Cross made in 2013. Aim is a large mangetout with red in the pod.
2014
2 seeds from one pod grown in 2014. Two plants. One with darker semi-purple pods, the other with lighter (more green) semi purple pods. Medium pods, wide. Plants are deteriorating now, but still alive. Foliage is getting quite red on both plants. Both should be identical being F1s but they are not. Really not sure what happened - however at this stage (pods very leathery) the difference is negligible. Have kept both separate and need to check for any differences in seed colour. Tall plants. The plant with the more greenish pods had 29 pods! and there might possibly be more developing.
2014 July Have taken the first F2 pod from the greenish type. 6 seeds were planted into 6 pods and as of today, 3 have germinated. Took longer to germinate than expected, but pod/seeds were not dry. Hoping for a second generation from a few plants.
2014
2 seeds from one pod grown in 2014. Two plants. One with darker semi-purple pods, the other with lighter (more green) semi purple pods. Medium pods, wide. Plants are deteriorating now, but still alive. Foliage is getting quite red on both plants. Both should be identical being F1s but they are not. Really not sure what happened - however at this stage (pods very leathery) the difference is negligible. Have kept both separate and need to check for any differences in seed colour. Tall plants. The plant with the more greenish pods had 29 pods! and there might possibly be more developing.
2014 July Have taken the first F2 pod from the greenish type. 6 seeds were planted into 6 pods and as of today, 3 have germinated. Took longer to germinate than expected, but pod/seeds were not dry. Hoping for a second generation from a few plants.
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