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Harvesting beans in anticipation of rain. If the pods are dry of course those get harvested. Also if the pods are yellow and flabby...

I am growing out the September Blue bean, my first year growing beans specifically to save for the network. Thanks to @Blue-Jay for...

I would be more concerned about bush bean pods after a good rain. Since all their pods are within inches of the ground a sunny day or...

Do you find the bush beans are much more sensitive to excess rain than pole varieties? That's my guess but I don't know, just because...

I thought of that one too, but given the Italian connection I guessed in that direction. A few years ago I had 2 separate people gift...

I've gotten good amounts of seed or dry pods from all the beans I got from you except Hiawatha. I just noticed the first maturing pods...

The beans that you got from me were grown in a lighter soil than the place I'm growiing beans this year. My original named bean Pawnee...

Harvesting beans in anticipation of rain. If the pods are dry of course those get harvested. Also if the pods are yellow and flabby...

That seems to have happened to me this year, on three trout/cattle pattern beans I bought from Russ's store. Some were more extreme...

I shelled a bunch of the Trionfo Violetto and found extensive, subtle variation in the seed coat. I thought you might be curious.

I've had the same feeling this year about beans not being entirely straightforward or predictable. Not entirely the same weather...

Sultan's Gold Crescent. Maybe not quite as curly as yours, @Branching Out ? So perhaps Anellino Giallo is more likely.

I also grew Freckles a couple of years ago from 2013 seed from @Blue-Jay . And had a similar or even greater contrast in seed coat...

This bean exists in many varieties in Italy, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. It is called Anellino Gialo (Italien - small yellow...

@Blue-Jay, can you write more about the Skunk River Trout bean that @oxbow farm showed?