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Post by canadamike on Dec 11, 2008 12:08:07 GMT -5
We tend to forget we have a better summer than in Belgium Telsing, in fact, there are usually 4-5 days (usually, whatever it means in this fucked up climate) that are even hotter than in Florida in the peak of July.
As for southern crops, this can sometimes be revisited with many cultivars, soybeans being one example, and Canada is the world largest producer of lentils, a staple mediterranean crop, especially in Africa and the arab world, and they are mostly grown in the prairies...
hardly a pina colada kind of place... ;D
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Post by PatrickW on Dec 11, 2008 12:20:55 GMT -5
You might give Synergy Seeds a look (legume section): www.synergyseeds.com/They have lentils too, if you want to give them a go. Their packets are on the small side, so order two if you think you want a lot of seeds. |
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Post by canadamike on Dec 11, 2008 13:02:22 GMT -5
For lentils, I would go to the St-Laurent market, an arab crocery store that has them identified by name of cultivars ( or so ) much cheaper....
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 11, 2008 15:38:28 GMT -5
Thanks Frank but I have black kabouli. I'm mostly interested in the very small chickpeas of which I have never (yet) seen for sale.
I will check out that seed supplier Patrick... not been there yet.
Mike: I concur that many lentils sprout from grocery store seed and it sometimes a fun way of collecting new types. Also, I have grown chickpeas (soy and lentils) in my garden so I have hopes that I can grow more interesting varieties of chickpeas as well.
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Post by canadamike on Dec 11, 2008 15:53:40 GMT -5
I found my seed Telsing. It is the ''ares'' small chickpea. We will exchange some later on. It would be wise for us to segregate the earliest plants in the bunch....
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Post by ottawagardener on Dec 11, 2008 15:55:39 GMT -5
I'm back. Only found one potential chickpea at Synergy but LOTS OF OTHER STUFF. Thanks (sort of ;-) Patrick. If you are interested in grains, this has a pretty good selection, along with some stuff I have yet to see sold elsewhere much if at all.
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Post by loki on May 27, 2009 10:07:00 GMT -5
ORFLO - are you from Orlando? I am growing chickpeas for the first time here. You may be able to grown them in the winter there as they are a cool season crop. They would have to ripen before the stormy season in the Spring however. That may be difficult to accomplish.
They are grown here commercially - Northern UT. We get practically no rain in the summer so it's perfect for them. They plant them in the spring when it's wet, and they ripen in the hot dry summer.
How do you pop them? I am growing Brown Popping Chickpeas and they are doing very well right now.
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Post by orflo on May 27, 2009 13:39:11 GMT -5
Orlando?  ?  That's one big ocean away, and several thousands of kilometres.... I'm from Belgium, Europe, where it's hard to grow chickpeas because of rainy and cool summers...and even wetter winters  I pop them in a pan, I always add a little bit of oil, but that seems to be unnecesary, something to try out....!! |
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Post by silverseeds on Jul 18, 2009 1:13:58 GMT -5
chickpeas and garbonzo beans are the same thing. Generally ALL desi types will pop, but not always everyone, so you have to be careful biting into them before you know if they are 100 percent consistent poppers. They are pretty cold tolerant as well.
I wrote the usda and they sent me some of all types. First I asked for rndom ones from around the world, that produced well they ignored me completly. I wrot e them again and asked for varieties, they thought might be heat or cold tolerant, or of a weedier nature. I have some that are big and black, some red some green, some cremes, and small reds, and browns. They have a pretty big range. I grew some out this spring WAY early on purpose to see if they would do well. We had multiple frosts afterwards and EVERY single one germinaed and did WAY better then my favas, although none seemed to do exceptional.
I like to try to make crops do things they arent supposed to dont ask me why i dont know....just curious....
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Post by ottawagardener on Jul 18, 2009 7:51:16 GMT -5
Interseting that all the desi varieties will pop. I have a bunch that are labelled as poppable that I'm trialing this year (given to me by a kind member of HG) and so far, so good. Some have lovely lavender blooms too.  |
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Post by silverseeds on Jul 18, 2009 12:15:32 GMT -5
I should add Im not exactly a expert or anything, but I like chickpeas/garbonzos alot, and this is what my reading seemed to say about the popping, lol. And seems true for me so far, all the small types I tried to pop, popped readily.
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Post by ottawagardener on Jul 19, 2009 15:53:31 GMT -5
I vaguely remember that Deppe agreed with you that all the smaller ones popped. The ones that I have that are popping are larger. I'm looking forward to it.
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Post by silverseeds on Jul 19, 2009 16:50:41 GMT -5
Yeah I think it was carol deppes book I first read about garbonzos. I LOVE her book. I wish everyone with a garden had that book....
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Post by cortona on Mar 11, 2010 14:10:00 GMT -5
i have grown a pakistan's variety of kikpeas that the frends that give me the seeds (he buy it for me in pakistan because i have tel he or you buy smething i can sow or dont come back at all heheheheh;ò) ) declare are poppingkikpeas, i have grown the first year to increase the number of seeds!and now i have seeds for the person that want it!
i have not tryed to pop it but i'm so curios.... my sister had a popcorn machine...if it stil run.. i wil try and report result!
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Post by cortona on Mar 11, 2010 14:58:04 GMT -5
sob realy sob i've tryed to pop the kikbeans in the pop corn machine....and..no way, i'm realy disappointed.... so much work for nothing, i realy need to apologize me to all the person i have send my kikpeas for popping pourpose.
and now i'm looking for some popping kikpeas again....
:-(
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