The only thing i would say about dahlias is that they do not come true from seed. You will however get all sorts of different colours some of which will be lovely
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I have some seed collection questions specifically about runner beans:
I planted runner beans plants this year (don't know the variety) and had a very successful harvest; so I would like to grow next year's beans from from the seed of this year's successful plants.
Two or three weeks ago, well after the plants had stopped producing any beans that were good enough to eat, I collected in some of the best looking pods for the seeds for next year's plants.
How early should the pods be removed from the plants? I took some off a month ago and some last week when I took up the finished plants.
When should the beans be removed from the pod? I have taken a few out just to inspect them - they do not yet have a hard, glossy dark 'skin' yet but are still white and tender.
Should they be dried in the pod i.e. until the pod itself goes dry?
Will they dry more effectively to the familiar glossy dark 'skin' outside the pod?
When and how should I plant these for next year? ie in the ground, or started off in pots?
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The only thing i would say about dahlias is that they do not come true from seed. You will however get all sorts of different colours some of which will be lovely
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I agree, you get a large plant very quickly
In the sticks near Peterborough
I did notice they are a very greedy plant needing lots of water throughout the year
Is it true the Spanish used to eat them when they where first discovered
James
I have some seed collection questions specifically about runner beans:
I planted runner beans plants this year (don't know the variety) and had a very successful harvest; so I would like to grow next year's beans from from the seed of this year's successful plants.
Two or three weeks ago, well after the plants had stopped producing any beans that were good enough to eat, I collected in some of the best looking pods for the seeds for next year's plants.
You need to set aside some good pods early on and let them mature on the vine til the the end of the season
Yours won't turn into mature, dried beans now, Sorry Birdy
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks for the info Nut.
Live and learn!
Hopefully?
I find an endless supply of things to learn Birdy
In the sticks near Peterborough
Just as you think you've lived long enough to learn everything, you start forgetting it all
Or so Ma tells me
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I fear this is true.
In the sticks near Peterborough