Bean, pea, legume (& tomato) swap

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Originally Posted by Tormato

Which one of me are you talking about?
The one who PM's himself, or the one who reads the PM?

All three- the pm'er, the reader and the one who knows that he does this! LOL!!!

[Tormato]

All three of us will get back to you, after we vote. Does it need to be unanimous or a simple majority?

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Originally Posted by Tormato

All three of us will get back to you, after we vote. Does it need to be unanimous or a simple majority?

My voices say your voices are too silly to vote, so we will take it under advisement.

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by imp

My voices say your voices are too silly to vote, so we will take it under advisement.

My voices say to start making your MMMM wish lists earlier this year.
They guess that many wish lists may be mostly for varieties starting with the letters N - Z, as last year many wish lists only had A - M's, and were still sent in kind of late.

You're right, there won't be a vote. With the bigger boat, one of us is thinking the other two may decide on a mutiny.

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Originally Posted by Tormato

My voices say to start making your MMMM wish lists earlier this year.
They guess that many wish lists may be mostly for varieties starting with the letters N - Z, as last year many wish lists only had A - M's, and were still sent in kind of late.

You're right, there won't be a vote. With the bigger boat, one of us is thinking the other two may decide on a mutiny.

Oh my. A mutiny? Are we invited? Will there be cake? BTW, with a bigger boat, of course there would be a cabin steward and cook, Yes?

N through Z...hmmm, interesting thoughts, wonder what would be the most desirous of those varieties with that range of letters?

[Rajun Gardener]

WOW WOW WOW!!! GARY have you lost your mind? I received the seeds today and never expected what was in it. Now I have to make a bigger garden to give back for the next swap. Thanks for the seeds and doing all this work.

[JRinPA]

This is my first time try at peas and I have a question regarding crosses.

I planted out 7 different types of peas from the swap, each type in their own 3.3 gal pot. I put them together next to the front walk. They should flower soon, and I was wondering if it is worth bothering to space them out now to try to keep them from cross pollinating. I also have 20 feet of sugar snap rows in the back yard.

If I really tried I could isolate each pot by maybe 30 ft. Is that far enough to trust that the seed would stay true? Separating them is not a problem if it is worth doing; they each have their own piece of bamboo and sticks to climb in their respective pots.

Thanks in advance.

[PhilaGardener]

Generally, pea flowers self-pollinate before they open fully so out-crossing levels are normally very low. In fact, it would be interested to see a bit of diversity now and then!

Normal garden beans seem a bit more prone to cross-pollination (and one may see that now and then in a grow out, so save seed from plants that are true to type); runner beans on the other hand are said to be profligate out-crossers, so I only grow one variety per year to keep them pure.

[Aerial]

I too am growing many varieties of peas in 3-5 gallon pots. Unfortunately they're not very productive. I got pretty blossoms, then 5 pea pods from the 5 sugar daddy seeds I sowed. And aphids have found them.

I should trial a new batch in the ground.

Originally Posted by JRinPA

I planted out 7 different types of peas from the swap, each type in their own 3.3 gal pot. I put them together next to the front walk.

[JRinPA]

I guess I am wondering if they would be "swap worthy", grown this way. I don't expect much production from the pots. Nothing like the walls of sugar snaps in the back yard.

[Tormato]

For peas, anything is swap worthy. For a few years now, many varieties (in small amounts) go out to participants, and little comes back for the next swap.

My first guess is a lot of crop failures.
2nd guess is participants like to eat peas (too much).