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Yes indeed. Technically Jim Su was the source. :) No idea where he got it as he wasn't much of a gardener that I recall. His father was chief of the secret police in a Chinese province, first for the Quomintang, then for the communists. I'll post photos this year. It is exceedingly productive...

It's been a while since I've said hi. Last year involved a long distance move in-state and getting settled. I'm living near Petersburg, VA and am finally in a position to start a garden. The soil here is very soft and sandy, former farmland, but only the areas immediately next to the house have...

I was able to pull it right up.

All but one are making tall vines. Now growing up new poles cut from a mimosa tree. I've meant to take photos but my evenings haven't been free this week.

@Bluejay77 Tennessee Green Pod is almost up or has overtopped the sticks I put in the tub they are growing in. I'm going to savage a weed tree in my fence to get some longer poles. This bean may be crossed with a pole bean or could be a pole bean in its own right.

No, I'm trying to grow out all, or almost all, of my seeds and see which I want to keep, which can be second string and which to toss or donate to more appreciative folks.

Update: 9 or 10 of the Gold of Bacau plants are up and making tall vines, Tennessee Green Pod is doing very well and may be semi-vining, Paula and White turtle are also looking healthy. Only Tenn Green pod seems to have all sprouted, but germination was excellent overall. Of my own beans, all...

Annette, I do believe you are right. A quick search of google images turned up examples similar to what I've seen my plant look like. Penstemon it is. :)

I purchased a plant with no label at the Plantland nursery in Manassas many years ago. It was attractive and on sale. To date I have no idea what it is except that it may be in the lamiaceae due to the rounded squarish stems and clasping leaves. Any thoughts on identity? Can I eat it?

I just checked my Easy Bean Network beans. Nothing was up this morning. Tennessee Greenpod and White Turtle bush beans are showing excellent germination this evening. Paula Bush and Gold of Bacau pole are still thinking about it.

Most everything I planted grew except for four: Piet Special, Pinkeye purple hull (extremely old seeds btw), store bought blackeyed pea (Iberia brand) and my African cowpeas. A few of the African, one of the Iberia, and possibly one pinkeye came up. The Piet seeds were still there and seemed to...

Beans planted today: For me: Comtesse de Chambord Adzuki - Hunsty brand Black Valentine Bountiful, Pencil Pod, Takara Early Adzuki For the project: Gold of Bacau - pole Tennessee Green Pod - bush, Paula - bush, White Turtle - bush I think my runner beans didn't make it, and the pinkeye purple...

@Bluejay77 The seeds arrived today. I've never seen such comprehensive packaging! I'll try to get these and my bush beans planted tomorrow afternoon.

Yes, Zeedman was my source, both times. I grew the variety around 2008 and my family (parents, brothers, grandmother) loved them so much we saved almost no seeds at all!Those seeds succumbed to a cold and wet spring. My new stock was acquired a couple of years ago and seems to do well here...

I finally got my stakes set up last week. Fortunately the soil was still very soft and most could be dug into place with only a couple of them that needed to be hammered in for the final couple of inches so not much pain from that. There are 7 rows of 5 stakes set on 4 foot centers each side...

I'm in the same situation with my limas. I got a second crop late in the season and I am on tenterhooks hoping it will ripen by the time the plants die.

I finally decided I would have enough time to grow some beans this year. While I am not growing anything for the network, some of these seeds needed to be renewed or grown for the first time. Chinese Long Beans: Jim Su - very old seed. I have a few pounds of it saved across many years. Red...

Starting to harvest the tepary beans. It took for this long dry spell for them to set and mature seeds so I'll not include them in my VA garden in future. :/ This summer has been murder on my garden, but I will send back a return on all seeds.

Tonight I harvested my first seeds from one of the pole versions of Passage to India. When I send the seed back this fall I'll send them in separate packets. . . . edit . . . I just opened some of the pods and now I'm convinced each vine will give me a different result. These are shiny...

I can report successful seed production for both Botosani Cyclops and Passage to India. Botosani Cyclops has yielded 4 dry seed with more ripening, though they didn't vine much. Not sure if it was cultural conditions or just being a half runner. Pods look like a stubby Roma type. One of my...