Peas 2018

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

ethin & Joseph Lofthouse, did you get any red pods from the seed i sent?

gilbert, did you ever plant any late peas like you had planned?

blueadzuki, any orc peas?

william, any peas on your end?

[blueadzuki]

Didn't plant any of the orcs (they got lost in my seed bin) And the peas I DID plant (a handful of marmorated ones) were all chomped down by critters.

[ethin]

At least 3 plants that I could find so far, the weeds took over the patch the reds are in.

[ethin]

I've got a tongue twisters of an update for you keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.).

The parsley purple passion pea possesses partially purple pods.

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

Jun 14, 2018 17:31:24 GMT -5 ethin said:

I've got a tongue twisters of an update for you keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.).

The parsley purple passion pea possesses partially purple pods.

Haha what?? Im so confused lol. But intrigued. Post a picture of the seeds after you harvest them. If they are crossed i might be able to tell. All of them are partially purple? Lol. Weird.

... wait... parsley? Purple passion pea was not a parsley type. I wonder if you got some purple pod parsley bred from Alan Kapuler. Someone sent me some last year and it got mixed in some of my other purples. But not purple passion...


Haha, WELL, if no explanation can be found... 1. I am not always organised with my pea saving lol. And 2. Perhaps i have more bees crossing things than i thought. Lol.

Hahaha, any photos?

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

Im interested to know if gilbert got anything, since he claims he can't grow ANY peas in Denver, which is basically the same climate as here, give or take.

[ethin]

The ugly duckling of the Purple Passion Pea patch.

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

Hmm, well interesting. I guess if the seeds are purple than it is purple passion, or some derivative of it.

Wonder if it got crossed with a purple pod parsley? Obviously i dont know lol. Well, fun for you. Seems my seeds always carry surprises lol since I'm the lazy plant breeder. Haha.

[gilbert]

No, I didn't. But not because of the weather; I got really sick this spring, and have had to skip lots of crops. I've just barely got my squash in, and still have lots to plants; I guess it will be a test of short season for these things.

[mskrieger]

I checked the three plants that actually germinated this year and found them covered in sweet, delicious pods this morning, much to my surprise. Nothing like your abundance but good eating nonetheless! It's been getting cool at night and that's been a saving grace for the plants.

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

So, i have a double mystery. I got a good return on the Purple Passion hybrids i planted. The first mystery was they had purple pods, which they did not have before. The second mystery is that nearly ALL the seeds are green!!! I only got 4 purple seeds from the whole lot!

I Wonder if some jumping gene is at work here. .. very odd.

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

I'm trying for a few fall peas. Planted last week. With the heat and rain some like NAP gene are already sprouted.

At the new apartment. Not a lot of room/time, but half of the community garden plots are empty/overrun with weeds and thus are mine.

I planted a plot of basically 10 Hopi White squash and 4 trellises that i double planted for a total of 8 pea varieties. Which are: Fast Growing, Early Flowering, Yellow x Orange pod F1s, Orange Hybrids (F2), Yellow Podded, Red Snap, Nap Gene, and Cochleata (the other potential trait to have open flowers).

[steev]

I'll also be trying Fall peas, my Spring peas having been wiped out by rabbits; I'm trying to kill the one currently in the veggie corral that has cleaned out my lettuce seed plants and my sprouting spuds; so frustrating to shoot them (as infrequently as I can, being a lousy shot), as I understand they all have warbles; don't know how that relates to just using the hind legs. I'm not an experienced game fan, so I'm fumbling here.

[keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.)]

Fast growing peas have really shot up. I wonder if they have an odd mutation that causes this. Last time i grew Nap gene peas they also stretched out quicker than normal, though perhaps not as quick as these.

ethin, how did all your peas turn out from this spring?

[ethin]

Jul 28, 2018 19:39:23 GMT -5 keen101 (Biolumo / Andrew B.) said:

ethin , how did all your peas turn out from this spring?

Not sure, haven't payed much attention to them besides watering them.

I can report that of the few "heavily branched" peas that did grow one did exhibit some branching and another one is an umbellatum type.