# Fukuoka Grab Bag **URL:** \ **Category:** 2023 Grow Reports\ **Created:** [April 17, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995 "2023-04-17T04:47:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/joseph_lofthouse/32/96_2.png) [@Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Joseph_Lofthouse)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/1 "2023-04-17T04:47:43Z")
For discussions about how the Fukuoka Grab Bag grew for you. Did you find anything you love? What failed for you? Are you growing any species that might be included in it next year? * * * Here is the list of what went into it: Amaranth Amaranth, grex Arugula Arugula Arugula Asparagus Beans, climbing, mix/landrace Beans, common, 11 varieties Beans, Common, Beefy Resilient Grex Beans, common, black mix Beans, Common, Bush grex Beans, common, bush-ish grex Beans, common, grex Beans, common, grex Beans, Southwest grex Beans, Common, Landrace Beans, Common, Pole grex Beans, cowpea Beans, cowpea Beans, Cowpea, bush and vining Beans, most prolific, semi-climbing Beans, runner Beans, tepary Beans, White Tepary Beet burdock Calendula Calendula Calendula, mix Carrot Carrot Carrot Grex Catnip Cilantro Cosmos Dill Eggplant Ground cherry grex Huckleberry, garden Lettuce Lettuce Lettuce, stem Luffa Marigold X 2 Morning Glory Mustard Okra Onion, Bunching, Tokyo white Orach Orach Perilla, 2 varieties Pole beans Poppy, breadseed Poppy, breadseed Primrose Radish Radish, black Spanish Rhubarb Sorghum Sunflower, medium seeded Sunflower, small seeded grex Tomatillo, feral Tomatillo, grex Tomatillo, grex Tomato, Peruvian Turnip Zenia I added some of my grexes/landraces: Agave Amaranth Barley Chia Cucurbita ficifolia Fenugreek Flax, Annual Flax, Lewisii Lettuce Mustard spice Oats Parsnip Rye Teosinte Turnip Wheat ---
**Author:** ![Angel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/angel/32/1299_2.png) [@Angel](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/2 "2023-04-17T15:18:59Z")
Still snow on the ground so still waiting to plant. Great to know what the possibility’s are! ---
**Author:** ![Bee.hill](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/bee.hill/32/14396_2.png) [@Bee.hill](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Bee.hill)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/4 "2023-05-08T02:05:40Z")
Is this list for the 2023 “Everything Else” Fukuoka’s Grab Bag? It is coming in the mail to me now. I will know what to look for when they come up. This is my first year with landrace mindset. But i have had almost a year to think on it and collect (buy) seeds. Thank you for your part in all this. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/joseph_lofthouse/32/96_2.png) [@Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Joseph_Lofthouse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/5 "2023-05-08T03:59:42Z")
The beans, radishes, tomatillos, and ground cherries got separated out into their own mixes. The rest of the seeds went into the grab bag. ---
**Author:** ![Kimzy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/kimzy/32/14489_2.png) [@Kimzy](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Kimzy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/6 "2023-05-15T14:45:07Z")
Because of the extreme weather, we have three growing seasons over the Sonora dessert. I chose and received Fukuoka’s grab bag, Ground cherry, Tomatillo. hot weather beans, and everything else. Some will be planted during the monsoon season, the others will have to go in the winter season starting in late November and resembles many northern states summer season. I had also missed my spring season due to a medical pause… For the super hot summer we grow okra, Malabar spinach, water melons, muskmelons, asparagus beans, Armenian cucumber, edible gourds, cucumbers, sunflower and zinnia. We enjoy edible flowers as much as vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/joseph_lofthouse/32/96_2.png) [@Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Joseph_Lofthouse)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/7 "2024-01-02T23:35:27Z")
Here’s what went into the **Fukuoka Grab Bag for 2024**. I’m sure that I forgot to write down some things. allium, mystery amaranth arugula asparagus barley, purple bean, tepary beans, common broccoli rab cabbage calendula catnip chia chrysanthemum, edible cilantro x 2 corn, tarahumara cosmos x 3 culantro dahlia dill x 2 flax gamagrass goldenberry ground cherry kale, russian kenaf marigold mint mouse garlic mustard x 2 okra x 2 parsnip x 3 radish rhubarb rocket, turkish rutabaga rye shisho, red squash sunflower tobacco tobacco, rustica tomatillo x 2 watermelon wheat x 2 ---
**Author:** ![Naomiupland](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/naomiupland/32/2875_2.png) [@Naomiupland](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Naomiupland)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/8 "2024-01-02T23:50:09Z")
Ha ha, amazing! Can’t wait to get it. Last year’s was so much fun 💚 ---
**Author:** ![peterd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e57/32.png) [@peterd](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/peterd)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 1:31am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/9 "2024-01-03T01:31:42Z")
The Tarahumara corn sounds interesting. Any idea if its one of the three known flour color varieties or is it a mixed landrace of all three? White Flour for the corn milk drink they make, the Red Flour for the tortillas they make, or the Yellow Flour for the tamale and tortilla making? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/joseph_lofthouse/32/96_2.png) [@Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Joseph_Lofthouse)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/10 "2024-01-04T23:43:52Z")
The Tarahumara corn was not any of those previously mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Wendy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/wendy/32/5924_2.png) [@Wendy](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Wendy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/11 "2024-02-07T17:43:45Z")
Is there a recommended amount of space for the packet? Just scatter and let them fight it out or separate out some of the more obvious kinds of seeds (like plant the bean that looks like a Mayflower pole bean right next to the corn in the package)? I know not everything will do well or ripen in time in our zone, but this is gonna be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Angel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/angel/32/1299_2.png) [@Angel](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Angel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fukuoka-grab-bag/995/12 "2024-02-08T15:34:40Z")
Well, I CAN tell you a 4x8 bed is not enough unless you like it really, really crowded. It didn’t seem like that much seed but some stuff got pretty big.