From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/26/2021 3:53 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > Bob F wrote:   
   >> On 12/25/2021 3:59 AM, songbird wrote:   
   >>>     the seeds are drying nicely.  one of the things that   
   >>> forced air heat is good for in the middle of winter.  :)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Do you use squash seeds from previous years? We have had poor luck with   
   >> that as far as variation in the varieties.   
   >   
   >    yes, we have plenty of bees around so we get some strange   
   > squash.  i have now about six different kinds of squash and   
   > i enjoy the variety.  i won't be repeating the planting of   
   > dumpling squash next year though as they are one i don't   
   > much like.  i'm not really a big acorn squash fan.  the   
   > rest i have a Kabochas and cross breeds that have happened   
   > to them (likely from a local pumpkin grower someplace but   
   > the results are good eating so we keep replanting a few   
   > each year, but they don't store well).  also some Baby Blue   
   > Hubbards and now the new cross which may be related to the   
   > BBH.  i also like to plant Buttercups but these have not   
   > kept going very well so i need to somehow get a more reliable   
   > strain of those.   
   >   
   >    i don't treat for bugs of any kind here so if the vines   
   > can't survive squash borers or squash bugs or powdery   
   > mildew they won't survive.   
   >   
   >    everything else that does survive often holds on by   
   > mere threads of stems sometimes the borers do such good   
   > work on them.  but i figure that is one way to get resist-   
   > ant plants is to just keep growing and seeing what happens.   
   >   
   >   
   >> We do have a favorite bean that we use previous seeds year after year.   
   >> They came from a "weed" in a pot with something else in it I received   
   >> through freecycle. Nice big tasty beans with no strings.   
   >   
   >    i grow hundreds of different varieties of beans here.  :)   
   > this past year i grew out a new cross breed that showed up   
   > from the year before and it is edible but i'm not sure how   
   > good.  so we'll grow it again next season and i'll cook up   
   > more of them.  i'm also including the beans in my mix of   
   > seeds to give away to other people which will have seeds of   
   > five or six green and wax beans in there for people to grow.   
   >   
   >    the best bean i grow here for green beans is a variety   
   > called Purple Dove.  love the flower color the plant growth   
   > habit and productivity.  the dry beans are also good and   
   > have a mild pinto flavor and a creamy texture and cook up   
   > fast.  the only downside i've found to this plant is that   
   > the Japanese Beetles love it, but they will still produce   
   > even after being munched on.  the deer and groundhogs will   
   > also eat the tops off and it will survive and give pods.   
   > i'm trying to get this bean to cross with all my other   
   > varieties that i grow and so far not much luck with that   
   > so this is fun and a challenge.  :)   
   >   
      
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