Greg Martin wrote:Thank you guys....I've been wondering when they both would come back to us!
I'm a little bummed out though....Adaptive seems to have taken away their Crapaudine beets for 2021 like Baker Creek did. I have managed to find some from other sellers but wanted to get them from more sources as I hear this variety varies. Fingers crossed that Adaptive adds them back.
Edit: Opps, I was thinking of Uprising....they also aren't taking orders yet but said they'd start again in December....still one day left :)
I have Craupadines from BC in the garden at the moment. They certainly didn't do well with us not having
irrigation this year and with the marginal soil/fertility (and being eaten to the ground by
deer.) I'm kinda bummed about the performance, but I'm hoping I can save seeds from what's left in the garden and give them another go with better conditions. I might hold back some "pure" seed just in case it ever disappears from catalogs, but I'm mostly excited about using such old genetics as a springboard for a beet
landrace. At the very least I'm growing a different variety this year while I wait to harvest my craupadine seeds. They seem to overwinter fine, so maybe I'll be able to use my saved seed for a fall/winter crop.