Seed Circle General Swap 3 - 2011-12

[northepaul]

Still waiting for the fennel seeds to dry on plant at the mo


edit: all ready now!

[gan heather]

Ok, I've got tomatillos, a borlotti bean (which is almost dry), and tomato 'Christal's Plum.'

[northepaul]

oh thanks, I cant say I saw any fluffy stuff, so I'll give them a bit longer to see.

[zazen999]

Yes, sometimes if the fluffy heads get wet [and round here, they did] there can be no seeds as they go mouldy before they go hard. Best time to get them is before the fluff blows away.

[northepaul]

Righty ho - I have celeriac seeds!
I am unsure about the lettuce though - they flowered and then when I checked a few of the now dead heads, there seems to be no seeds I can see. Is there a special knack with lettuce seed?
On the positive side, my fennel is also flowering (Spiro) now!!

[chris]

They sound great!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Charlotte, you shared your blueberry seeds with me earlier this year. Mine are almost ready as well, they do look lovely. I can understand the fascination with this tom - definitely a talking point.

[sbeneli]

Fat Baby Achocha seeds are ready for the swap. I should have plenty to go around!

My other share will probably be tomato seeds of some variety - there's been a lot of interest in blueberry tomatoes with Facebook friends. They're starting to go blue and are growing really well, so I'm going to try to save some of these seeds. (Not quite ready yet, but looking good: My blueberry tomatoes are starting to go blue)

[jackyspratty]

I may have orach (red mountain spinach), blood veined sorrel, and possbly some salsify or scorzonera? Plus Golden Queen tomatoes.
Ah yes and hopefully Grandpa Admires lettuce.
I was hoping to try trombocino squashes again, but thy've had a knock back as we had to take the arch down they were scrambling over, as the wall supporting it fell in the beck!! NOt hopeful we will get anything off them

[zazen999]

Right - I've got Parsley Peas for this circle so far.

[chris]

Bit of a shock in the morning, the trug I had the flowerheads in, in the kitchen were covered in thrips, greenfly and ladybug larvae! Came down in the morning to find then crawling everywhere. Needless to say my wide wasn't best pleased.

Didn't think of that when I left then there- I'll know for the future now mind

[northepaul]

I have allowed some of my lettuces to go to seed, (or it was a happy accident, as they bolted before I ate them ) So will probably save them. As an experiement I saved a celeriac from last year which has flowered etc, so am hoping for seed from that, although I dont know how many it produces.

[zazen999]

I'll give a shout out closer to Autumn.....with destructions....

[chris]

Cut most of the parsnip flower heads off- majority are almost dry, so thought whilst I can still step over the squash I'll cut them. Will dry them out a bit more, then give you a poke about sending them over to you zaz!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Well I may need a rethink. I thought as pepino melons are from the same family as tomatoes they will be self pollinating. Mmmh, I know what I'm doing for the other seed saving circles, may be peas or tomato seeds for this circle. Decisions, decisions.

Will not be doing pepino melons (on a previous thread it seems they may be more trouble than they are worth but I'll keep on giving it a bash). So for those of you who have the parsley pea, do you know if the tendrils off any pea are edible? I'm growing Manitoba peas which are hyper-tendriled like the parsley pea (but only grows up to 3 feet) and I'm now thinking perhaps saving the Manitoba pea.