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oh that sounds so Italian when i say it. :)

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 3 Algonquin - Pole Dry. This bean came out of a packet of seed in 2015 from Will Bonsall (The Scattered...

Looking up Marie-Louise and came across this, @heirloomgal did the pods develop stripes at a later stage, like the ones in the pic...

I took these Zilie Hameleoni photos on a cloudy day, which is why the seeds are bluer. In the sun the green color is more visible. Hence...

@flowerbug I don't know, I have not eaten the pods. I wanted to increase the seed count because I will probably send out quite a few...

@Artorius 's bean and breakfast wayside retreat for the bean afficionado...

I agree, that bean is staggeringly pretty. I need to start vacationing in Latvia if this is what their beans are like!

That bean raises a big Wow in me! What a beauty. Very similar to Bomba but much richer stronger color. I have been told somewhere along...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 2 Appaloosa - Bush Dry. Having last grown this bean in 2021 I originally obtained the bean from Full...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 2 Alice Sunshine hadn't been grown since 2025. Grown in my backyard plot it did very well and produced...

More bean photos from 2025. Bonel di Fonzaso from the Veneto region, Italy. One of the two pole beans whose seeds I collected...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show I grew one of Artur's beans this year. The 1500 Year Old Cave. 8 plants produce about 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg) of...

Have you checked out the photo settings in the phone @Blue-Jay ? There might be various light settings, or even a brightness adjuster...

i don't worry about it too much here. i don't really consider Purple Dove to have the sprawl habit as it doesn't get beyond a few feet...

first of all get your light consistent and then check white balance and see how that looks and then go from there. however, i have a...