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thank you, but no thank you. :) i don't normally grow pole beans and am trying to avoid getting more unless there's some trait i'm...

i would like to know, but so far the most information i've got is that Alan Kapuler may have gotten some of RL's records but Alan passed...

I also started the seed harvesting. Interestingly, I found a Meerbarbe / blue sea barb where the seeds have a reversed color of white...

I wonder if one of Robert's Purple podded beans were crossed with some African bean that might not even have been a purple bean but...

if you do this could you please put a ruler of some kind in the picture for a scale reference? :) otherwise the pictures already...

Hope this helps

I wonder how anyone could find the parental combination that Robert Lobitz used to create Purple Dove. Most of what he released was bush...

Yes if you do come across some different and unique seed coats in your crosses and want to donate some seed I would definitely be...

if you do grow outs for a few years you'll be able to see if the bean is stable or not and if it is unique and interesting enough to...

Marvel of Nictaux (Network Bean) Shelled some pods today. Some of the pods didn't fill all the way. I've been having a problem with...

Thank you for the article! I remember in school when they first went over genetics they talked about Mendel and peas and punnet squares...

Ok, thank you for the clarification! Since flowerbug said that this seed coat is pretty common, I guess this one probably doesn't need...

i first saw those happen in some Cranberry beans, it's commonly called reversing or a reversal, but the geneticists probably have a...

It is Bluejay's network so definitely follow him. But years back I got some outcrosses from him to try to grow out. Several of us did...

I've grown Trionfo Violetto for probably five years now. It might be a day or two, but I'll take a picture of my seed.