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

[heirloomgal]

I shelled the 'Stanley' bush bean pods tonight. That was a truly stellar green bean, a standout of 2025. And it stood out again as a sheller - it nearly drove me to madness. Those itty bitty pods all dried & suctioned onto the itty bitty seeds. There is no kind of bean more tedious to shell that this type. It's almost like a rice bean, with a greenish tinge to the white seeds, I'm done now - thank heavens!

 

[flowerbug]

I shelled the 'Stanley' bush bean pods tonight. That was a truly stellar green bean, a standout of 2025. And it stood out again as a sheller - it nearly drove me to madness. Those itty bitty pods all dried & suctioned onto the itty bitty seeds. There is no kind of bean more tedious to shell that this type. It's almost like a rice bean, with a greenish tinge to the white seeds, I'm done now - thank heavens!

yes, Venda is like that too, better to shell before they dry down completely. this remind me that i have some Provider to shell out at some time too. those seem to be larger beans but the pods are similar in how tough they are and how much work to get the seeds out and clean.

 

[P Suckling]

Always sad when the summer veg are finished, but an extra 3 weeks is not to be sneezed at. I bet you made good use of it.

I feel a bit cheated by our unusually early frost, but apart from one handpollinated squash that did not make it, everything else was still safely gathered in in time. And to get good looking seeds from the bean plants that were taken in as whole plants, was a definite bonus.

Enjoy shelling and sorting your beans, Russ.

 

[ruralmamma]

Technically we haven't had the "killing" frost yet, but ice has frozen several mornings. Coal Camp is still hanging on but otherwise I'm finished with beans. I was out early yesterday taking one of the metal trellises down and preparing to plant garlic. It was a chilly day, so I started the bean sorting and packaging to send back to Russ. I had to work hard on a few varieties to find sixty nice seeds, while I've been able to fill the packets on varieties that flourished. About 2/3 of the way through and will do a bean show afterwards.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Enjoy shelling and sorting your beans, Russ.

Thank you Petra. All the shelling is done and I'm going for a visit to a friend's place in Florida for a month and half. Novenber to middle of Decmeber. Will be sorting the beans when I return and preparing them for storage in a freezer. It will probably take me until the middle of January to do all of that but I enjoy it. I'll photo everything that was grown this past summer and post all the photos here on this thread as Russ's 2025 Bean Show .

 

[P Suckling]

Enjoy a really fab holiday in Florida, Russ.

 

[Blue-Jay]

Anyone get a lot of beans that were wacked out of shape like my photo on the left. My largest bush dry bean plot produced a lot of beans that were oddly shaped.

Princes Rose - 2025.........................................................................Princes Rose 2018

 

[heirloomgal]

Anyone get a lot of beans that were wacked out of shape like my photo on the left. My largest bush dry bean plot produced a lot of beans that were oddly shaped.


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Princes Rose - 2025.........................................................................Princes Rose 2018

I've not seen formation like that before, maybe the odd time. What do you think caused it?

 

[flowerbug]

i've seen all sorts of beans like that through the years. from changing conditions during the time when the beans are filling the pods. especially with larger beans and our poorer and more difficult soils in some gardens. it is why i like to plant smaller beans so they have a better chance of finishing what they start.

even this year was tough and some of the smaller beans still had troubles finishing some beans. it's just how it goes...

 

[Blue-Jay]

I've not seen formation like that before, maybe the odd time. What do you think caused it?

I think it's some kind of stress. Heat, maybe not quite not enough water. Low mineral content of the soil that has to do with seed formation. It could even be that the variety itself is more sensitive to certain stresses. There were other beans in this same plot that produced abundant seed crops and well formed filled out seed. The soil in this plot is a heavier soil. Contains more clay. When you work the soil at the right moisture level it can be worked into a beautiful smooth looking seed bed.