Vanalpaca
Attractive To Bees
And after sorting through the seed hoard, found a large bag of those limas from gurney's.. must be couple years old so maybe I can replant that section.
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Branching Out
Deeply Rooted
I planted out four Blue Jay bush bean seedlings the other day, and insects devoured two of them. Wood bugs seem to favour this variety. What a drag. 
Meanwhile, I purchased some root trainers recently and I am trying them out for starting some bean and watermelon seeds. The container has 28 cells, and is about the size of a large shoebox. So far the bean seedlings look like they're doing well. I'll wait a couple more days before I plant them in the garden.
Meanwhile, I purchased some root trainers recently and I am trying them out for starting some bean and watermelon seeds. The container has 28 cells, and is about the size of a large shoebox. So far the bean seedlings look like they're doing well. I'll wait a couple more days before I plant them in the garden.
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Million Bells
Chillin' In The Garden
My pole beans are that are entwining around the poles are taking off. The others are just hanging out. It has been chilly the past week.
I found an article on lima beans https://www.nal.usda.gov/collections/stories/lima-beans. The person who linked it pulled out this interesting fact "The Moche culture of Peru created art of them, depicting the beans as warriors and associating them with nobility and ferocity." Wow! Now if only the lima beans would beat back the garden pests.
I found an article on lima beans https://www.nal.usda.gov/collections/stories/lima-beans. The person who linked it pulled out this interesting fact "The Moche culture of Peru created art of them, depicting the beans as warriors and associating them with nobility and ferocity." Wow! Now if only the lima beans would beat back the garden pests.
Vanalpaca
Attractive To Bees
Beyond thrilling to get a package of beans in the mail...Well @Blue-Jay the comedic postal sagas continue. I went to the post officeB today with the idea of mailing your 2nd box and, low and behold, the federal computer program they use for creating the stickers for packages & tracking is down and out. Apparently this began yesterday morning, and thus far, has resulted in some near brawls at the postal counter. I'm quite friendly with this postal lady as she's worked there for as long as I've been mailing stuff and she shared the scoop that I'm fortunate to have avoided the various colourful spectacles of impatience among upset customers (I was alone when I went this afternoon). So, I will go back tomorrow and see if the program is working again yet, and I think I might put on a helmet just in case.What a year so far of mailing beans and it's only January!!! Strikes, increases, brawls...what next?
On the positive side of today, I was elated to find a mailer full of beans from Spain in my mailbox! I did a trade with a really nice grower there, she's a real bean afficionado too, and looky looky at the goodies she sent!I'm especially interested in the Blue Sword pole beans! Kinda thrilling!
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ruralmamma
Attractive To Bees
Can I ask where you found the root trainers? I searched for them a few years ago and the only place I found them available had a minimum order amount of over $200 I believe.
Anniekay
Chillin' In The Garden
It was the same for me !! I thought the root trainers were a great invention but I couldn't find them reasonably priced either. So, I just bought 5" deep pots to use for potting up after the seedlings outgrow their " baby pots " . They don't have grooves inside to help the roots grow downward but there is much less circling in them than with shorter pots.
Branching Out
Deeply Rooted
Sure-- I ordered them from Vesey's Seeds. The quality is excellent, and the price was just $28CAD($20USD.) I'm very pleased with the product so far.
flowerbug
Garden Master
I planted out four Blue Jay bush bean seedlings the other day, and insects devoured two of them. Wood bugs seem to favour this variety. What a drag.
Meanwhile, I purchased some root trainers recently and I am trying them out for starting some bean and watermelon seeds. The container has 28 cells, and is about the size of a large shoebox. So far the bean seedlings look like they're doing well. I'll wait a couple more days before I plant them in the garden.
is that gray box a part of the purchase?
Anniekay
Chillin' In The Garden
Well, of course it would be the Canadians who are smart enough to have them reasonably priced !!.Sure-- I ordered them from Vesey's Seeds. The quality is excellent, and the price was just $28CAD($20USD.) I'm very pleased with the product so far.
ruralmamma
Attractive To Bees
Unfortunately Vesey's no longer ships to the US. 
