Post by macmex on Nov 6, 2017 15:14:19 GMT -6
Hey folks! Our monthly meeting for Green Country Seed Savers is coming up, this coming Sunday afternoon. That’s November 12 at 2 PM. Time really flies!
This meeting will also be at Liberty Grace Chapel, three miles North of Moodys Store, at 2 PM on Sunday October 8. For detailed directions call or text George McLaughlin at 918-457-8284 (cell) or email georgemclaughlilnjr(at)gmail.com . (replace (at) with correct symbol)
My project to reproduce Tarahumara Pink Green Bean seed appears to have flopped after a glorious growing season! We had a very hard freeze on October 28. Thought I built a tent around the entire planting and set a light under the tent, it was not enough to save it from freezing. I’m still waiting to see if ANY seed will have survived. There are a few pods which appear to have escaped a complete freeze. But the odds are not good.
Here’s a picture of some pods and vines, as of this last Saturday.
I documented the entire growing season with this bean, keeping great records and taking many pictures. Yet, at the very end, it appears that we lost the entire planting. Next year, I will plant this one closer to a n electrical outlet, and I will make the support lower, so as to better be able to cover it, in case of freezing weather.
“Next year?” You might ask. Yes, I did save back enough seed to plant again. This is an important principle to apply when dealing with any rare seed: “Never plant it all! Save some back, just in case!”
Hopefully, next year, we’ll get a seed crop. I’ve grown this bean at least four times, this far North and until this year, it has always produced seed. These things happen. It is not a surprise, since this bean won’t start flowering until very late in the season.
On a positive note, I discovered that my second jar of Tarahumara Purple Ojos seed is viable! I grew this bean in 2015. It was a smashing success, producing a bumper crop of multicolored dry beans. But, somehow, the first jar I froze came up with zero percent germination, this spring, when I tried to plant. I found a second jar in the freezer, in October and ran a germination test. It came out 100%1 So, I will be growing this beautiful dry bean in 2008. I have seed to share if anyone’s interested. I’ll bring some to this meeting.
Trust your garden cleanup is coming along better than mine!
See you Sunday, if possible.
George
This meeting will also be at Liberty Grace Chapel, three miles North of Moodys Store, at 2 PM on Sunday October 8. For detailed directions call or text George McLaughlin at 918-457-8284 (cell) or email georgemclaughlilnjr(at)gmail.com . (replace (at) with correct symbol)
My project to reproduce Tarahumara Pink Green Bean seed appears to have flopped after a glorious growing season! We had a very hard freeze on October 28. Thought I built a tent around the entire planting and set a light under the tent, it was not enough to save it from freezing. I’m still waiting to see if ANY seed will have survived. There are a few pods which appear to have escaped a complete freeze. But the odds are not good.
Here’s a picture of some pods and vines, as of this last Saturday.
I documented the entire growing season with this bean, keeping great records and taking many pictures. Yet, at the very end, it appears that we lost the entire planting. Next year, I will plant this one closer to a n electrical outlet, and I will make the support lower, so as to better be able to cover it, in case of freezing weather.
“Next year?” You might ask. Yes, I did save back enough seed to plant again. This is an important principle to apply when dealing with any rare seed: “Never plant it all! Save some back, just in case!”
Hopefully, next year, we’ll get a seed crop. I’ve grown this bean at least four times, this far North and until this year, it has always produced seed. These things happen. It is not a surprise, since this bean won’t start flowering until very late in the season.
On a positive note, I discovered that my second jar of Tarahumara Purple Ojos seed is viable! I grew this bean in 2015. It was a smashing success, producing a bumper crop of multicolored dry beans. But, somehow, the first jar I froze came up with zero percent germination, this spring, when I tried to plant. I found a second jar in the freezer, in October and ran a germination test. It came out 100%1 So, I will be growing this beautiful dry bean in 2008. I have seed to share if anyone’s interested. I’ll bring some to this meeting.
Trust your garden cleanup is coming along better than mine!
See you Sunday, if possible.
George