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

[heirloomgal]

We had torrential rain last night, it was heavy. I was almost going to water the main garden last evening for the 1st time this season and DH said hold off, rains were coming. It didn't seem like it, sky was blue and it was HOT. We swam at 8 at night to cool off, and low and behold it started to pour by 9. Found a casualty in 'Ekaterinaslav' this morning (rains activate those cutworms), one of the last beans that wasn't climbing yet so of course the cutworms targeted it. The razor slash they make is wild. Hit a marigold too, but only a branch, it'll keep growing. Sadly, one of the other Ekaterinaslav plants got that failing syndrome and looks like it'll perish. So - one plant left.

 

[ruralmamma]

@heirloomgal, fingers crossed for the last Ekaterinaslav plant.

 

[ruralmamma]

All bush dry beans except Rosey's Red are blooming. The Wren's Egg plants are looking great. Ukrainian Comrades was a mix of two different beans and I planted an equal amount of each together. I have two different bloom colors in that row, so safe to say they're doing okay. Bush snap beans Avalon and Pixie are both blooming with Avalon producing so many runners they're threatening to strangle the tomato plants nearby. Tennessee Cutshort has put on the greatest growth this week, being the first to reach the top of the trellis it's growing on, surpassing Nona Agnes. In the dry half-runners, Woodboogie is the first to flower, but also looks to be the most delicate when compared to Rio Zape and WB-PKT#45. Will try to grab more detailed notes concerning flower color in the coming days. It's been raining daily and we received 2.5" last night, so trying not to disturb the beans while the foliage is wet.

Ottis Stuart/Stewart is 4' high and blooming. Maybe a half - runner? It's growing with the other snap pole varieties and the first to bloom.

@Blue-Jay, I decided to grow the San Fiacre variation that had the skinny seeds and fat pods this year. It seems to have the same voracity as the original variety. Eager to see what it produces.