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Post by raymondo on Jul 31, 2015 5:39:37 GMT -5
Fantastic mx.
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Post by flowerweaver on Sept 15, 2015 15:04:22 GMT -5
2015 Cowpea harvesting has begun. A lot of the larger types are still on the plants. I sure hope I can beat the field mice to them as I'm seeing some signs of nibbling. Mainly it's the fire ants that have moved in and are stinging my hands. Here's what's showing up in the early harvest of the landrace. I also got an interesting cross, looks like between Dolicho and Tetapeche Grey Mottled. It came out of a Dolicho pod.   |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 15, 2015 16:00:03 GMT -5
Another marvellous haul. Good looking cross too.
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Post by steev on Sept 29, 2015 0:39:07 GMT -5
That is an interesting bean, appearance-wise.
I think Corrientes may not make the cut; they aren't producing many more dry beans than the gophers are taking plants.
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Post by squishysquashy on Oct 7, 2015 15:37:47 GMT -5
Some of my Mayo Colimas looked exactly like that. And the three colors of them that I got did not look like any of the colors that I planted. Hmmmm.... |
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Post by flowerweaver on Oct 9, 2015 16:38:14 GMT -5
My early cowpeas did well. Anything too low to the ground by mid-harvest was eaten by field mice, and anything obviously sticking out too far was taken in its entirety, probably by raccoons. Still, there was a decent harvest from the ones hidden under the leaves. The late harvest (mostly the larger types) which is usually eaten by field mice has almost entirely been liquidated by the plethora of green stink bugs who beat them to it.
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Post by castanea on Oct 9, 2015 20:32:13 GMT -5
The last time I grew cowpeas, the stink bugs concentrated on only one variety of about 6 that I planted. Very odd.
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Post by flowerweaver on Oct 9, 2015 23:11:14 GMT -5
castanea that is odd--do you recall which variety? Since these were planted as a landrace I'm not sure which ones were preyed upon. I know it wasn't any of the purple/red podded varieties. I don't usually have trouble with stink bugs, so I think they must have multiplied with all the rain. Apparently the summer trap crop is cowpeas and the fall trap crop is brassicas...of course, that's what I am growing to eat!
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Post by castanea on Oct 12, 2015 8:29:48 GMT -5
castanea that is odd--do you recall which variety? Since these were planted as a landrace I'm not sure which ones were preyed upon. I know it wasn't any of the purple/red podded varieties. I don't usually have trouble with stink bugs, so I think they must have multiplied with all the rain. Apparently the summer trap crop is cowpeas and the fall trap crop is brassicas...of course, that's what I am growing to eat! I don't recall the name but it was a variety from Africa. |
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Post by darrenabbey on Oct 29, 2015 1:40:31 GMT -5
This is an awesome thread.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Dec 10, 2015 11:49:28 GMT -5
I had fun this morning sorting a sample of Sage's cowpea landrace seed.  The largest and the smallest:  The Orcas.  And the Guernseys.  |
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Post by steev on Dec 10, 2015 20:45:48 GMT -5
I'm inclined to start two landraces (weather permitting): a small-seeded for green beans and a large-seeded for shellies and dry.
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Post by reed on Dec 14, 2015 9:34:07 GMT -5
I'm completely unfamiliar with cow peas but now I want some.
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Post by zeedman on Dec 14, 2015 16:25:56 GMT -5
Steev, I could send you several varieties of each (edible pod & dry) to contribute to your prospective land race; just send a PM if you are interested. I still have a couple warm days yet to mail seeds, before freezing weather moves in.
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Post by steev on Dec 14, 2015 21:11:32 GMT -5
What, you can't paddle to the P O once the river freezes?
I'll PM a list of what I've got, and you can send anything not listed. No worry about getting to the P O; I can't do anything but dream about cowpeas until at least late May.
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