This is what planting a landrace looks like
It's just so fun to plant these super diverse Lofthouse Landrace Fava Beans. It contains different sizes and colors of fava beans, but this landrace is bred to be consistent where it counts- it does great in arid climates with short springs like ours.
Usually fava beans would be grown over winter in climates with mild winters and cool springs. This is the beauty of traditional plant It's just so fun to plant these super diverse Lofthouse Landrace Fava Beans. It contains different sizes and colors of fava beans, but this landrace is bred to be consistent where it counts- it does great in arid climates with short springs like ours.
Usually fava beans would be grown over winter in climates with mild winters and cool springs. This is the beauty of traditional plant breeding- adapting a crop to be better suited to your climate and garden is possible!
In order to keep increasing the diversity of this landrace, I planted 2 new varieties in the mix that I t- adapting a crop to be better suited to your climate and garden is possible!
If you want to adapt fava beans to your garden, you can jump-start the process by starting with a super diverse population like a landrace. Simple plant selection by you and/or nature will begin to narrow the genetics to be suited to your garden/goals. The majority of the crops and varieties we grow today were bred by gardeners just like you.
The need to adapt our garden crops to changing growing conditions is more prescient than ever.
That's why we sell a number of landraces and breeding populations to help you get your at-home breeding projects going.
Check out more landraces and breeding populations here:
www.givinggroundseeds.com/collections/populations-for-plant-breeding
