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@Bluejay77 This is really fascinating, thanks for sharing. Have you ever compared your collection to this database? I'm just curious how hard it is to match up some of the common names we use to something of this nature. Thanks again!

Do any of you have experience with Red Swan? I'm curious about a couple of things if you do. My plan was to use these fresh - would you suggest that I let them get to the Red stage or would that be too long on the plant? Also, my plants are definitely sending off runners...I thought these...

I can't imagine a time when I'm not fascinated by the intricacies of life in the garden - I love the tiny details. Many years ago my Mother in Law showed up with a bunch of twigs and told me they were hibiscus. In the years since, I've been rewarded with a fence line of beautiful pink and...

Interesting discussion. I'm a bit of a novice with this and just so I'm following correctly, does the "F" in your discussions simply represent the next generation / planting? Also, would conditions ever play into growth habit or is it always dictated by genetics?

@BeanQueen, was inspired by your Red Swan post to get a close up of mine in action. Having too much fun with a new lens at the garden this morning...the symmetry of most vegetable flowers always amazes me. My wife kids me about sometimes growing food crops that we're not going to eat, I always...

Thanks @flowerbug that's good to know!

Network Bean Update 7/14/19 Munachedda Pole (planted 5/6/19) Topped pole, very vigorous plants. No flowers, no pods observed at this point. Solweziz #2 (planted 5/6/19) Climbing nicely, vigorous plants climbed to 3-4’ at this stage. Starting to have white flowers. No pods yet. Trebulino...

@reedy, I'd love to grow out some of the Hoosier Wonder beans if you've got a few to share! Cool looking plants and beans!

Thank you! We're really lucky to have such a cool space. I live just north of downtown Indianapolis and undeveloped land is pretty rare - as a huge bonus, it has water. Our group has been there for 9 years. Due to pending development, this may be our last season but it's been a a great...

Thank you!

Our neighborhood garden always looks best in June. Before that some of the plots are still a mess and after that many get a bit overgrown. In any case, it's a fun endeavor.

Our weather (Indianapolis) has been bouncing around as well. I had what I thought was a good planting week and as soon as I got the beans in the ground it turned cold and rainy. Fortunately I got good germination overall, it just seemed to take everything about a week longer to pop out of the...

That is one cool looking little hoe. Just looked these guys up and they make some really interesting tools. Definitely going on the wish list! Thanks for sharing!

I was using a tool belt once and had my pruners pointy side up like a dope, I bent over to pluck a weed and almost impaled myself. So, tool belts aren't for people with my lack of short term memory and inability to face tools in the right direction.

The aforementioned Mini Japanese Garden Hoe. The handle is about 15" which gives you a lot more leverage than your typical hand tool. I just love the size and have used it for years. Most of my gardening efforts are in either raised beds or small spaces so these style tools are perfect for me.

I was gardening this morning and I've got a new favorite garden tool. Tool purists may claim it's not a tool, but meh. I got a new garden bag this past Christmas - it's the red one from Lee Valley that I suppose many have seen in the catalog if you receive them. This garden bag is simply...

It's been monsoon season in Indianapolis the last couple of weeks (started a few days after I planted my beans). I was really concerned that all the seeds were going to rot in the ground because the weather didn't cooperate at all. I'm happy to report though that the beans were resilient and...

@Ridgerunner @flowerbug, Thanks for the information, I really appreciate you guys taking the time to answer my question in such detail.

Was looking through this forum and have a terminology question which I've been unable to answer with a light Google dive. I'm fairly inexperienced with seed collecting and am not familiar with the terms segregation and outcross. Outcross I can kind of imagine but the Segregation stumps me...

@Bluejay77 I received my 2019 beans, thank you! Would you happen to know the country of origin of these? I'm particularly curious about Nwambili, Trebulino di Domenico and Fisole Rassacher Kipfler. These three are listed as being donated by Joseph Simcox "The Botanical Explorer" - I googled...