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Post by blueadzuki on Nov 4, 2011 6:21:32 GMT -5
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Post by castanea on Nov 4, 2011 20:01:34 GMT -5
Interesting. Thanks
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Post by blueadzuki on Nov 4, 2011 23:38:11 GMT -5
one warning if you decide to 1. order them from there and 2. decied to order some of the other seeds. At least some packets (well at least one packet, the one I got) of the Fort Portal Bean got mixed up with the "Bantu Bean" so it may be a crapshoot if you want to get that one (I really want to try again with that when some new stuff comes into the zoo, it's a really pretty bean.) |
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Post by MikeH on Nov 5, 2011 18:54:12 GMT -5
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 4, 2011 0:35:18 GMT -5
Hi,
Cortona sent me 34 Lupin Blanc A Gros Gratin. Mike, have you found the kind for coffee? I think these are the flour ones. Do you want to share?
Holly
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Post by cortona on Dec 4, 2011 4:42:58 GMT -5
i' interested too but i wil try to find the seeds here in italy...hard work but...big hope
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Post by MikeH on Dec 4, 2011 15:10:51 GMT -5
Hi Holly, I'd definitely be interested in a swap. The seeds that I grew were the ones for coffee. There may be others since the story that goes with these is very strongly cultural. From the 8 plants that I grew, I got +200 seeds. That's not enough to do much coffee testing but it is enough to share and be able to do a goodly grow out next year. I'll pm my address. Cortona, pm me your address and I'll send some to you. There's some background info here in German and Italian - www.provincia.bz.it/caffeanterivo/default.aspRegards, Mike |
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Post by MikeH on Dec 8, 2011 7:07:07 GMT -5
Mike, have you found the kind for coffee? Here's some background on processing lupins for coffee- goo.gl/mxrlG. I haven't tried it yet and only have enough for a couple of small tests. Regards, Mike |
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 8, 2011 13:38:06 GMT -5
Mike, They are packaged and ready to go to the post office.
Regards, Holly
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Post by MikeH on Dec 8, 2011 20:22:16 GMT -5
Thanks Holly. If you want any of the Altrei Coffee lupin seeds, pm me your address.
Regards,
Mike
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 22, 2011 13:24:24 GMT -5
Also, If you're looking for edible lupine, Daniel from Seeds of Italy told me that they have it coming in on the next container (sometime in early January ) GrowItalian.  |
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Post by MikeH on Dec 23, 2011 3:18:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up. I'll start checking after Christmas.
Regards,
Mike
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Post by cortona on Dec 23, 2011 16:06:24 GMT -5
Dear Mike
your packet is on my hands! thanks you so much! i realy realy appreciate!i wil try to sow it this year in a different place tan my lupine....think you that growing it one near the other crosbreeding can happen?
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Post by MikeH on Dec 23, 2011 18:00:00 GMT -5
cortona, That's excellent. Very fast compared to the packages that we send to my daughter who lives in Trieste. Yes, lupins cross. The most extensive information I've found is by Boguslav Kurlovich from the Vavilov Institute in St. Petersburg - lupins-bk.blogspot.com/holly, Received seeds today. Yes, I will send some of the harvest back to you. Thank you very much. Also for the surprise. I had to do a bit of googling but I assume they are these. If so, I was about to go looking for a pole variety since I normally grow bush varieties but have some room on a couple of our tomato towers so this saves a search. Regards, Mike |
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Post by 12540dumont on Dec 24, 2011 19:42:26 GMT -5
Yes, Berner Butter are pole beans. You can write to Sylvia Davatz at Solstice Seed to inquire more about them. I swapped her for some a few years ago, and have been growing them every since. A very tasty green bean and not bad dry either.
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