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

[heirloomgal]

That is very similar to the random plant sickness I’ve been experiencing. I’m thinking some varieties are particularly prone to it. I had it quite big-time last year with Ruth Bible and this year, from a different source of seeds, I’m experiencing it again. And yet other growers seem to experience Ruth Bible as particularly robust.

Agreed, variety seems to play a central role. Probably some mysterious combination of variety and how it reacts with heat or lack thereof, soil composition, mineral presence, etc. Beans are pretty sensitive to micronutrients the agronomists tell me, so that may be a factor too. Then the individual genetics in each seed too.

 

[ruralmamma]

First blooms on two varieties of bush beans this morning: Ukrainian Comrades and Cold Creek. Railroad has buds and I'm sure it will be blooming by the end of the week. We've been getting a bit of rain and varieties that were just over the top of my head have shot up at least another foot.