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

[heirloomgal]

I start most of my beans in 72 cell extra deep trays but they're in the garden as soon as their true leaves are visible and before the roots get to the bottom of the cell. Any more than that and my own experience is that they just sit for a while after transplant and that time negates most benefits. I've never tried anything as large as a gallon pot though.

I do this in two rounds for my two growing climates so there usually aren't more than 4-5 trays going at any one time and they're generally just on the floor in a corner somewhere. They're not inside long enough for light to really matter.

For me, those few days have more to do with controlling germination temperature than anything else. One other side-benefit is that it's easy to spray a tray with kaolin clay before the true leaves appear, and having that on the stems seems to deter flea beetles for a little while.

Do you ever get those bean flies that eat the heads off your beans so that they emerge headless, or the head is injured?

 

[jbosmith]

Do you ever get those bean flies that eat the heads off your beans so that they emerge headless, or the head is injured?

Hmm if we have bean flies I don't know about them. We have Bean Leaf Beetles and Mexican Bean Beetles. I had to replant last year due to leaf beetles combined with flea beetles but kaolin clay kept them at bay long enough for the second round to get a head start. We also have bean weevils but I never see them til they start hatching out of beans while they dry.

This is all in my community garden plots. My other gardens have no insect pests and I make sure to keep them separate from any community garden beans.

 

[flowerbug]

@Zeedman
Thanks for the recipe. There is no tradition of eating beans in this form in Poland. We don't even have a name for it, also for greasy and cut-short beans Maybe I'll try it next year.

how about leather britches? is that done there?

 

[flowerbug]

Do you ever get those bean flies that eat the heads off your beans so that they emerge headless, or the head is injured?

i don't know, but my guess is not a common thing here since i usually get great germination from beans i plant as long as the seeds are viable to begin with. the exceptions are those beans that are attractive to chipmunks (like any of the edamame soybeans i've ever planted).

i have experienced weather related fungal damage or cutworms too and of course flea beetles.

 

[flowerbug]

i was able to share some Purple Dove seeds today with someone who would pass them along to his gardening friend neighbor. included contact info and mentioned if he liked beans that i had a lot of others. we'll see if anything comes from this, but will be fun if it does.

 

[Zeedman]

Do you ever get those bean flies that eat the heads off your beans so that they emerge headless, or the head is injured?

That is a common bean problem, and there can be other causes. Planting too deep is probably #1; old seed, and hard-packed soil, are others. My soil is very dense & rain packs it down... if I plant beans singly, some heads will break off fighting to break through the crust. I direct-seed beans in hills of 5-6 for that reason, since the group of seedlings has the strength to break through. I then thin the seedlings to the strongest 1-2, after they have at least one true leaf.

 

[Artorius]

How productive was Kroatische Strange? Looks so pretty on bohnen atlas.

@heirloomgal
This is a very productive wax bean. I haven't shelled all the pods yet, there are really a lot of them. There are 8 seeds in most. You can find out about it. I hope we will trade again during the winter break

 

[Artorius]

how about leather britches? is that done there?

@flowerbug
Forget it. You will not find it in Poland. There is also no Polish name for this. Only snap beans with an indication of waxes and dry seeds

 

[Artorius]

Do you cook something similar? This is one of the traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner dishes. No sausage on this day

Beans with cabbage, potatoes and mushrooms

1.25 kg of sauerkraut
50g of dried mushrooms
500g of potatoes
300g of beans
fried, diced sausage
salt and pepper to taste

In the evening, pour water over the mushrooms, and do the same with the beans. The next day, boil the mushrooms and the soaked beans separately in salted water. We cook the cabbage and potatoes separately. Drain the mushrooms, beans, cabbage and potatoes, cooked until tender. Steam the potatoes and knead them. Squeeze the excess water out of the cabbage. We cut cabbage and mushrooms. Mix all the ingredients, add the sausage and heat it up. Season with pepper.

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[flowerbug]

Do you cook something similar? This is one of the traditional Polish Christmas Eve dinner dishes. No sausage on this day

Beans with cabbage, potatoes and mushrooms

1.25 kg of sauerkraut
50g of dried mushrooms
500g of potatoes
300g of beans
fried, diced sausage
salt and pepper to taste

In the evening, pour water over the mushrooms, and do the same with the beans. The next day, boil the mushrooms and the soaked beans separately in salted water. We cook the cabbage and potatoes separately. Drain the mushrooms, beans, cabbage and potatoes, cooked until tender. Steam the potatoes and knead them. Squeeze the excess water out of the cabbage. We cut cabbage and mushrooms. Mix all the ingredients, add the sausage and heat it up. Season with pepper.

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no, there's nothing like that which Mom could eat (sausage usually has spices in it she can't have and black pepper is at the top of the list, plus she doesn't like cabbage), but to me that sounds very good and i'd like it for breakfast right now.