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Finally, after almost two months, the sun appeared from behind the clouds and I had enough natural light to take photos. First up, the Flowerbugs :) Tinker's Fire - half runner Sunrise - bush Unfortunately, the place where this bean grew was too dry, which resulted in a low yield. The...

Weevils are mysterious and sneaky beasts. I once found them in a box of bean seeds that I grew in a third-floor apartment in the middle of the city. To this day I don't know where they came from. I doubt my neighbors grow beans indoors, I always thought they were serious people.

@Bluejay77, Most often I use regular paper glue. If I don't additionally cover the box with adhesive tape, I use a two-component glue, e.g. Poxipol. I don't know if you can buy it in the US, but I'm sure there is something similar.

@Bluejay77 I'm glad that the parcel arrived safely and I'm grateful to you for the opportunity to grow many interesting beans in recent years. As for the box, I used the one in which I received the beans from Germany. The size was just right. I often do this. I gently cut the box, turn it...

@Branching Out If the weevils have not damaged the embryo, seeds with holes will germinate normally. I was checking it. Of course, if they are riddled with holes like Swiss cheese, there is no point in sowing them

I have never managed to cut such a perfectly round hole without the appropriate tool, and this worm did it with his teeth or something like that. Does anyone else say that man is the most perfect creature on earth? Are such thoughts a symptom of winter depression?:)

Parcels from Poland reach recipients in Canada without any problems, so probably the same from Belgium.

@Bluejay77 I managed to bag all my network beans today. Tomorrow I will correct the inventory list, print the missing labels and send the parcel on Tuesday. It will contain 30 packets in total.

@Decoy1 Did the pods of your Ooty India # 1 have a purple tint to them? The seeds I collected have a more brown background, the color of the swirls is the same. Maybe it's because of my soil. I wrote Ooty because that is the name under which I received this bean and that is the name of the...

@heirloomgal I received information from @Bluejay77 that the green-yellow sticker for the returns package is valid only until December 11. That's why I postponed the photo session and now I'm shelling pole bean pods to send the seeds as soon as possible. You have a little more time than me...

Such situations happened to me too. If I didn't have other seeds, I sometimes sowed those with holes left by weevils. One or two holes do not affect germination as long as the embryo has not been damaged.

@heirloomgal, you collected beautiful seeds. I'll probably start taking photos of my bush beans this weekend. I shelled all the pods. The seeds were already dry enough to freeze briefly. I always do this and that's why I don't know what a bean weevil is.

@heirloomgal I'm glad you managed to multiply the seeds of this bean. I have to plant it next year. Now I wonder what percentage of the seeds I left for myself will germinate.

@Branching Out Such damage occurs when, after a long period of drought, the beans receive too much water at once. The center of the seed swells rapidly and the coat splits.

@colcol If you would like to find more information about Tongue of Fire bean on Google, try entering its original Italian name Lingua di Fuoco in the search engine.

Yesterday I harvested the first dry pods of Rassacher Kipfler, Tuvagliedda Marrone and Socere e Nore della Majella. Rassacher Kipfler from Steiermark, Austria - ripe pods... ... and some less ripe ones. I'm still waiting for some later varieties such as Hallados Grandos, Murusieddu Rosso...

Yes, these are beans from Catalonia.

@heirloomgal It's amazing! I had a similar vision, but I ate some mushrooms 😂

Another half pink bean I grew this year. Pink Trout

It seems that some Catalan beans are too late for our climate. Only now is my Floreta fully forming pods. It's hard, I won't give up, I'll think of something to collect nice seeds in the future.