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.

 

[heirloomgal]

I'm afraid my 2024 network beans Slavonski Zeleni (which I'm regrowing this year) might have the same fate as your Seneca Pole. The row didn't look good last year, but I thought because it was a tough year for all the beans with the wind and the sky full of chem trails, that was why. But the seed I collected and planted mostly look just as bad again, and all the other rows look perfect compared to it. There may be a couple Slavonski plants that are okay, I planted rows in 2 separate gardens. The plants don't quite look like yours & are younger but the some of the leaves are starting to cup, I pulled some out today. These were direct seeded so they aren't that big, I'm going to wait another couple days as the small new leaves on many plants look good, but sometimes that changes as they get older. If all the nice young leaves turn funny looking then I'll know for sure that its mosaic. If you want I can take a picture and post it to confirm with you since they are network beans.

 

[Blue-Jay]

If you want I can take a picture and post it to confirm with you since they are network beans.

Yes please. Take some photos. I would like to see what they look like. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for the virus to manifest itself.

It is also my understanding that once the virus gets established in your soil. You can plant seed of beans that don't have Mosaic and they can pick up the infection from the virus in the soil. My bean trading friend in Lebenfels, Austria had it in her soil and when ever she planted beans in this certain spot the new beans as they grew displayed the infection. She was told not to plant anything of the bean family in that soil for 2 years. Mosaic can also be seed borne.

 

[flowerbug]

Yes please. Take some photos. I would like to see what they look like. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for the virus to manifest itself.

It is also my understanding that once the virus gets established in your soil. You can plant seed of beans that don't have Mosaic and they can pick up the infection from the virus in the soil. My bean trading friend in Lebenfels, Austria had it in her soil and when ever she planted beans in this certain spot the new beans as they grew displayed the infection. She was told not to plant anything of the bean family in that soil for 2 years. Mosaic can also be seed borne.

tobacco can also be a source of viral infections for the mosaic viruses and those can end up infecting bean plants.

 

[flowerbug]

the heavy rains the other day sure did cause some bean plant damage and the gardens don't look the best right now but i suspect in another week or two it won't end up being the end of the world...

 

[Blue-Jay]

Here are two images of a bean leaves that don't have the normal valentine shape and is cupping downward from the Mosaic virus. The leaf is also displaying some blistering on the top surface.