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I should have said consistantly. Not 80 for a day or two then down in the 40's to 50's for daytime highs. 80's to 70's for highs. 65 for the worst high after a 80 day degree or so. It's the Jet Stream gone crazy.

We will probably stop getting these cold snaps after about the 20th of May. I'm getting the same cool downs here that you are. I plant beans when it starts feeling a bit summery outside.

If soil that is cold and wet that has bean seed planted in it the seed usually just rots. It's never a good idea to try to rush the normal season. Things planted slightly later will usually mature at the right time. Plants are besides light also driven by temperature.

I have used grass clippings alot. I use my lawn mower with a bagger and fill a 35 gallon garbage can then hual that to the garden when it's full and spread the lawn clippings. Go back for another load. I have even asked the neighbors if I could cut their grass for them and bag their lawn too...

Hi @Oxford. For some reason I just recently noticed you. I must have been sleep walking all this time. Anyway I'm glad you are here.

We have someone from Switzerland. Hello and Welcome @Oxford. Hope you will be with us frequently to our bean thread.

Wow you are lucky you are soon to get your last frost. I think you are about 2 to 3 weeks ahead of me. My last frost could come as late as May 22.

Hello @Fasol What might be the names of the bean varieties bred from the Vavilov collection? Are they pictured in your bean photo postings with the wood grain background? Will you be posting more such photos of your beans in the future?

I would mulch bush bean well for weed control and some bush plants when they become mature lay over on the ground. Good mulching will keep them healthier and off the soil. You will appreciate the mulching you did when some of the plants you save for seed start drying pods.

@Fasol, Hello ! A warm and friendly welcome to TheEasyGarden.com. Do I know you perhaps by another name? Does A Bean Collectors Window in the U.S.A seem a little familiar to you? You have a few of my original named beans. Cherry Trout, Pink Emperor, Hurley, Minnesota Beauty, Sweetwater and...

Stringless beans are not GMO. I don't know of any garden variety of beans that are GMO. I think mostly farm crops like corn and soybeans are probably Genetically modified for productivity. Stringless snap beans are naturally that way. Stringlessness was probably always part of beans. Some people...

Yes snap beans are the term for eating bean pods green as a vegetable. Many varieties these days are stringless. Long time ago green bean pods used to be called string beans. In some parts of the country some gardeners are still de-stringing their eatable pods. Dry beans are the kind you dry and...

Russ's 2025 Big Bean Show Day 52 Zebra Aus Teneriffa - Pole Dry (photo left) From a grower in Willich, Germany in 2019. It was part of a bean trade. This bean did very well this past summer and does well wherever I grow it. Small seeds. Zebrinas - Pole Dry (photo right) This bean did well also...

I think these two photos are the ones you like the best. Would you like a sample of each of these to keep and grow. Just in case I decide these beans are taking up too much room in the freezer. If they are in fact still stored in the freezer and I didn't already eat them. I could send you a...

I would imagine that Europe has many bees otherwise why Guy Dirix want to surround his beans with so many flowers. A few nights ago I was watching a documentary on plants and insects in England. England has 50 species of just Bumblebees not counting other bees they have.