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The design of the Winstrip trays is to maximize air pruning of the roots so the "waste" spaces around each cell is to get more air to each cell. I haven't used them, but they are the latest hip thing in small veg growing. I don't use ebb and flow irrigation, I just like a tray that holds more...

I think most beans can be used interchangeably for the most part. I like larger seeded beans in soup and stew, and tend to use smaller seeded beans for things like bean salad, burrito /taco filling, and things like beans and rice. Personally I do not like black beans, or any dark colored bean...

Found a weirdo. These are probably lucky.

I haven't personally used these, but many veg farmers in the Northeast US are switching to them seems like. I've always used tobacco float trays for my seedlings. These don't have the same volume of the roottrainers though. https://fedcoseeds.com/ogs/mini-wini-large-cell-tray-8814

I use Dolloff as a dry bean, but it is supposedly very good as a shelly. I've never in my life cooked shelly beans, which is probably something I should do. As far as I know Horticultural Lima is not available as a specific named variety anymore. It does seem possible that either Golden...

Hello! Just discovered this forum recently after reading about it on flowerbug's Anthive blog. I've been planning a slightly larger dry bean grow-out this season and had actually purchased several beans from Blue-Jay on the Bean Collector's Window site. I was looking specifically to find seed...