Seed train like on BYC?

[wifezilla]

Chufa is mainly raised for critters BUT they are quite tasty!

"...try eating a chufa sometime. It tastes like a cross between an almond and coconut. The Aold folks@ used to grow an acre of chufas each fall to fatten their hogs on because they make tasty pork. They also made tasty snacks for the farm family during the winter. You can even make bread with them by grinding them into a fine flour and substituting it for half the flour in any bread recipe. Chufas are not just for turkeys anymore!"
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...&sig=AHIEtbRbcqzpYhXa3HbxR5pYLLi8lmuStw&pli=1

 

[dipence71]

I will take the chufa and offer:

SEEDS 2011 (updated 3-16-2011)
Herbs:
Heirloom Sweet Basil
Organic Oregano
Organic Garli Chives
Organic Cilantro
Organic Parsley
Organic Dill, mammoth


Veggies:
Organic Cucumber -Straight Eight
-Chicago Pickling
-Picklebush
-Swwet Burpless
Org. Watermelon -Allsweet
-Georgia Rattlesnake
Org. Cantaloupe -Hearts of Gold
-Hale's Best Jumbo
Heirloom Pumpkin - Connecticut Field
Heirloom Squash Zucchini Black Beauty
Green Bean All are Bush beans
Heirloom Burpee - Stringless Green Bean
- Dragon Tongue
Organic Green Bean -Kitchen King
-Tendergreen
- Contender
- Blue Lake 274


Org Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing
Org Mesclun Classic Lettuce greens
Heirloom Lettuce Romaine
Heirloom Carrots Nantes Coreless
Organic Carrot - Danvers 126
- Kaleioscope Mix
Organic Radish Cherry Belle
Heirloom Radish Champion
Heirloom Tomato -
Rutgers
Cherry
Organic Tomato Beefsteak
Organic Onion Evergreeen long white bunching
Heirloom Turnip Purple Top White Globe
Organic Cabbage Red Express
Organic Broccoli Green Sprouting


Flower Seeds
Heirloom - Pinks Dianthus
- Evening Primrose
- Sweet William single mix
- Cosmos sensation
- Marigolds Sparky Mixed Colors

Regular Cut Flower Mix

 

[oberhaslikid]

I would like your Garlic chivesand will offer

Passion flower vine seed
Garden phlox
Rhubarb seed
Catskill Brussel sprouts

Grape tomato
Black plum tomato
Giant Ox heart tomato
Rutgers tomato
Dinner plate Tomato
Blue Beech tomato Paste
White cucumber

Habanero pepper
Hales Best Cantalope
Mini indian corn 4"-5 "
Tommy toe tomato
Tiny Tim tomato
Lemon Basil
Black Zucchini

small sugar pumpkin
white current tomato
bird house gourd
Large birdhouse gourd
Black Cherry tomato
Wisconsin 55
Yellow pear tomato
Red current tomato
Yellow Marble Cherry tomato
Persimmon yellow slicer tomato
Garden huckleberry
Celery
Habanero peppers
Early sunglow corn
Black diamond watermelon
Moon and Stars melon
Lusious Golden melon
Peony seed
Kohl Rabi
Ponderosa pink tomato
cinderella pumpkin
nest egg gourd
spearmint
Snake gourd
Mamoth sunflower
Rose of Sharon mixed colors
Banana Melon

 

[dipence71]

I will take the spearmint and offer:

SEEDS 2011 (updated 3-16-2011)
Herbs:
Heirloom Sweet Basil
Organic Oregano
Organic Cilantro
Organic Parsley
Organic Dill, mammoth


Veggies:
Organic Cucumber -Straight Eight
-Chicago Pickling
-Picklebush
-Swwet Burpless
Org. Watermelon -Allsweet
-Georgia Rattlesnake
Org. Cantaloupe -Hearts of Gold
-Hale's Best Jumbo
Heirloom Pumpkin - Connecticut Field
Heirloom Squash Zucchini Black Beauty
Green Bean All are Bush beans
Heirloom Burpee - Stringless Green Bean
- Dragon Tongue
Organic Green Bean -Kitchen King
-Tendergreen
- Contender
- Blue Lake 274


Org Spinach Bloomsdale Long Standing
Org Mesclun Classic Lettuce greens
Heirloom Lettuce Romaine
Heirloom Carrots Nantes Coreless
Organic Carrot - Danvers 126
- Kaleioscope Mix
Organic Radish Cherry Belle
Heirloom Radish Champion
Heirloom Tomato -
Rutgers
Cherry
Organic Tomato Beefsteak
Organic Onion Evergreeen long white bunching
Heirloom Turnip Purple Top White Globe
Organic Cabbage Red Express
Organic Broccoli Green Sprouting


Flower Seeds
Heirloom - Pinks Dianthus
- Evening Primrose
- Sweet William single mix
- Cosmos sensation
- Marigolds Sparky Mixed Colors

Regular Cut Flower Mix

 

[MotherBrugger]

Isn't Chufa also called Nutsedge? I've been thinking about growing some of this 'weed' for a tasting.
I'll inventory my seeds after sunrise and see what I have. I've got plenty of seeds that are fresh, and won't be able to grow this year. Lol, read a post here where someone admitted to being in a seed buying frenzy...I'm guilty too, I could never grow all the seeds I bought this winter!

 

[wifezilla]

Chufa is RELATED to nutsedge but it is not the same thing.

"There are a number of references in scientific literature and on the Internet to yellow nutsedge and its relationship to chufa. Both are the same species but they are very different variants. Generally, most authorities agree that the weedy, invasive type (yellow nutsedge) is Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus, and the cultivated, non-invasive variety (chufa) is Cyperus esculentus var. sativus.

Research by Dr. Andrew Dyer at the University of South Carolina (Aiken branch) has shown that the two variants are quite different in physiology and reproductive capability. Nutsedge produces a widespread network of tubers and roots and chufa produces a compact ball of tubers directly under the center of the leaves. Nutsedge flowers early in the summer, and chufa, if it flowers at all, does so in late summer or early fall. This means the likelihood of hybridization is near zero.

Dyer has suggested that the two variants are so different that they may deserve distinct species status. Nutsedge is also invasive, spreading quickly if introduced. Chufa will not spread from a planting site, and in fact, since it does not compete well with other vegetation, will quickly die out if not maintained."

 

[MotherBrugger]

Thank you very much for the scientific data on that Ms. 'Zilla. I appreciate knowing for sure what I'm dealing with, that's why I love the scientific name over the common any day. Makes things sooo much easier to identify

 

[NurseNettie]

We still doing this? I've got a few more to offer:

May I have:

Org Mesclun Classic Lettuce Greens?


I have to offer :

Purple Hot Pepper
French Climbing Bean
Okra, Clemson Spineless (2)
Carrot, Little Finger
Carrot, Danvers Half
Spinach, Bloomsdale Long
Bean, Bush, Dry- Pebble


Marigold, Crackerjack
Calendula, Pacific Beauty Mixture
Cosmos, Bright Lights

May have many more after my final seed starting this weekend.

edited for spelling error

 

[algopurple]

I will take the Crackerjack Marigold

Offer:
Gourds:
birdhouse


Flowers:
Cosmos pink, white
Hollyhocks
Poppy - red
Poppy - shirley mix
4 o-clocks
Gloriosa daisy
Cleoms (spider lilly)
Mountain Phlox
Petunia


Squash- winter ?

Okra

Edible soybean

 

[wifezilla]

We're still doing this?

This may stop from time to time but this is an ongoing thing.



Did everyone I sent seeds to get them? PM me is you are missing anything. dipense, you should have gotten a large envelope with the chufa in it by now. Let me know if you got it.

Thanks!

Linda