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This Atlas is a Polish commercial variety introduced by the Polan company from Krakow. The seeds are no longer available for sale because most Polish pole beans have been displaced by bush varieties. The only Polish pole bean currently available in stores is Gazela. The Atlas seeds I have were...

@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.