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Hi, I am intrested in registering for this network. Can you advise me on how to do so?

read the beginning post in this thread and also check out @Blue-Jay 's website and look at the network pages. basically you are...

Wow 65%+ germ rate is amazing after 12 years!

Same here. It snowed big wet snowballs and was blizzardy all afternoon. Feels like January now that everything is white again. :sick

Two years ago I sent sevral white pole beans to my bean farmer aquaintence in Twin Falls, Idaho. His company is called Gentec. He just...

It sure doesn't look like we are even close to any kind of plantable weather here this morning. I bet we have at least two inches of...

mebbe two weeks from now i'll be able to risk my earliest bean planting (i use extra Purple Dove seeds for this because i have plenty of...

Very interesting, @Blue-Jay. Do you keep track of the germination success rate to see if it has dropped off for any of the varieties...

This set of beans I did the first germination test in 2018. Then I did this same set in 2019, 2020, and 2021. I have gone three years...

it's like Christmas when the bean pods start drying down and you can see what nature (and your efforts) has provided. well of course...

i think i only have one network bean left to grow out here and i'm not sure how it will go this season, but i'll give it one last...

being sealed in a glass jar and a very stable environment may have a lot to do with it. i've had reasonable results too and i'm not...

wow! the Provider beans i have from you are mostly white with only a hint of pink in them.

That is super excellent @Blue-Jay , you have nice conditions in your basement. I've found that beans have excellent keeping qualities...

I did a little germination project this past week. I have had about 17 bean varieties I've been keeping in baby food jars on a shelf in...