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Thank you for the article! I remember in school when they first went over genetics they talked about Mendel and peas and punnet squares...

Ok, thank you for the clarification! Since flowerbug said that this seed coat is pretty common, I guess this one probably doesn't need...

i first saw those happen in some Cranberry beans, it's commonly called reversing or a reversal, but the geneticists probably have a...

It is Bluejay's network so definitely follow him. But years back I got some outcrosses from him to try to grow out. Several of us did...

I've grown Trionfo Violetto for probably five years now. It might be a day or two, but I'll take a picture of my seed.

interesting tidbit came across variety of bean called "Trionfo Violetto", but very few pictures of seeds of this variety. has anyone...

I'm growing this bean this year and already have dry pods. I also have Dow Purple Pod and Purple Pod Pole as network beans. All very...

I would say that the grower of the outcross usually can keep the outcrossed seed. Sometimes the grower will send some of the outcrossed...

Gold of Bacau Outcross is what i would use. the seed coat pattern is pretty common from what i've experienced and also the beans that...

I sowed 5 "Gold of Bacau" network beans. 3 of 5 sprouted One plant did not look like the other two though. It had some purple...

The earliest network bean this year, and one of the earliest pole beans of them all - 'Barry Island'. I usually start the beans in...

I love the hat @Blue-Jay !! 💙 Sorry to hear about your bush beans. Not the best bean season for anybody it seems.

It has bean a hard year for beans. Especially bush beans. June was brutally hot with hardly a drop of rain. July gave us a little bit of...

On that third photo, are those ants digging into the pod between the top two visible beans? I have a few pods of Cornplanter purple...

This is Mohawk pole (not a Network bean). Is this common for this variety? Does too much watering cause this? Should I be picking...