How do you keep the cross true?

Nice to hear you have some of the old true breeds .. damn hybrids don't produce plus the seeds are dead .....

hybrids dont produce? i beg to differ.

we've got blooms on all 4 topsy turvy plants...grew a lot while i was gone last week. if we could get some sun and warm weather, they'll really go to town.
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Thanks.

ive eaten salad out of the garden since last thursday.

i put out two lima bean starts that the kid brought home from K science class. Thinks he is big shit.

Took your advice about expanding my variety (although I do love me some Brandywines). Picked up Stripped German & Pineapple. Don't know anything about them - just saw two plants for sale & grabbed 'em. Don't even know if they do well in wine country... we get some hot days in the summer, nights are cool with fog rolling in from the beach in the morning. Don't wanna confuse the poor plants. Those Krims from the Crimean Peninsula in Russia love it here... dunno how something called "pineapple" will do...

Both. The pod is a fruit the plant is a legume, which is considered a vegetable.

Should you have blooms this early or should they be removed?

yes. if the climate is right you could have tomatoes by now depending on what zone.

Here in the KC area. I always thought you knocked the early blooms off so the plant can continue to grow but maybe I am doing it wrong.