Murray McGregor wrote:
> In article <002f01c3a0c5$2fd07d20$ed3ab08e@User>, al picketts
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>> Phacelia tenacetifolia is better for bee forage and soil
>> improvement growing quite tall (3 feet) while Phacelia campanularia is
>> short
>> (1 foot).  This explains why the seed I got from Germany grew very lush,
>> tall, bee-attractive and lots of honey while the seed I got from Man. was
>> short, sparce, not very bee-attractive and not much honey.
>
> Not actually the case in my experience. The same batch of seed of
> Phacelia tancetifolia  (aka Tansy leafed Phacelia) can produce this
> range of results.
>
> I am involved in the planting of this for bee forage with several
> farmers on set-aside land here in Scotland.

Just to add to Murray's observations on the differences you can get from
the same seed, here is a good article on Phacelia tancetifolia

http://www.smallfarmsuccess.info/Phacelia_farmer_version.pdf

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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