I see on edens website they have a stack of new varieties ….only wish they ‘d have mentioned the new varieties by Name … I havwe a list here in front of me of what I think are the new ones ….guess I have a bit of research to do … sweetpea

I feel overwhelmed at the number of varieties! How would you choose??

i choose 3 or 4 types ..knowing half will fail or i won’t like them

i go through and pick out names I like ..(sad isnt it !!) then look them up on the ‘net ..where i live cool varieties will not be successful
so there out …if i like the sound of them… and the look …i buy

i found brandy wine by this method and it is brillant here ..loves heat ..late maturing . i find a lot of supermarket ones by this method ..some can be suprising ..and if your lucky have lots of growing info … ie *college challenger ( grosse lisse relative bred at hawksbury ag 1950’s ) * ES58 both hybrids but good here ..again heat loving and blight resistant really no method just fingers crossed ,

both hybrids but good here ..again heat loving and blight resistant
really no method just fingers crossed ,

Very scientific, Sweetpea! LOL
At least you research them a bit though :)

**snort ** i detect laughter at my methods !! but it gives results ..
I now know that …..

blue ridge mountain is a potato leaf, large with good flavour
colonial is a F1 hybris ..read supermarket
imur prior beta was bred in norway for short seasons little cracking toughtskin potato leaf
hillbilly is a huge beefsteak with red stripes from west virginia looks beautiful on ebay …
legend is cool climate seedless resistant to blight
ned kellyisa australian paste variety
rams horn ???
speckled roman????
arkansas traveller ..is from ozark mountain circa 1970 disease resistant ..copes well wit hdrought heat humidity
northen lights ..another gorgeous looking beefsteak ..yellow with red blush
pink queen is another beefsteak slightly flattened with wrinkled bottom
whippersnapper ..red ealy cheery prostrate growing early …
felders 36 another from hawksbury ag college

i think northern lights hillbilly arkansas traveller and whippersnapper will be what I try this year …

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sweetpea2008 said:

I see on edens website they have a stack of new varieties ….only wish they ‘d have mentioned the new varieties by Name … I havwe a list here in front of me of what I think are the new ones ….guess I have a bit of research to do … sweetpea

As a coincidence I happened to pick up an Eden Seeds Catalogue today at the health food shop in town. It doesn’t list the african cucumber in it. Woops! Yes it does. It depends what end of the catalogue you start to read from.

i used to try out new ones each time….this time will be growing mostly ›mortgage lifter※ as they’re number one for taste in my books.

aquarium said:

i used to try out new ones each time….this time will be growing mostly ›mortgage lifter※ as they’re number one for taste in my books.

was trying to do smartquotes..turned into dumb quotes…try again: “Mortgage Lifter”

Just had a look at IronBarkBob’s old site: lurve those tomatoes…

http://home.iprimus.com.au/ironbarkbob/seed/

…so why isn’t IBB here?

aquarium said:

…so why isn’t IBB here?

Well from the improvements on his site, I would say he is very busy…also no Miss Moderator to tease here…he has a vegetable farm of his own, besides being an arborist by training (tree doctor, like ??? Burke)

Dinetta said:

aquarium said:

…so why isn’t IBB here?

Well from the improvements on his site, I would say he is very busy…also no Miss Moderator to tease here…he has a vegetable farm of his own, besides being an arborist by training (tree doctor, like ??? Burke)

If I remember rightly he kinda dropped out of the forum scene being too busy with family/work etc.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

aquarium said:

…so why isn’t IBB here?

Well from the improvements on his site, I would say he is very busy…also no Miss Moderator to tease here…he has a vegetable farm of his own, besides being an arborist by training (tree doctor, like ??? Burke)

If I remember rightly he kinda dropped out of the forum scene being too busy with family/work etc.

Yes, his wife had their 4th just before he dropped out, but Miss Mod had gone by then too..sadly…