2021 Little Easy Bean Network - Bean Lovers Come Discover Something New !

[Blue-Jay]

I forged your label, sorry

Don't be sorry for making a perfect copy of my label. You got it down wonderfully, right down to the font type and size. Wow ! Nice job.

 

[flowerbug]

i wanted to try a different background today while the great UFO in the sky was shining. focus not the best, but the colors are at least better than what i tried earlier.

 

[Artorius]

Beans 2021 continued...

Rattlesnake


Gout De Chataigne D'Echenans


Mountaineer White Half Runner


Smith River Super Speckle


Tiger's Eye

 

[Blue-Jay]

Beans 2021 continued...

Wow ! Such nice looking beans. When your pods began to dry in late summer. Did you have a nice long stretch with very little rain?

 

[heirloomgal]

Did you wind up growing Kaiser Friedrich @Artorius? I'd be curious to see what they looked like, because mine looked much like your picture of Gout DCD'E. I haven't checked mine since storing them, but I don't think they developed yet the beige tones. They are very nice looking beans though.

I got some nice bean mail today, Karachaganack, Fountain Pitts Allen, Anakin Kuvalli Giant (big!), Soldier, Dove's Breast. They were all freshly grown this summer, so the colours are still quite vibrant and clear. Karachaganack looks to me a bit like a Dapple Grey and Orca bean dancing quickly. Is the name a geographical reference?

 

[Artorius]

@Bluejay77
This year, during the ripening of the pods, the weather was favorable. It was wet in late August and early September, but there was no tragedy here in the mountains. Most of the bush bean pods have already been harvested. I think that the summer heat was more troublesome. Many flowers and small pole bean pods have fallen.
However, in the south of my region, in the lowlands, planters suffered heavy losses. It started to rain when the beans were mowed there and drying up while waiting for the threshing harvesters.

@heirloomgal
I have not grown Kaiser Friedrich bean this year so I can't compare. I'll plant it next year.

 

[Artorius]

I was able to take pictures of the next varieties I have grown this year.

Kroatische Stange pole wax



Wild Gonny half-runner


Seneca Pole


Bill Wheatly Fall pole bean from Kentucky

 

[Zeedman]

Kroatische Stange pole wax

One of the types of beans I focus on is pole wax beans with something other than the typical white or brown seeds; those are really interesting.

 

[heirloomgal]

One of the types of beans I focus on is pole wax beans with something other than the typical white or brown seeds; those are really interesting.

'Gold of Bacau' is another nice pole wax bean @Zeedman. It probably fits into the brown category to some degree, but it is more a silvery grey brown and it's a nice large attractive seed. I bought it years ago because I liked the seed colour; I'm not a huge fan of wax beans. I have some older seed I may try to grow out this year if there is space for them (my dream list for 2022 increases by the day). I can see why people get so into growing pole beans, just 3 plants and a pole & you can beat a whole 6 foot row of bush beans for seed production.

 

[Triffid]

One of the types of beans I focus on is pole wax beans with something other than the typical white or brown seeds; those are really interesting.

That's a pattern & colour I don't believe I've seen on any other bean, let alone a wax bean.
I also like wax pods with unusual seed colours; that's why I was so enamoured with Artorius's 'Atlas'.
Though Oude Sloveense Boterboon has to take the prize for most vivid seeds, surely?! At least when fresh 🤯 I'd be interested to know your favourites.