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[Blue-Jay]

Here is the Little Falls. I sent to Artorious. I think I discovered Little Falls about 7 or 8 years ago.


Little Falls - Bush Dry

 

[Blue-Jay]

Paula - Robert Lobitz bush bean.

Your Paula looks so very nice. I am going to try to grow it this summer. I haven't done a grow out on it since about 2018. Did you try eating any of the geen pods? RL described the bean as a green snap.

 

[heirloomgal]

Wow ! That's a beauty. Were you able to purchase it somewhere?

Yes, I got this one from Metchosin. I wish there was a little more info about it, I might write to them and ask when I get some time.

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[Blue-Jay]

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 7​

Bigarrada Gris Negre - Pole Dry. A Catalonian heirloom from Spain. To say this bean is productive is an understatment. I'm not sure I have another bean that produces like this one does. On top of it's super productivity the bean is beautiful. Obtained this bean in 2024 from my wonderful Canadian bean friend and colleague @heirloomgal.

Bill Leech - Pole Lima. A genuine Kentucky heirloom. Originates around the Pine Mountain area of Harlan County. Someone gave me this bean at the Sustainable Mountain Agricultural seed swap in Berea, Kentucky in November 2024. The bean grew a little smaller than a lima like Florida Speckled but very, very productive plus I don't remember sorting out any culled beans from this one.


Bigarrada Gris Negre - Pole Dry....................Bill Leech - Pole Lima

 

[Artorius]

Your Paula looks so very nice. I am going to try to grow it this summer. I haven't done a grow out on it since about 2018. Did you try eating any of the geen pods? RL described the bean as a green snap.

No, I haven't tried eating Paula's pods.

 

[Triffid]

@Blue-Jay @Decoy1 last week I sowed ten of the Rose Offtype with grey frosted seeds. I wanted to see if it was stable or whether there would be further segregation. It appears that the latter is the case as there are at least two distinct stem colours. Some are completely green with no visible anthocyanin, whereas others are reddish-purple.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 8​

Bird Egg Blue - Bush Dry. Surprisingly this bean did very well in a place where some beans I grew wouldn't even give me one well fill out seed. A bean I discovered and named in the early 1980's. Plants of this bean in the right soil can grow up to 2 feet tall (60 cm). Sold in Canada by Heritage Harvest Seeds, Revival Seeds, and Heritage Hobby Seed Ark. Glen Seeds in South Africa, and Living Seeds in South Africa.

Bird Egg - Semi Runner. I first grew these little plump beans after I had obtianed them from the Seed Savers Exchange Growers Network in 1982. Production of this bean can be very good but they grew near a row of California Giant Zinnias and two other beans in that same row did grow their best this past summer.

 

[Decoy1]

@Blue-Jay @Decoy1 last week I sowed ten of the Rose Offtype with grey frosted seeds. I wanted to see if it was stable or whether there would be further segregation. It appears that the latter is the case as there are at least two distinct stem colours. Some are completely green with no visible anthocyanin, whereas others are reddish-purple.

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Yes, a pretty clear early indication! I’m told that Rose is particularly prone to off-types. An interesting one to follow up.
Are you going to try to grow them indoors?

 

[Blue-Jay]

@Blue-Jay @Decoy1 last week I sowed ten of the Rose Offtype with grey frosted seeds. I wanted to see if it was stable or whether there would be further segregation. It appears that the latter is the case as there are at least two distinct stem colours. Some are completely green with no visible anthocyanin, whereas others are reddish-purple.

Was this a test or will you plant any of these in an outside garden? Are you able to plant beans in your area already?

 

[Triffid]

This was just a test, so to answer both of your questions, no I won't be growing them indoors or outdoors, it's still far to cold to plant out anything.

But I will let them grow a little longer under lights to see what happens.

I would like to try @Artorius method of growing dwarf beans indoors out of season, but I don't have the natural light for it. Do you think growlights would suffice?