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In UK, the Japanese Senshyu Yellow is the standard overwintering variety, and always does well. Is that commonly grown in UK? Here it will bulb while the days are shorter, a month or so earlier than the long day varieties. I guess I’m about Zone 8, so not sure how that would fare in 7a.

Thanks Triffid. I guess I haven’t even encountered average sized white seeds in a P. coccineus but there are probably many and thanks for setting the scale. Is this a variety offered as a vulgaris-coccineus cross?

Interesting. The only P. coccineus varieties with white seeds which I’ve come across have larger than average seeds. The Wey variety clearly has smaller than average white seeds which makes it specially interesting. It seems to be one of the varieties claimed to have some P. vulgaris in the...

That's brilliant news. I'd pretty well given up hope. I hope the contents are in good order.

Thank you, Artorius, if you meant to me rather than to @Bluejay77. I can share them with @Triffid too. A trade would be good. I’ll pm you.

Congratulations. It must feel a bit like giving birth! I love the layout and presentation . I’m away from home and don’t have my laptop with me. But on my tablet both Safari and Chrome open the front page but can’t load the individual variety pages. I’m sure it will get sorted soon though, and...

I’m afraid it was @Triffid who requested Fat Man, rather than me. So the germination difficulties she reports are rather crucial. Do you know whether anyone else holds any Fat Man seeds, apart from (hopefully) the Dutch grower?

I had my seed directly from the same fellow. What puzzles me a little is that the seed I produced this last year appears exactly the same as the seed I planted. It’s only one generation but I wondered whether it could by any chance be a stable segregation.

Bluejay 77: What I am curious about what does your new seed look like now that you have grown it out. The photo of Freckles which I posted above (DF2023) is this year’s grow out. If my parcel gets through to you, it will have that seed in it. If it doesn’t get through, I’ll grow it again next...

The original seed you sent, Russ, for comparison.

Someone else grew Freckles and they found outcrosses. Typical mottled pattern I wasn't crazy about them so I am now eating them in this most recent pot of bean stew I made a couple of days ago. I guess if you grew it again I could just replace the same number of the older seeds with new ones you...

Yes, SMAC seeds are exactly so. Were your seeds originally from SMAC? I’m afraid I didn’t keep a close enough eye on the pod colour but I believe they were all red. They took me by surprise rather by drying down so early. I’ll be more aware this next year.

Happy New Year to Russ, and all. Interesting list. I’ve been having to cut down on freezer space and have just thrown away a lot of Blue Coco. Darn from me too! But I still have quite a lot left and very happy to grow again in 2024 without needing you to send me seed, Russ. It’s a favourite...

I grew Striped Bunch this year as a semi-runner. It was about four feet tall.

Cannellini malato seems to be unstable. I received my seed from the same donor in Valpiano who supplied Russ with his. My seed was, I’d say, more simply dark brown and white than the more tri-coloured bean on Russ’s network picture or the ones you received .I grew it this year and my resulting...

That’s good to hear. It gives plenty of warning for next year if our UK contingent is still able to participate - perhaps three of us next year? Is there anyway of knowing whether our parcel made it in time to get through customs by the expiry date of this year’s permit? Is that definitely 2026...

I don’t think the local designations are a patent as such and probably not legally binding. They are more an attempt by the EU to keep a local variety pure. The Cookipedia entry is quite informative https://cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/Coco_de_Paimpol_(Paimpol_haricot_bean) Coco de Paimpol...

Yes, that might be the case - that they are picked at a slightly earlier stage, apparently when the leaves are just showing the first signs of yellowing. But it sounds as though timing is crucial for shellies too. I do like these days to pick some beans for shelling and mix them in with green...

Yes, this variety has a protected status. I don’t quite know how this works but I think the seeds shouldn’t be sold under that name outside the designated area. I grow a variety called Coco Nain Blanc which was offered by a French company as the same bean under a different but legal name. Oddly...

I'm very happy to share. I'll pm you.