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@HmooseK- I am growing most of last year's beans- Pole- Ojo de Cabra, Turkey Craw, Ramshorn, Sicitalian Black Swamp, Frank Barnett, Bosnian Pole, Annelino Giallo, Zelma Zesta, Jembo Polish, Super Marconi, Runner- Insuk's Wang Kong, Polestar Bush- Tendergreen New beans- Bush- Blue Lake...

Ramshorn vs Poverina Last year I grew Ramshorn (Ram's Horn) from Sandhill Preservation, and it was a great bean except that it was very late and therefore hard to save seed for, they did manage to dry down at the end. Sandhill has another pole snap bean called Poverina that sounds a lot like...

@rdback- Welcome to the group, I haven't been a member long and read through all the posts as well. It's fun to connect with other bean fanatics. I've been organizing my beans, though I can't plant them until May. I could plant peas soon here, but many of the cool season root vegetables like...

Zeedman, I am new on this forum, I know you from the Gardenweb legume forum where I am Hemnancy from my daylily days. I had some trouble at first with photos here, but after a few tries when things didn't seem to work, just clicking on Upload a File like now took me to my Pictures and I just...

Bluejay77- Are the regular Munachedda Pale beans you sent out likely to produce the off type? They are interesting. They slightly resemble your Fagiolo del Anglela. They would be fun to shell!

I don't have aspirations to be a bean collector, just to find productive varieties to keep me in beans all season. Therefore if I have a bean I like I probably won't grow another bean with similar seeds to avoid confusion. It is easier at harvest to throw all the mature pods in one basket. But...

I had to start planting late this year because of rain every day for 2-3 months here. If that happens again I will get out my tunnels, I typically use them for tomatoes to dry out the ground before planting, so I could try to use them to plant the beans a little earlier, though the posts for...

I was also discouraged by how late the Rio Zape were here, it did not seem very worthwhile compared to the extravagance of Sicitalian Black Swamp or the wonderful huge beans of Ram's Horn.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's great, Russ, I do grow all my beans fairly close and they usually match their descriptions. For growing seeds for you I wouldn't have a problem putting them in the farther bed. I looked...

I got the Rio Zape seeds from Azure Dandelion, they do say it is a pole bean and Rio Zape is written on my map for where they were growing, so they do match their description. It took so long to get any seed to dry I was never sure that was what they were. I got Tiger Eye from them as well, it...

Russ, I put a marker in each sprouting cup as I presprout the beans slightly before planting, just until the little root appears. I put the marker in the row on planting but am supposed to do a planting map at the same time, that is where I messed up, I did some from memory and couldn't find...

I'm not into canning so mainly grow to eat fresh. I stay away from starches so eat a big vegetable soup with eggs for lunch and meat for dinner, during the summer that is probably beans for lunch and squash for dinner. Toward fall I start getting massive quantities of turnips, Asian radishes...

Thanks, Ridgerunner. It's great to find such a wonderful bean community! My previous favorite beans at the start of this year's growing season, that made up most of my plantings, were Zelma Zesta- long, succulent, great production, and Uncle Steve's-productive; both excel in production in the...

It's great to see your posts again, Annette. This forum is fun, I am surprised it took me so long to find BlueJay77's wonderful website of bean photos that led me here. I am enjoying them very much. They are helpful in figuring out what seeds I will grow next year. I finished harvesting my...

Hi, Annette, I know you from the Gardenweb legume forum, I am Hemnancy there from my daylily (Hemorcallis) days.

Thanks, BlueJay77, for the seed offer. I seem to be extending myself too much in the bush bean area, I bought a bunch more other than the rice beans. I am interested in growing out some of your beans on your grow-out list, pole beans would be better for me, but I'm wondering how far I would...

Thanks, journey11. I have an ID problem, this year I bought a number of striped beans, in my avatar photo, but didn't do a good enough job when planting to be sure what these are. The pod and 2 mystery small beans are this same bean. They were very late and slow to grow, I barely managed to...

I wrote a post, finally got photos to load, clicked preview but it doesn't give me a button to submit?

I am new on this forum, I have been gardening for 49 years and live in the PNW (Pacific Northwest). I grow lots of vegetables but my favorite are beans, for variety, ease of growth, and taste. I became interested in Rice beans from posts on the Gardenweb (Houzz) Legume forum and recently the...