[Cancelled/Bounty] Cate Family Black Cowpea (Labor Day 2020)

[ERR0R1755]

Check out this mysterious cowpea with no Google results

I got them from the Seed Savers Exchange as part of their online class, so I'm starting two pods and I'll move them into my Bounty (alongside my Swiss Chard) once they germinate.

Moderately climbing vines. Flowers violet. Purple pigmentation on stems and pod tips. Pods 3-6" long, straight, and pendant. 1-2 pods per raceme and up to 12 seeds per pod. Dry pods straw-colored. Seeds solid black. Productivity intermediate and mid-season maturing when grown in 2014 at Heritage Farm. Dry beans have a robust flavor; tannic; smoky; dense and moist texture.

[Shawn]

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[ERR0R1755]

I had soaked these seeds for 24 hours before I planted them, and I think that was a mistake. The seeds started to rot.

Sep 18: I started two new pods, but this time I cut the pods open to give the seeds more breathing room - and I didn't presoak them.

[ERR0R1755]

Still had no luck with the second batch. At this point it's been a while since Labor Day, so I'll just grow these in the future instead of doing it for this GAL.

[Shawn]

Too bad it did not germinate.  I hate when that happens but ... it gives you another reason to start a new project.