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Post by macmex on Sept 22, 2018 12:42:05 GMT -6
Thank you Annette! I don't know how I managed not to see you post until today!
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Post by aftermidnight on Sept 22, 2018 21:15:21 GMT -6
Went out and had a look today, loads of beans showing up but they sure look like a wax bean to me. This is what I bought from Victory Seeds as Ralph's Italian Heirloom, my beans really do look like their picture. We've had a lot of rain but it's still fairly mild. Quite a few pod are swelling with seed, actually they look really yummy but I've had to slap my fingers to leave them alone I'm thinking of tying a clear umbrella over top in a couple of places, at least keep the rain off. If I can get them far enough along I'll pick a few pods and continue drying them inside in case the weather turns before the rest are mature enough. From what I managed to sleuth out the last time Victory grew these was in 2009, I bought seed in 2013 but didn't try planting until this year, so my seed was pretty old. After so many tries to germinate with no luck that over looked last seed in the packet did and boy did it grow. I think I heard Victory plans to grow them again in 2020 but in the meantime keep your fingers crossed these amount to something. If they do I'll be popping some seed in the mail to you. Annette
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Post by macmex on Sept 23, 2018 0:29:04 GMT -6
Bet it's crossed. I never saw Ralph's with yellow pods. Oh well. Onward!
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Post by hmoosek on Nov 22, 2021 10:56:18 GMT -6
More bad news on Ralph’s Italian.
Zeedman (Chris) found a package and attempted a germination, but all seeds were dead. This saddens me as I was so hoping someone could revive it.
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Post by macmex on Nov 22, 2021 21:27:05 GMT -6
I know I don't.
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Post by hmoosek on Nov 22, 2021 22:09:24 GMT -6
I don’t have any either. My seed came from George way back during the gardenweb days. I always liked the story about the barber keeping them in a cigar box and giving them to his customers.
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Post by rdback on Nov 23, 2021 8:10:46 GMT -6
I don't THINK I do either. I'll have to look.
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