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My one surviving fava had aphids too. Maybe they would 
grow in my airconditioned chicken coop. Ha ha. Sometimes 
growing things in the shade here (since it's relatively 
arid) is a like a cooler climate. I do my lettuce that way 
and it works. I'll check out the pic.
BTW unsolicited printed material makes pretty good 
kindling.

--Sage
way out in Texas

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:53:34 -0700
 Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com> wrote:
> eureka AT hctc.net wrote:
>
> > I would think, given their history, they might like 
> > our sun and arid climate. Is there some secret to 
> > successful favas?
> We tried growing a spring-planted patch just once, and 
> black aphids just 
> ate them up.  Later I noticed that John Seymour and 
> Steve Solomon both 
> mentioned the same thing.
>
> Can you imagine the delight of people in the far north 
> to find out that 
> favas would overwinter?  They're good down to about 15 
> deg. F.
>
> If I remember correctly, they're actually non-native to 
> just about 
> everywhere but the Nile delta.  It's hard to picture one 
> reseeding 
> itself without sandy soil.  In this environment their 
> tendency to fall 
> over would allow the pointy tips of the haulms to 
> penetrate the sand.  
> Fortunately Egypt can have an occasional freeze, unlike 
> Central America, 
> where most other beans are from, so they're hardy.
>
> If you click repeatedly on the right arrow at the page 
> where I posted 
> the Claytonia picture, you'll shortly arrive at a 
> picture of some white 
> beany flowers with black spots, taken on Easter.  You 
> can see the 
> horizontal re-bar frame that we install to keep them 
> from falling over 
> in the wind.
>
> Oh God, the JWs just came up onto my sunporch.  I should 
> have crouched 
> down and hidden behind the big kerosene lamp here on the 
> table.  I 
> really need to put up a sign or something.  There's no 
> way to lock all 3 
> sunporch doors without locking myself out.
>
> Bill
> S. Oregon coast
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