Seed Circle 12 - Peas and Beans only 2012 - 2013

[Sanjo]

Thanks for the invite Matt94 but seeing what others are providing I feel I am a little bit on the mundane side. I am only growing ENORMA and don't do French or anything else due to lack of space, so I wouldn't exactly be an asset and may stop somebody else benefitting from the seeds doing the rounds.

[Matt94]

yeh thats fine - ill add you as number 10 valerie.

[wollyanna]

Hi thanks for the note Matt would like to be added to the list and will decide on what a bit later if that is alright. Valerie

[Helgalush]

Popped my beans in pots yesterday! Fingers crossed!

[Matt94]

oop sorry, hahaha - same difference (i must have been thinking of the north pole when i typed that)

[northepaul]

Its Northepaul not northepole, matt

[Matt94]

ok - i hope more members will join and help to make this year a successfull seed swap

[zazen999]

Get as many as you can - of both!

But if people only have, say, 4 seeds of each to go round then don't stress it.

Just add everyone and we'll work out the rest later.

[Matt94]

thanks zaz for the info - i will add some more info at the top. and when you say 10 is a good number are you refering to the number of seeds or members - because as more people will join i will raise the amount allowed in (thats if they do join)

thanks again zaz.

[zazen999]

well zaz advised me to say to everyone to aim to save around 10 seeds per member (so if 10 people join save 100 seeds - please note thats just and example, hopefully more people will join) - but just send in what you've got saved at the end of the year and i will seperate them evenly.

I'd recommend that you get the savers to bag them up Matt - otherwise it will cost you in bags! I'll take you through the process later in the year...but the main thing for now is to get them grown, harvested, dried as much as possible and in about Sept/Oct - bag them up and send them to you. We usually aim for about 16 but as there are different circles, 10 is a good number to aim for. Any extras are a bonus.

I've not sown any this year either - well, not for myself, we've sown some in the poly at school.

[Helgalush]

Mine are sown, and in unheated gh waiting for the last frost to pass (end of April for me)

Think our last frost date is around early May so a bit later, but I could possibly sow some and put them in my sunny porch.

[Two_Sheds]

This thread makes me want to get started on my french beans now!

Mine are sown, and in unheated gh (night temps are 7c) waiting for the last frost to pass (end of April for me)

[Matt94]

NO - only kidding of course you can - what great varieties people are growing this year.

Frosty Freckle your at number 9

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Matt, you are a very, very naughty boy (think Monty Python as you are reading this) Can I join? How about Brejo FB and Espoir De Gembloux pea for the group?

[Matt94]

well i have - hahaha - i started mine last month - i know it was waaaay to early - but oh well - 11/12 germinated and have survived.