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Thank you, Artorius. Very interesting to have the background information on Bonel di Fonzaso. And I’m sorry I hadn’t noticed your PM. I’ve replied now.

Interesting. And wonderful if it’s like Bonnelbas, which I assume isn’t available and may not like northern conditions. I can’t find any reference to Bonel di Fonzaso although there is a society with that name, devoted to preserving Bonel beans. Can you say any more about Bonel beans and...

Great idea. Do keep them coming! That splashed tri-colour bean is amazing.

Yes, I believe pill bugs are what are called woodlice in UK. I have never thought of them as much of a threat here. I’m not aware of any crops that they damage. Having said that we’re not overrun with them in the way @Branching Out obviously is.

Exciting! I hope they grow well for you. The second one from the left, in the pods, looks very like P. coccineus seed.

Interesting discussion. I’m more interested in producing peppers early and then over a spread of time rather than in producing large plants. So I tend to let them do their own thing unless they produce flowers very early. I’m grateful for the fruit that has got to a fair size already.

Well Russ, you certainly know how to spring a surprise. I’m so pleased you’ve come through all that with such flying colours. I hope you continue to feel a little stronger each day. Like Triffid I shall nurture my network beans all the more carefully this season. You’ve obviously made...

In UK, the Japanese Senshyu Yellow is the standard overwintering variety, and always does well. Is that commonly grown in UK? Here it will bulb while the days are shorter, a month or so earlier than the long day varieties. I guess I’m about Zone 8, so not sure how that would fare in 7a.

Thanks Triffid. I guess I haven’t even encountered average sized white seeds in a P. coccineus but there are probably many and thanks for setting the scale. Is this a variety offered as a vulgaris-coccineus cross?

Interesting. The only P. coccineus varieties with white seeds which I’ve come across have larger than average seeds. The Wey variety clearly has smaller than average white seeds which makes it specially interesting. It seems to be one of the varieties claimed to have some P. vulgaris in the...

That's brilliant news. I'd pretty well given up hope. I hope the contents are in good order.

Thank you, Artorius, if you meant to me rather than to @Bluejay77. I can share them with @Triffid too. A trade would be good. I’ll pm you.

Congratulations. It must feel a bit like giving birth! I love the layout and presentation . I’m away from home and don’t have my laptop with me. But on my tablet both Safari and Chrome open the front page but can’t load the individual variety pages. I’m sure it will get sorted soon though, and...

I’m afraid it was @Triffid who requested Fat Man, rather than me. So the germination difficulties she reports are rather crucial. Do you know whether anyone else holds any Fat Man seeds, apart from (hopefully) the Dutch grower?

I had my seed directly from the same fellow. What puzzles me a little is that the seed I produced this last year appears exactly the same as the seed I planted. It’s only one generation but I wondered whether it could by any chance be a stable segregation.

Bluejay 77: What I am curious about what does your new seed look like now that you have grown it out. The photo of Freckles which I posted above (DF2023) is this year’s grow out. If my parcel gets through to you, it will have that seed in it. If it doesn’t get through, I’ll grow it again next...

The original seed you sent, Russ, for comparison.

Someone else grew Freckles and they found outcrosses. Typical mottled pattern I wasn't crazy about them so I am now eating them in this most recent pot of bean stew I made a couple of days ago. I guess if you grew it again I could just replace the same number of the older seeds with new ones you...

Yes, SMAC seeds are exactly so. Were your seeds originally from SMAC? I’m afraid I didn’t keep a close enough eye on the pod colour but I believe they were all red. They took me by surprise rather by drying down so early. I’ll be more aware this next year.

Happy New Year to Russ, and all. Interesting list. I’ve been having to cut down on freezer space and have just thrown away a lot of Blue Coco. Darn from me too! But I still have quite a lot left and very happy to grow again in 2024 without needing you to send me seed, Russ. It’s a favourite...