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[Blue-Jay]

Some bean photos for a rainy January day.
Last year I grew Rose for the HSL and two offtypes were identified.
First pic is the 'true' seed.
Offtype 1 produced tons of frosted seed, with blue-striped fleshy pods, a bit like Rattlesnake.
Offtype 2 didn't yield as much but had the earliest pods, which were curved and not fleshy.
Both offtypes were earlier than Rose and had pods without parchment.

The first off type is great looking bean. Did you keep the off types to grow out again?

 

[Blue-Jay]

I have an issue with Rose germinating in the pods, so I will be growing out the off-types to assess them.

Could you send a few seeds for me to Decoy of the first off type. That bean looks a little gray and black to me. Anyway Decoy will have a return package coming back one day.

 

[Triffid]

Hi Russ, yes I kept all of the offtype seeds and would be delighted to send you a pack of 60. Would you like to grow them out this summer? If so, I can send you some next week so you don't have to wait for the network return package and delay growing for a year. Just checked the Royal Mail and there doesn't appear to be any issue with shipping to the US.