Recent content by Artorius

@heirloomgal, this year I only opened the pods a little from the top so that the moisture inside could evaporate faster. That was all I could do. Unfortunately, I did it too late, and quite a few seeds germinated in the Koronis Cream pods. I harvested them before they were completely dry, so I...

@Oxford The source of my Schneebone seeds is the Deaflora store. German shop, German name, so I assumed the bean came from Germany. When I was looking through the links you provided, I remembered the Gold und Silber bean which I also had from Deaflora. This bean eventually turned out to be the...

When I grew True Red Cranberry two years ago, I also had this problem. Not all the seeds colored properly. It was similar with the Low's Champion bean, which has seeds of the same shape and color but grows as a bush.

@Oxford, Schneebohne and Mongeta de la Neu are two different beans. I'm sure of this because I have seeds from both and can compare them.

@heirloomgal, if the pods remain soft for a long time, check to see if the seeds are germinating inside. Last year, I had a large number of cracked and sprouted seeds inside Ohio Pole pods.

My network bean Nyautenibe Nchenachena looks similar. I've been growing it for three years now and it's been a failure again. In February, I sowed the last seed from the sample I received from @Blue-Jay into a pot. A beautiful, strong plant grew and gave me a dozen or so nice pods. I sowed...

In Poland, this method is common during late spring frosts. Sprinklers are deliberately installed in orchards and vineyards for this very purpose.

@heirloomgal, I haven't grown Fagiolo de la Bareta yet, but I have seeds and will sow it next year. We'll see how it grows in my location.

I started picking the first dry and soft Amber Queen pods. Bis will be ready for harvesting in a moment... ...and Zilie Hameleoni too. I still have to wait a little longer for pole beans. The Czar runner bean. Gvnagei - Cherokee bean. I saw somewhere on the internet that Gvnagei...

The Polish Post has also temporarily suspended shipping to the US all items except correspondence and documents. Reason: many ambiguities and restrictions imposed by the US government and air carriers.

@heirloomgal, I install the first strings when the plants begin to branch out, and the next ones as they grow. I braid the first string around the plants, the next ones just tie them around. In the photo, Scala is only tied around. I simply ran out of string :)

Schwarze Kugel ready for harvest. I planted my Blue Jays a bit late, but September is supposed to be warm so I'm counting on a good crop. Scala bush wax. I got my seeds from Franchi Sementi, so I think it's an Italian variety. Or maybe Dutch, I'm not sure. It's an early bean, so I planted...

@Blue-Jay, can you write more about the Skunk River Trout bean that @oxbow farm showed?

That's right, I have several varieties of such beans from Italy and Austria, especially from the Steiermark / Styria region. This is what my 2023 Rassacher Kipfler looked like.

Some of my nicer looking beans :) Mountaineer White Half-Runner Lobitz's Purple Rain Pods of another Lobitz's bean. - Chaska Purple. They are wider and longer than those of Purple Rain Elektra is reliable as always.