Legumes for planting in 2026 by Fasol

[ducks4you]

Hello everyone! I’m Konstantin, and I hail from a small ethnic republic within Russia. My specialty is agricultural science. This year, I will be planting part of my collection of various legume crops, featuring more than 300 varieties. The collection mainly includes common beans, peas, soybeans, and broad beans, as well as some crops non-traditional to our region.

I plan to post my observations on legume cultivation here, hoping to find a response among fellow enthusiasts. I am multilingual, but English is not among the languages I speak. Thankfully, neural network-based translators are erasing language barriers.

Wishing everyone a great harvest this season!
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from Illinois!
The Easy Bean Network will be thrilled to have another bean person!!

 

[ducks4you]

I Looked but you haven't posted there yet, so I will help you get lost on the bean thread:

Thread '2026 Little Easy Bean Network – Plant A Garden, Water Your Soul, Join Our Family'

Jan 1, 2026

Hello Everyone !

Here we are now in 2026 beginning our 14th year in this Network. At some point in time it felt like a family to me and I’m sure to many of you as well. Helping each other by posting our collective knowledge has been an amazing thing for me to enjoy, learn and observe as I will soon begin my 80th summer in this world. From the thrill and enjoyment of my first garden of radishes at the age of 3 in 1949, to my high school gardens in the 1960’s to the amazing discovery of John Withee’s Wanigan Associates bean network in 1978. I take great enjoyment in the discovery of...

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[Blue-Jay]

@Fasol, Hello !

A warm and friendly welcome to TheEasyGarden.com.

Do I know you perhaps by another name? Does A Bean Collectors Window in the U.S.A seem a little familiar to you? You have a few of my original named beans. Cherry Trout, Pink Emperor, Hurley, Minnesota Beauty, Sweetwater and possibly Brown Eyed Goose you call Brown Goose. There are other beans that I am likely the person responsible for getting them initially into circulation. I have sent beans that people ordered from me into Russia, Ukraine, and Kaszakhstan in the past under better political conditions.

Do you know anyone who might have acquired the following beans from the Vavilov Seed Bank in St. Petersburg or might be growing these beans in Russia in fairly recent times.

My Vavilov Wish List - Vavilov Accession Number

New Perfection Wax ---2330
Buckbee's New Wonder Wax ---2335
New Stringless Wax ---2348
Barteldes Stringless Green Pod ----261
Wardwell's Kidney Wax ----809
Long Yellow Six Weeks ----285
Currie's Rust Proof ----284
Extra Early Refugee ----171
Feltham Prolific ---2098
Green Gem - 10027
Staley's Star ---8063

I have heard, and this maybe a rumor, but that everything in the Vavilov Seed Bank is dead.

 

[Fasol]

300 varieties is seriously impressive.

Maybe I didn't put it correctly, or the translator app didn't convey the text accurately. I'm planting 300 varieties of beans this year alone, and that's only part of the collection. In reality, there are even more

 

[Fasol]

Do you find much difference in how the varieties perform year to year with your climate, or are most of them fairly consistent once established?

In our conditions, the climate has a huge impact, and the yield of a single variety can vary significantly. A season might be hot and dry, but with sufficient irrigation, the harvest is excellent. However, in a wet year, the yield is always lower

 

[Fasol]

I guess your winters are much harsher and the warm up is more sudden. We have long springs and autumns.

There was an excessive amount of snow this year, around 1.5–2 meters. This is significant, even for our region

 

[Fasol]

How many of your great collection of common beans are you growing this season?

Beans ~ 300
Peas ~ 50
Broad beans ~ 20
Soy ~ 15
There are many other pulse crops as well.

 

[Fasol]

@Fasol, Hello !

A warm and friendly welcome to TheEasyGarden.com.

Thank you very much, @Blue-Jay. I am also glad to meet you!
No, I don’t know you personally, but I have heard a great deal about you. My collection includes many of your varieties, which I’ve acquired through various means—mostly from fellow bean enthusiasts like myself.
I am familiar with the website 'A Bean Collector's Window'; I’ve used it to verify the names of certain varieties. As I mentioned before, translating variety names can be tricky, so I always try to consult the original source.
We have a small Bean Lovers' Club with a few dozen members. None of us have the seeds of the varieties you listed. In fact, I would say that Vavilov’s original varieties are virtually non-existent in Russia now. I only have about a dozen varieties of peas and beans from the Vavilov collection, much of which has likely been lost.
I also have several bean varieties bred from the Vavilov collection. However, when we requested seeds back in 2001 (25 years ago) on behalf of the Chuvash State Agricultural Academy, our request was denied
I am aware that a portion of the legume seeds, primarily peas, is currently being stored in the permafrost in Yakutia.