2025 Little Easy Bean Network - Growers Of The Future Will Be Glad We Saved

[heirloomgal]

Love those blooms @Decoy1

 

[heirloomgal]

Not sure if these varieties being ahead is random, genetic or what, but in any case these are my tallest plants so far this year. Network bean Barry Island is crazy big compared to all the others at this point! Haha, never noticed the weeds growing in behind my green planter until I posted this ah-oops

I clipped the top of the photo by accident, but my regrow of Lambada from last year's failed grow out is going SO much better this year. Probably the height is just after Barry Island.

This is another vigorous one, which I clipped the top of the photo again by accident.

A regrow of last years network bean Blaugraue, I'm finding it quite early this year to climb.

These two bean plants are all that germinated of the seeds I planted of each. No pressure, right!?

Another couple of rare ones that I'm quite excited about. The fellow I received these from is starting up a website to sell his seeds. He has so many rare ones it's wild, I can't wait until it opens! I really hope these do well!

 

[colcol]

This is my first year to grow out some Network beans and am happy to say Speckled Algonquin and Mother Earth are doing quite well. I was a tad worried at first with a cold spring and late start, then the severe thunderstorms were a too frequent event. But now, the heat is on and just an occassional storm. My fingers are crossed Am also growing Norwegian Pencil, Refugee, Early Mohawk Pole, and Mortgage Lifter among several others. So far so good

 

[Blue-Jay]

Here is something I found about a week ago. Take a look at the leaves on the bean plant on the top photo. Click on the photos to get a better closer look at these plants. This is something to always to be on the look out for. The bean on top has Mosaic. It's a virus and you don't want it in your soil. The bean on the bottom photo is the same variety. It was actually My early start Seneca Pole. I grew 4 plants and had to dig out 3 of them up my the roots . I still have the plant on the bottom it still looks healthy and hope it will produce some nice seed. The Seed that grew these plants were actually from one of the Network growers. Sometime Mosaic will look a little different in different varieties. The leaves will look enlongated and blistered on top. The leaves won't have that typical Valentine shape. They will also look cuped and the edges of the leaves will be turned downward. Often the disease will kill the plants but the residue or any thing left behind in your soil from the plants will contain the virus. Always rid your garden of these plants. Infected plants rubbing against any plants near by can infect those plants. It's always good to rid these plants from your garden the soonest the virus manifests itself in any of your plants. I also found one plant in my large bush dry bean plot that look infected and I pulled it up roots and all. Also if you handle any infected plants that have Mosaic. Wash your hands with soap and water before handling other plants. The surface of the skin on your hands can easily contain these viruses.