Hello everybody. Am going to india and staying there from beginning of Jan 2018 till first week of march*
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I have a dilemma and thus unsure of the decision... Will be landing in goa (jan 2018) and i know that, down there, harvest only starts by end of December, so the stuff will be fresh and i'd go to Kerala to find me beans. Do you know when would be the best time to go to Kerala and collect the seeds? Does the freshness of the plants impact/affect the quality of the seeds?
Same question as above but for Kashmir. Up there it will be cold and i don't think they (the farmers) will have started their growing season (latitude 34 therefore northern hemisphere). Do you think that if i go first up there in Kashmir i could be lucky and find seeds from the previous season(2017)?*
What do you reckon wouuld be best to do? *(my feeling is that it's be better to go up to kashmir in January, though cold and wait a bit longer to go to Kerala, say february, like that i'd go down with my (hopefully) kashmiri seeds while*the plants in kerala will be harvested and their *seeds ready).
Eagerly awaiting to read your thoughts.
Cheers
Dan
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I have a dilemma and thus unsure of the decision... Will be landing in goa (jan 2018) and i know that, down there, harvest only starts by end of December, so the stuff will be fresh and i'd go to Kerala to find me beans. Do you know when would be the best time to go to Kerala and collect the seeds? Does the freshness of the plants impact/affect the quality of the seeds?
Same question as above but for Kashmir. Up there it will be cold and i don't think they (the farmers) will have started their growing season (latitude 34 therefore northern hemisphere). Do you think that if i go first up there in Kashmir i could be lucky and find seeds from the previous season(2017)?*
What do you reckon wouuld be best to do? *(my feeling is that it's be better to go up to kashmir in January, though cold and wait a bit longer to go to Kerala, say february, like that i'd go down with my (hopefully) kashmiri seeds while*the plants in kerala will be harvested and their *seeds ready).
Eagerly awaiting to read your thoughts.
Cheers
Dan