Hi everyone. First post from me.
On the topic of onions, Ive never really put an effort in on them. A bit like carrots, I thought they were so cheap to buy, that they'd not be worth growing. In my mind I had a Venn diagram that has three circles: things that cost a bit to buy, things that my family actually like eating and things that are enjoyable to grow (and actually want to grow). The bit in the middle where all things overlap, was the things I would grow. However I have since realised my folly and the fact that when two of the circles are massive, you can ignore the third and the world wont end. And with onions being super fun to grow and scratching that itch to get started in January and also being something that we eat every day, this year Ive thrown myself into onions with abandon. We will drown in onion! Back on topic, all seeds have been great.
On peppers. They were my first foray into plant breeding. Back then, pre-internet, you had to know a guy who knew a guy. It spawned three decades of plant breeding for me. I never looked back.
My fun project at the moment is squash landracing. The idea is that heritage varieties are great, but they are effetcively landraces from thousands of kilometers away that were arrested at the moment in time that somebody started marketing them as a variety. We should be be growing and promiscously breeding these varieties to suit local conditions and let them continue their journey. My squash adventure has had a few false starts, but now in its current form of a focus on grey/blue curcurbita maxima blends is in its third year.
Super amped for a new season.
