I received
through freecycle. Nice big tasty beans with no strings.
Bob F wrote:
On 12/25/2021 3:59 AM, songbird wrote:
the seeds are drying nicely. one of the things that
forced air heat is good for in the middle of winter. :)
Do you use squash seeds from previous years? We have had poor luck with
that as far as variation in the varieties.
yes, we have plenty of bees around so we get some strange
squash. i have now about six different kinds of squash and
i enjoy the variety. i won't be repeating the planting of
dumpling squash next year though as they are one i don't
much like. i'm not really a big acorn squash fan. the
rest i have a Kabochas and cross breeds that have happened
to them (likely from a local pumpkin grower someplace but
the results are good eating so we keep replanting a few
each year, but they don't store well). also some Baby Blue
Hubbards and now the new cross which may be related to the
BBH. i also like to plant Buttercups but these have not
kept going very well so i need to somehow get a more reliable
strain of those.
i don't treat for bugs of any kind here so if the vines
can't survive squash borers or squash bugs or powdery
mildew they won't survive.
everything else that does survive often holds on by
mere threads of stems sometimes the borers do such good
work on them. but i figure that is one way to get resist-
ant plants is to just keep growing and seeing what happens.
We do have a favorite bean that we use previous seeds year after year.
They came from a "weed" in a pot with something else in it I received
through freecycle. Nice big tasty beans with no strings.
i grow hundreds of different varieties of beans here. :)
this past year i grew out a new cross breed that showed up
from the year before and it is edible but i'm not sure how
good. so we'll grow it again next season and i'll cook up
more of them. i'm also including the beans in my mix of
seeds to give away to other people which will have seeds of
five or six green and wax beans in there for people to grow.
the best bean i grow here for green beans is a variety
called Purple Dove. love the flower color the plant growth
habit and productivity. the dry beans are also good and
have a mild pinto flavor and a creamy texture and cook up
fast. the only downside i've found to this plant is that
the Japanese Beetles love it, but they will still produce
even after being munched on. the deer and groundhogs will
also eat the tops off and it will survive and give pods.
i'm trying to get this bean to cross with all my other
varieties that i grow and so far not much luck with that
so this is fun and a challenge. :)
You are way beyond me in your experiments.
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