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I grew Striped Bunch this year as a semi-runner. It was about four feet tall.

Cannellini malato seems to be unstable. I received my seed from the same donor in Valpiano who supplied Russ with his. My seed was, I’d say, more simply dark brown and white than the more tri-coloured bean on Russ’s network picture or the ones you received .I grew it this year and my resulting...

That’s good to hear. It gives plenty of warning for next year if our UK contingent is still able to participate - perhaps three of us next year? Is there anyway of knowing whether our parcel made it in time to get through customs by the expiry date of this year’s permit? Is that definitely 2026...

I don’t think the local designations are a patent as such and probably not legally binding. They are more an attempt by the EU to keep a local variety pure. The Cookipedia entry is quite informative https://cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/Coco_de_Paimpol_(Paimpol_haricot_bean) Coco de Paimpol...

Yes, that might be the case - that they are picked at a slightly earlier stage, apparently when the leaves are just showing the first signs of yellowing. But it sounds as though timing is crucial for shellies too. I do like these days to pick some beans for shelling and mix them in with green...

Yes, this variety has a protected status. I don’t quite know how this works but I think the seeds shouldn’t be sold under that name outside the designated area. I grow a variety called Coco Nain Blanc which was offered by a French company as the same bean under a different but legal name. Oddly...

I'm very happy to share. I'll pm you.

Thank you both very much. Yes, the three beans, Money, Frauenbohne and Brown Cow all have that third peachy colour which is less prominent on Brown Cow, but is there and makes for a very pleasing seed coat. Money is quite close but as you say a different shape. My donor wasn’t British. He grew...

I received these seeds as Brown Cow in a swap They failed a couple of years ago when I first tried therm but this year did very well. They're a bush variety. The seed this year has come out with quite a lot more red than the seed I received, which surprised me as I had thought I usually end up...

There seems to be quite an amount of consistency in the colouring of the seed of some varieties at one growing site compared with another. It might well be that climatic conditions have some effect but given that those are quite variable from one season to the next, it might also be that the...

If you love Tolkien so much, why are you saying "dwarfs" instead of "dwarves" (remember Tolkien CREATED that plural for the Hobbit) ? I wonder then, are super short types "petty dwarves"? (Silmarillion joke). I think it's @flowerbug your comment was intended for. I'm afraid I'm not...

The accepted terms in the UK of course are ‘dwarf’ for bush beans and ‘climbing’ for pole beans. I try to use the US terms when on a US forum but sometimes forget! I’m glad you enjoyed it rather than being plain mystified.

I start all my bean seeds in modules and get them going about two weeks before the first expected frost date. I started Kermit's Smoky Mountain on 15th May. I could go a couple of weeks earlier but more than two weeks indoors mean that they outgrow my indoor lights and get very leggy. Most years...

The seeds I received from Russ are somewhat more brown tinged than the lighter greyer tones of mine this year. had assumed that might well be because of age. But also my soil does tend to produce quite light coloured bean seeds in several cases. So it might be a soil difference I'm afraid I...

Thanks to you and heirloomgal for the encouragement! And thanks for the information that you too found Kermit's Smoky Mountain to be a long season variety. I'll try sowing them specially early next year but I do struggle with longer season beans. The seeds I received from Russ were dated 2018...

I'm disappointed in the results of my network bean growing this year - sorry Russ. It's not been an easy season in the part of England I'm in. We had a warm June but the rest of the summer failed to have much of the warmth which beans enjoy. This meant that some varieties which need a long...

I believe I’m the guilty party, for which I profoundly apologise, and was dismayed to hear at the time. I’m not sure what happened as I routinely freeze seeds, but somehow that packet must have missed the process. I’ve been extra careful since then! ☹️ As Artorius says, seed will usually...

I’m growing Frauenbohne too and, like you, have found it to be vigorous. Mine are also throwing out runners. I’ve just given each plant a short cane for support and to see if they climb round the cane at all.

Hello Garrett. I’ll add my welcome too, from England. We have met on a different forum. I look forward to hearing more of what you’re growing. When do you start your tomatoes?

If Red Swan Snap Bush is the same as simple Red Swan, I have a fairly detailed photo - or were you after a very detailed image?