Seed Keepers

[Fridom Snowbird <fridom_snowbird@yahoo.com>]

Hey Morgan; Bean seeds can be different colors from year to year as well. 
Sometimes it can be caused by growing the same variety in two different soils 
and climates. The first year's harvested seeds for Velvet Sea Beans didn't 
look anything like the beans I started with (size or color). This is also 
true with Dragon's Tongue as well. A lot of other people at SSE also complain 
on this topic as well. I wouldn't worry about it.
   Fridom-

--- On Wed, 6/10/09, Pumpkin Lady <pumpkingal@clearwire.net> wrote:

> From: Pumpkin Lady <pumpkingal@clearwire.net>
> Subject: [Seed Keepers] Seeds change colors over time?
> To: "Seed Keepers" <seedkeepers@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 12:23 PM
> Honestly, I expect they do...my real
> question is, would red 
> bean seeds become black over time, say 10 years?
> 
> I've been struggling with cataloging my seeds for years. At
> 
> some point during the year I get tired of it and shove 
> everything not cataloged back in the freezer and give up
> for 
> the year. I only just noticed I had seeds of the same thing
> 
> from the same company purchased ten years apart. One set is
> 
> black, the other (newer) is red. I suspect the company just
> 
> changed what they sell under that name as the type of bean
> 
> you get from that umbrella name varies greatly. Both 
> germinated, I'll have an answer at the end of the season if
> 
> I end up with red seeds from one plant and black seeds from
> 
> the other, but I thought I'd ask while I was thinking about
> it.
> 
> Morgan
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