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it depends upon how much rain and for how long the pods remain moist after a rain. some beans have thinner pods and will dry off fast...

Don't have any photos of the belt that my middle DD bought me for Christmas, BUT, here is one that is affordable. When I take my phone...

Well @Blue-Jay some good news and bad news about network bean 'Kruger's Speckled Caseknife'. Good news is the grow out went much better...

I'm quite relieved to know that it's from the outside in, not the other way around. After growing so many tomatoes I've become...

I think I just misunderstood @Blue-Jay , I guess what I was trying to ask was is it the excess water being taken up from the roots in...

'Brutte e Buon' which translates to 'Ugly and Good' 😜 'Fagy Után' which oddly means 'after frost' in Hungarian. Contextually that...

external, the plants don't pump more water into the seeds.

Yes please! No hurry to send the seed though as I'm sure we'll have other varieties to swap at the end of the season too. :D...

I'm really lacking on getting photos of the network beans. Seems every time I go to the garden I never have my phone. Happy to say that...

It is the water soaking into the pods externally.

This is interesting, I didn't realize the main concern was proximity to the ground. (I really am new to growing beans I guess!) So the...

Isn't that what I said? My concern for bush beans is wet ground sprouting and rotting seeds too. Did I word my statement oddly?

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...

My grow out of this bean this year also looks similar to this. The yellow pods I have are now developing I think red streaks and...

This comes out of Robert Lobitz material that I obtained from Ron Thuma of Hartford, Kansas in 2015. It had Robert's code number of #30B...