On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:06:10 -0400, William Wagner wrote:

In article . com,
beecrofter wrote:

I have never gotten viable seeds from ones that I have grown, hard
frost follows the shorter days it needs to bloom here in CT.
The big purple pods contain 2-3 seeds, I think they need more time to
ripen here.

Same here!

Bill

They didn't flower sufficiently to seed in July, Aug.?

Mine flowered like crazy in Aug. and Sept. but I am in
MO, a latitude south of y'all.

I've got lots of purple pods but none look ripe. Maybe 2
weeks until we get a lite frost.

Cheers,
P

"Well, there's two trains runnin'.
Ain't neither one goin' my way.
One run at midnight,
the other run just before day."
- from "Still A Fool", Muddy Waters, maybe 1949