2019 Little Easy Bean Network - Come And Reawaken The Thrill Of Discovery

[BeanQueen]

Sorry, bees, no cross-pollinating allowed here!

 

[Michael Lusk]

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 di Domenico (planted 5/6/19)
Small plants, very little climbing. Decent production of pods on plant.

Fisole Rassacher Kipfler (planted 5/6/19)
Plants climbed to 3 or 4 feel and appear to have very good production of pods at this point.

Nuambili (planted 5/6/19)
Topped 6’ structure, very vigorous plants. Starting to have pinkish-white flowers. No pods yet.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I recently showed what I grew and harvested in my first round this year, being able to start beans in March. I'm trying to get a second round in this year. It's been interesting. Some are beans I grew earlier this year, some are from my stash grown in 2017. Some from each group have germinated without problems, some have been a struggle. With some of the problem children only one or two emerged. For most, all or none emerged, no partials. When I replanted I could find nothing, no bean or sprout, for most of them. For one I found where one had germinated but something like a cutworm had cut it in two underground. It got frustrating, especially after the March planting where I planted 98 beans and got 98 to emerge.

I replanted where I needed to plus did the "germination test" method of sprouting some. I wrapped some beans in a damp paper towel and put that in an open zip-loc bag with the opening unzipped but closed enough so it did not dry out. I checked every day and as soon as I saw the tip of the white sprout coming out I carefully planted it. With one exception I now have a good stand of all the rest. I planted that one late and was giving it a change.

All these are segregations I'm growing out. To get started. I grew Banzala and Valley View this spring and for the second time these bush beans were true. If they grow true a third time I'll consider them stabilized. Both of these grew without problems.

Jas is the other one from spring that grew true for the second time, a pole. It threw reverses again this year so I planted a couple of those. Three of those came up fine, the two I replanted came up, so it is doing fine. Hopefully this one will be stable, I like it.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Out of my 2017 stash I planted Aksai, Cock 'n Bull, and Highlight, all bush. The three above and these to segregations from are from the will Bonsall beans I got from Russ in 2016. It's the second time I'm growing these, they were true the first time. So still away to go before they are considered stabilized. No problems at all with germination.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Next up is Tyra, a pole from the will Bonsall beans. Second time planting, true the first time. None, zero, zilch germinated when first planted. From the replant plus pre-sprouted beans I now have a decent stand.

Now a couple of fun beans. I found segregations in my Blue Jay bush snap beans I grow for production, some solid black beans. These are two I grew from those segregations, both pole beans. Productive vigorous pole beans but not suitable for snap beans.

When I harvested Ausmus Holler fresh it was a black bean with some brown marking, looked like hash marks on the side. After it cured it's more of a brown bean with black markings. Had to see in the photo and it looks best in sunlight but an interesting bean.

Then Voodoo. When harvested it was a black bean with a purplish shade. After it cured it was still a black shiny bean but it has some dark markings. There are hard to see, I think partly because they are so shiny. I think the markings are brown but might be more purple.

I've never grown Ausmus Holler or Voodoo. One parent was a bush, Blue Jay. I have no idea what the other parent was, obviously a pole. I have no idea what I'm going to get, should be really interesting.

 

[Ridgerunner]

The next are segregations I got this spring, both with Will Bonsall heritage. First is a segregation from Karachaganak. It looks like Karachaganak but instead of a half runner/pole it is a bush. I'd love to stabilize this as a bush but it's my first time planting it. We shall see.

Next is a segregation from Tallulah's Treasure, a black pole snap bean. When I grew Tallulah's Treasure this spring I got a repeat, this, and a darker brown segregation. This plant was the most prolific and I thought the bean was somewhat interesting so I'll give it a working name of TTA and see what I get.

I had a lot of trouble getting either of these to emerge but now have a good stand of both. I have too many TTA's, I'll need to thin then some so I have room. A nice problem to have after the way they started out.

 

[Ridgerunner]

More Will Bonsall heritage beans. They are both segregations I got in 2017. I planted other segregations from their parent beans this spring and got more segregations, so I'll plant these and see what I get. Both were pole.

The original Miss T has some black on it as well as brown but had much the same pattern. I had to work to get a stand of this one.

The original Raspberry Ripple was a really pretty olive and brown patterned bean. We'll see what this produces.

And the last one, also Will Bonsall heritage and a pole. I planted Tartan this spring and got this, which is a repeat, but also three other segregations. All of them are quite pretty but as this is closest to the original I'll see what happens when I try it again. I planted this one later than the others and nothing has emerged so I'll start working on it.

I'm kind of at a loss why some germinate fine when I plant them and some don't, at least the first time I plant them. They germinate fine when I pre-sprout them. I keep them moist but not wet. I wonder if the soil just gets too hot some of the time.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Wow ! Love the pictures everyone. Bean plants all look really healthy.

@BeanQueen, where do you get the netting for your beans. I have in my backyard only one plant that is throwing off a runner in a total patch of true bush varieties. I would like to see what that one semi runner bean will produce in the way of seed. I thought about taking my pruning shears clipping it off at the ground and eliminating it, but I don't like to do that but at the same time I don't want it crossing with my true bush plants.

 

[BeanQueen]

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I wish Ikea were closer, they were about $2 per panel in the store when they still carried them. Online almost $5 each

 

[BeanQueen]

Ojo de Tigre made the ultimate sacrifice any shelling bean can...green beans

Pretty good, not super soft, but still yummy considering they're past prime green bean point