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me too! :) likely pole beans (a dominant trait) but it really depends upon how many traits of Gold of Bacau were recessive instead of...

I would say that the grower of the outcross usually can keep the outcrossed seed. Sometimes the grower will send some of the outcrossed...

Ok cool, good to know! I'm curious to see what results I'll get when I eventually try planting these! How are outcrosses usually...

Gold of Bacau Outcross is what i would use. the seed coat pattern is pretty common from what i've experienced and also the beans that...

I sowed 5 "Gold of Bacau" network beans. 3 of 5 sprouted One plant did not look like the other two though. It had some purple...

In my case, such damage to the pods occurred after heavy rains following a period of drought. Too much water at once. Is your Mohawk a...

The earliest network bean this year, and one of the earliest pole beans of them all - 'Barry Island'. I usually start the beans in...

I love the hat @Blue-Jay !! 💙 Sorry to hear about your bush beans. Not the best bean season for anybody it seems.

It has bean a hard year for beans. Especially bush beans. June was brutally hot with hardly a drop of rain. July gave us a little bit of...

No ants; the dark spots are crud. Also it has a drop of bean sap at the top. Wonder if it'll get moldy. I went ahead and picked 2 of...

On that third photo, are those ants digging into the pod between the top two visible beans? I have a few pods of Cornplanter purple...

This is Mohawk pole (not a Network bean). Is this common for this variety? Does too much watering cause this? Should I be picking...

it's been a tough year here too, just have to keep doing what we can.

Luckily, it was never below 10 C (50 F) so far this summer - I am 500 meters / 1650 ft. above sea level. But because of the nearly...

Out of your list, there are several I haven’t grown but a couple stood out. One was Old Joe Clark which I’ve also found particularly...