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Post by bunkie on Jun 20, 2009 9:53:11 GMT -5
great experimenting dave! the peas i mentioned are shell peas. do snow and shell peas cross? it's be great to have red/purple shell peas! ;D
definitely count me in!
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Post by grungy on Jun 20, 2009 23:25:39 GMT -5
Bunkie, I hope to have a couple of varieties of shell peas, that have purple pods. We got them from Rebsie, and I hope that we will have a large enough increase this year that we can start spreading them around. The are Kent Blue, Kew Blue, and Carruthers Family Purple Podded pea. I don't know how they will taste as they are just setting pods now.Just in case you are interested.
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Post by robertb on Jun 21, 2009 8:45:17 GMT -5
I should have seeds of Robinson's Purple Podded (ex Robinson's seeds, hence the name) and Lancashire Lad later on, plus Salmon Flowered (http://www.daughterofthesoil.com/salmonflowered.html). I'd be interested in all three of those, Grungy, if you've got spares! Different types certainly do cross; the purple pods are apparently down to three genes. It's worth reading Rebsie's blog for more information www.angelfire.com/az/garethknight/dots/ |
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Post by grungy on Jun 21, 2009 9:39:38 GMT -5
Robertp, please remind me in a couple of months time and we will see what we can do, as you are the first to request and I try and do it as first come, first received.
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Post by robertb on Jun 21, 2009 11:41:50 GMT -5
Right, I'll be looking! I'll save plenty of seed so I should have several varieties on offer.
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Post by bunkie on Jun 22, 2009 10:36:05 GMT -5
val, aren't the Kew Blue beans? i am growing them from rebsie this year.
i'd be interested in Kent Blue and Carruthers Family Purple Podded pea in the fall tho.
robert, i'm interested in the Robinson's Purple Podded. can you tell me more about the Lankshire Lad? is it purple also?
thanks!
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Post by robertb on Jun 22, 2009 11:03:01 GMT -5
It's another purple soup pea, but I haven't grown it before so I can't yet compare it to the Robinson's variety. That one's prolific, with peas which aren't as sweet as the modern green pea, but are good in anything savoury.
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Post by grungy on Jun 22, 2009 11:29:50 GMT -5
You are right Bunkie, on rereading Rebsie's packet it says pea bean. However there are several others that you might be interested in too. Will have to go through the notes and make a proper list of which ones are red/purple peas. And let you know.
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Post by Penny on Jun 23, 2009 8:03:31 GMT -5
I am growing some Lankshire Lad that is also from Rebsie, so far so good.
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Post by bunkie on Jun 23, 2009 8:49:06 GMT -5
great penny...i look forward to your reports on it!
val, what's a pea bean? do you mean a dried bean?
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Post by americangardener on Jun 23, 2009 10:17:19 GMT -5
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Post by ermintrude on Jul 3, 2009 16:09:22 GMT -5
Looks great. Have you tried a normal Purple Podded Pea, their pods are quite tasty if eaten small. I also have a yellow podded so will give it a try.
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Post by grungy on Jul 3, 2009 19:17:14 GMT -5
Bunkie, a pea bean, is a starchy pea that you have to cook before you eat it, like a bean, but it is pea shaped. If you know the nursery rhyme - Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot 9 days old, it is the type of pea referred to. It was what kept the European peasants from starving to death during the cold era of the 15th century. (Global warming / global cooling, anyone??) It was one of the few food crops that grew that could supply sufficent (sp?) protein and calories to the masses. The kettle was hung over the kitchen fire and as the food (porridge) was dipped out the peasants added more water and more dried peas.
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Post by americangardener on Jul 3, 2009 19:45:15 GMT -5
Looks great. Have you tried a normal Purple Podded Pea, their pods are quite tasty if eaten small. I also have a yellow podded so will give it a try. What do you call normal? I think i've got em all.. but do you mean the variety just called purple podded? I have that one.. can't tell you i can find it again back in the back. Might of been eaten by rabbits by now. But, i haven't eaten any of the pods of the purple podded ones... i tried a few like king tut when it was small and it was stringy and fibourous.. and those still haven't filled out the pods yet. Hey Grungy.. anyone besides me gonna attempt to put in a fall crop? I'm thinking of doing a mass planting of the umbellate types.. maybe cross some of the purple ones with some of my favorite yellows. That's hard to choose since i have so few of those. Anyways.. i'm ready to harvest. I hope to dry mine and get them back in the ground by end of july. I'm fencing in about an 800 sq ft area with deer netting that should slow the rabbits down. Now if there's just anything left to pick back there. I know i got edible podded snow peas by the bucketfull back there.. but other than some purples not much. Anyways.. this crossing peas is fun. I can't wait to see what the Red F4 of Rebsies and the universal turn out to be. Both of those pods took from the pollen of the same male blosson. I did two since it was the last one. Both took so that should be 15 or so seeds i hope. The Universal is a small round pointed pod with the peas packed tight inside.. but the pods are edible.. i ate them already. Those are a snap pea... just like a cutshort bean pod. Oh.. and thanks for reminding me i have to plant some pea beans... i have two or three varieties already seperated out.. i just haven't gotten to em yet. I'll try to update some pictures of the purple podded umbellate one with 4 pods. I like that one. Talk with ya all later.. Dave |
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Post by mortality on Apr 10, 2010 5:59:37 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, what are everyone doing with their peas this year?
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