I'm waiting on phone calls and emails so I'll go through what I've planted so far. Yeah, it's that time down here.
First up is Voodoo Black, I found a segregation in my Bluejay bush beans a few years back so I planted them. I got three segregations from them, one a black bean with purple tones that I called Voodoo. It was a pole bean and I got about a quart of dried beans off of that one plant. I planted it again last year an got two segregations. One was a white bean and the other was this. This looks a little different than the original Voodoo so I'm calling it Voodoo Black to see i f it stabilizes. I'm not that crazy about another black bean but with that productivity I want to see where this one goes.
All the rest today are from the Will Bonsall outcrosses I got from Russ a few years back. I call this one TT-A as a working name. It started ith WB #27, became Raspberry Ripple, then became Tallulah's Treasure. When I planted it last year I got three more segregations. Every time I've planted it it has always segregated and has never looked like the bean I planted. It is generally fairly productive and in the past has been a snap bean.
My only other pole bean so far started with WB#39. I called it Jas. I've grown it three times previously and it has always been stable. If it is still stable I plan to offer it to Russ for his network beans collection. This one has produced reverses a couple of times. It's even produced reverse pods. The pods are typically green with purple stripes but a few pods were purple with green stripes.
Now the bush beans, all from Will Bonsall beans.
Another black bean, Banzala is a fairly large bean. I've grown it twice before and it has always been stable.
Same with Valley View, third time growing it.
It will be my second time growing Aksai. When fresh it was a porcelain white. I thought it was more interesting than attractive but after it dried it looks better.
Lastly Cock 'N Bull. When it was fresh it was more of a pink but it has dried a nice shade of red.
That's the only "network" beans I have in the ground so far. I still have three raised beds to plant but right now they have greens that we are eating. When the heat hits, which wont be long, those beds will get cleaned out and planted in beans.
