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Tuberous roots are normal for the runner bean species, P. coccineus, but not for the common bean species P. vulgaris.

Of the crops AMKuska lists, only the cucumber is dioecious (with separate male and female flowers) requiring pollination assistance. Peas are cleistogamous meaning pollination takes place before the flowers open. The tomato and peppers are also perfect flowers and will self-pollinate, though...

Nice! If they haven't already - MI Seed Library ( https://miseedlibrary.org/ ) is an excellent site and they should consider getting Ben Cohen in for inspiration and advice...

The variety "Pebble" is one that produces different pods and beans on the same plant.

Yup, now that I understand this year's garden spacing, count me in! I'll work on my selections this week

I'm with saritabee and flowerbug - my trellis space for climbers is limited so bush beans and/or self-supporting runner beans are of interest to me...

I grew them in 2017 and as expected with maximas they were loved by squash bugs and cucumber beetles =/

Hi Russ The Coscocorrones were extremely late for me and I was waiting on them. I plan to send back beans by Friday at the latest.

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Thank you! The neat thing about that is that the photo was taken with a cell phone!

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Pipian from Tuxpan (Cucurbita argyrosperma)

Pinch off the bottom few pairs of leaves and plant them deeply or in a trough - they will form advantageous roots along the buried stem portion.

@flowerbug If you want to try cowpea again, several varieties that have done well for me are Fast Lady Northern Southern Pea Cowpea, Grey Speckled Palapye Cowpea, and Potawatomi Rabbit Cowpea; I can share seeds, though your area of the mitten seems to get more rain than mine...

Hola fellow legume enthusiasts - I came across mention of Heirloom Emily Lee Peas which sound delightful; however, I am without luck locating a source for some seeds. I am curious if anyone here has experience with them and has a source for seeds, Thanks again!

I thought it a misspelling as well though later they do correctly use coccineus in reference to Runner Beans, so I thought it odd they could be so off in spelling that it wasn't caught. I was hopeful for a new species to try that wouldn't present cross-pollination issues...

Apologies this is a bit off-topic but I figure this audience is well-suited to help. Cellini Runner beans (Phaseolus cocoentus) - they are listed in Rancho Gordo's Heirloom Bean book (2008) but I cannot find any information on them specifically or Phaseolus cocoentus in general. Any insight is...

Well the whole estate is over 4,000 acres and from what I gathered, the gardens are decently sized...

John Coykendall and his group from Blackberry Farms was trading Flossie Powell at this year's Ohio Valley Seed Swap - I'd contact him or Michael Washburn his garden manager.

The other day I learned a cool new word and now I have a use for it! Cleistogamy - the botanical feature of beans (and peas, peanuts, ... ) such that their flowers are designed to auto-pollinate before they even open. This means your 15' spacing is more than likely okay. If you are really...