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

[Blue-Jay]

So when you have two or more distinct seed variations, I assume the goal is to return those that resemble the original seed. From what I've gathered from here and from @Blue-Jay's site the offspring (?) would be referred to as having the original as a seed parent? What if those variations prohibit sending back the minimum sixty seeds? So far I have three varieties showing noticable differences and one variety has four. I planted 4-8 seeds of each variety.

Also have a question about growing the varieties that didn't produce a sufficient amount this year or produced variations from the original. Because of the wet spring I did either transplants or pre-sprouted seed for all Network varieties and saved at least half of them for backup. Next year should I plant the original seed separate from what I harvested if it appears true to type and shows no variations? If I chose to plant the variations to see if they stabilize, what kind of information should I keep track of other than the seed parent?

I think @heirloomgal answered the questions I was going to comment on.

 

[Blue-Jay]

I am thinking this bean I grew simply named 'Mohawk Pole' is actually 'Kahnawake Mohawk'. Does it appear that to be the case?

I would say it sure looks like Khanawake Mohawk is exactly what you have.

 

[SusanneinHastings]

I forgot, I did find the packet for the tasty yellow wax beans, they are not a no-ID, they are Top Notch Golden Wax, which the internet tells me is a Rogers 1957 introduction. The seed has soldier bean markings, which I dimly noticed when I planted them, usually. I end up with Cherokee Wax. Which has I think black seed. And the Menards rack has the Cherokee Wax when I looked this week, so I don’t know how I ended up with these, But the household likes them much better!

Now though I am puzzled why Andikove has soldier bean marking and is not a yellow pod bean too. I guess they don’t go together.

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[SusanneinHastings]

I am thinking this bean I grew simply named 'Mohawk Pole' is actually 'Kahnawake Mohawk'. Does it appear that to be the case?

it looks like Kahnawake is the name of a First Nations territory in Quebec so perhaps that was someone’s source originally. I got it from Great Lakes Staple Seed under that name but several Canadian companies call it that as well.

 

[flowerbug]

@SusanneinHastings Top Notch beans were our favorite wax beans for several years in a row. then i tried several other wax beans but none of them seemed to do as well as Top Notch.

 

[Branching Out]

Some non-network beans coming ready too. The only one I have not seen so far is the Tarbais, unless I have somehow confused it with the Gigantes, because if is next to them. Also the Gigantes don’t seem as big as I remember from Greece, although of course there are different conditions here.

I have harvested dry pods from every main season cultivar in my garden except for Tarbais-- so you're in good company. It must need longer than what is typical. The Tarbais pole bean plants are gorgeous though, with lush foliage.