Re: Seed swap success stories

by Dandelion 21st August 2013, 5:04 pm

Could I interest you in some hawkbit seeds CH? Guaranteed to survive a nuclear explosion I reckon! They would add a bit of colour to your marestail display!! The plants which come up all over my garden tend to be perennials rather than annuals: I never seem to be short of are alchemilla mollis for example (I can't believe that I once actually bought some!!), but annuals don't seed themselves much in our cold clay soil. In fact I find it really hard to grow annuals at all, even deliberately - they have to be sown in modules then planted out in May or June.

by Chilli-head 25th August 2014, 8:52 pm

I am really liking the long pointed red pepper Lipstick from the seed swap. Used some on pizza tonight - nicely sweet. Saved some seed for next year.

by Ploshkin 26th August 2014, 7:50 am

I had round courgettes - Tondo de Piacenza (or something like that) that have done & are still doing extremely well. The Mr Fearn's purple podded climbing beans have also done well except that the beans are desperately slow to form but that is because the weather has gone cold, nothing to do with the plant. They're dastardly difficult to find amongst the foliage though - the pods are green, not purple.

by Dandelion 26th August 2014, 8:03 pm

I've had a good crop of the same beans Ploshkin - I have had little time to spend in the garden this summer, with my mother needing a lot of attention, but one thing I've appreciated is that when I guiltily realise that I haven't picked any beans for a week or so, although they're thick and long they are still very tender.

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