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[Couperman]

For a couple of years now I have been growing and saving seed from Irish Preans.

 

This is a very rare variety of large pea. I acquired a couple of plants from a generous Saltburn allotment holder as I walked by his plot and grew them on for seed.

 

Anyhow I saved the seed from these two plants and shared them with a friend who also grew them on for seed. The surplus from last years sowings I gave to another friend who has just took up gardening, knowing I had loads of more recent seed.

 

Today I opened the box and to my horror all was not well. It looks like I didn't dry them well enough before storage.

 

The seeds have developed a mouldy appearance and turned a brown colour.

 

I spoke to my friend on the phone this morning and she too has had a Prean disaster and lost all hers to mice over the winter

 

I have sowed some anyway in the hope that they may still germinate but I don't think they will.

 

So I hope the surplus ones grow ok for my other friend and I can beg some back.

 

I have had a few problems with damping off disease with my other seedlings too.

 

Oh well such is life.

 

Kev.

[Christian]

You never know Kev, you might get a few plants out of them? FIngers crossed!

[Couperman]

we have a SURVIVOR, yay

 

It looks like a few more are thinking about germinating too, so hopefully the variety will live on.

 

Kev.