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Beautiful specimens @Decoy1, that Armenian Striped Brown is especially interesting. 
2025 Little Easy Bean Network - Growers Of The Future Will Be Glad We Saved
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Some more bean pictures. I'm trying to get all the network beans photographed for you @Blue-Jay , it's taking me some time as make my way through all the jars. This round had no network beans in it, the next one will I think.
Cranberry Onondaga ~ bush
Well, both pictures stink but it is what it is until I grow it again, likely in 2026. I will get a better picture with the next grow out. It's pretty.
Perelka ~ semi-runner
This is such a nice little bean, sooo productive. 4 plants gave me so much seed!
Ocean View ~ bush
Only 1 off type plant this year. Inching closer to stable.
Domaci Cucak ~ pole
Oude Sloveense Boerboon ~ pole
Stripey Snap ~ Pole
This was another bean that made me fret, only one plant survived the cutworm attack in June. But thankfully it survived and I can try again, with plenty extra. From Spain.
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Grandma Gina's ~ pole
The most difficult bean I grow for seed saving. It went fairly well this year but still there was some cracked seed coats. For whatever reason more people request this bean from me than any other. It's so popular, I'm guessing the large size of the pods is what gets people's attention. It really is not a great seed producer though. All those huge podded beans seem to have a normal amount of seeds in abnormally large pods, with somewhat less pods on the plants. Still, this is a favorite bean for me too. And even the seeds are a nice purple color!
Cranberry Onondaga ~ bush
Well, both pictures stink but it is what it is until I grow it again, likely in 2026. I will get a better picture with the next grow out. It's pretty.
Perelka ~ semi-runner
This is such a nice little bean, sooo productive. 4 plants gave me so much seed!
Ocean View ~ bush
Only 1 off type plant this year. Inching closer to stable.
Domaci Cucak ~ pole
Oude Sloveense Boerboon ~ pole
Stripey Snap ~ Pole
This was another bean that made me fret, only one plant survived the cutworm attack in June. But thankfully it survived and I can try again, with plenty extra. From Spain.
Grandma Gina's ~ pole
The most difficult bean I grow for seed saving. It went fairly well this year but still there was some cracked seed coats. For whatever reason more people request this bean from me than any other. It's so popular, I'm guessing the large size of the pods is what gets people's attention. It really is not a great seed producer though. All those huge podded beans seem to have a normal amount of seeds in abnormally large pods, with somewhat less pods on the plants. Still, this is a favorite bean for me too. And even the seeds are a nice purple color!
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Lambada ~ pole
Network bean. I failed with this one last year, but this year the plants were amazing and healthy. Great production. The pods of 'Lambada' are so gorgeous.
Fagy Utan ~ pole
Interesting that the seeds are two colors. I received this from an SSE member, and I have no clue it's origins. I should check the platform and see if it's still on the list and what it says. (eta: I checked and it's not there anymore. Interesting though that something which popped up when I was looking there is SSE says distance between plants is the same for eating as saving seeds. I was surprised to see that, but think it's great.)
Hundert aus Einer ~ bush
I believe this was a Vilmorin bean, and also goes by the name 'Hundert für Einer'.
Olivia ~ pole
Bażanowice ~ semi-runner
This was a later maturing bean for me but, wow, it was such a fabulous yielding bean. Just excellent.
Domatsu ~ pole
Network bean. I failed with this one last year, but this year the plants were amazing and healthy. Great production. The pods of 'Lambada' are so gorgeous.
Fagy Utan ~ pole
Interesting that the seeds are two colors. I received this from an SSE member, and I have no clue it's origins. I should check the platform and see if it's still on the list and what it says. (eta: I checked and it's not there anymore. Interesting though that something which popped up when I was looking there is SSE says distance between plants is the same for eating as saving seeds. I was surprised to see that, but think it's great.)
Hundert aus Einer ~ bush
I believe this was a Vilmorin bean, and also goes by the name 'Hundert für Einer'.
Olivia ~ pole
Bażanowice ~ semi-runner
This was a later maturing bean for me but, wow, it was such a fabulous yielding bean. Just excellent.
Domatsu ~ pole
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Lovely selection.Bażanowice ~ semi-runner
This was a later maturing bean for me but, wow, it was such a fabulous yielding bean. Just excellent.
Carrying on the discussion about photos in sun compared with photos in shade, the colours of Bażanowice, for example. look so very different in your two pictures.
It would be interesting to know whether one seems truer than the other to you.
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The difference in how the beans look in sun vs shade can be really substantial, and it also seems to vary a lot according to the seedcoat colors. Adding to all this is the quirks of the ipad; the 'Tirana's Rotviolette' beans I posted did not have a shade picture for comparison because my device could not focus in the shade. The burgundy color seemed a problem, and all the shade shots were blurry as a result. In real time that bean actually has some blue/dark purple undertones that are absolutely lost in the full sun pictures. I may not even post a pic of Friese Woodboun as much as I loved that bush bean because both sun and shade pics are so poorly representative. Darker seeds seem to be more of problem for my device, they seem to absorb the light instead of bounce it. I missed all the good sunlight of August & September!
I think with Bazanowice the reality is somewhere between the two representations; it's not as beig-ish yellow as the sun shot makes it, and yet not as drab as the shade pictures portrays it. It almost has a hint of greenish tint in the flesh.
