By way of coincidence someone just gave me a couple of hundred seeds. I love hyacinth beans as an ornamental, but I’ve never eaten them for some reason. I hear they are potent nitrogen fixers as well.
I read a paper that trialed hot water emasculation on Chenopodium, but even they found it unreliable despite the tiny flowers and went back to physical removal of male flowers before maturity.
Very good article. The mechanics of hand pollination may seem daunting to the casual observer, but it may prompt more people to do their own research on landraces. I have been doing landrace research for 30 years and don't hand pollinate, but my research program has different objectives. Keep up the good work!
By way of coincidence someone just gave me a couple of hundred seeds. I love hyacinth beans as an ornamental, but I’ve never eaten them for some reason. I hear they are potent nitrogen fixers as well.
I wonder if emasculation by boiling water or something similar would spare the female parts or not
I read a paper that trialed hot water emasculation on Chenopodium, but even they found it unreliable despite the tiny flowers and went back to physical removal of male flowers before maturity.
Very good article. The mechanics of hand pollination may seem daunting to the casual observer, but it may prompt more people to do their own research on landraces. I have been doing landrace research for 30 years and don't hand pollinate, but my research program has different objectives. Keep up the good work!