Search results

Yes, that would be a good arrangement and more straightforward. Thanks for the suggestion. Do you have any thoughts about whether Tennessee Wonder might be related to Wesley Railroad Spike?

That would be great but I live in UK. Happy to do some swapping if you don’t mind the international postage.

I’m interested in the Wesley Railroad Spike. In the photos posted by Lori B, the pods and the dried beans look very like a bean I had from Bohnen-Atlas - Tennessee Wonder. I think you have this one too, Russ. Am I right in thinking they’re almost identical?

In answer to your questions, Russ. I discovered this season that I do have bean weevil as I found some seed in storage had got the little beasties. I'd not had any trouble before but I'm growing more beans now so I guess there's more to attract them. And yes, thanks, you did very efficiently...

Thanks Russ. I’d really like to try Anasazi again. I’ll also email you when the season’s over and see if there’s any other variety that’s at all useful to you. A practical question: do you freeze beans on arrival as a matter of course to eliminate any possible weevils, or shall I put them in...

I have grown just two network beans - Mbombo Green and Anasazi. Both have struggled a little and neither for me has been a pole bean in eastern England. Mbombo Green made it to about three feet high; Anasazi was a rather delicate tangle of a bush. Luckily Mbombo Green which has finished...

I’m just catching up on posts so a bit behind the times. I got these from Beans and Herbs and I’m growing them this year. I can give seed but reading on I think Russ has it covered. Let me know if you’d still like some. I’ll report on growth when I get out there.

Noted. I’ll give them all the care I can. So far germination rate is low (1 out of 5) but I’ll try pre-sprouting another small batch.

Yes, I guess the Bohnen-Atlas does look like a P coccineus. I’ll soon know!

I have Slut and hope to have some available to send at the end of the season.

I have two forms of Rattlesnake, one from Beans and Herbs in UK and one from Bohnen-Atlas. I wonder whether either form is the same as the one on your list. I’m hoping to grow both and have some available

Here in eastern UK we’ve had unseasonally warm dry weather and there’s apparently no frost risk for the next two weeks. Quite a few varieties are still outside and just about still ripening. Luckily it’s been a perfect autumn for beans.

Yes, sorry. You’re absolutely right. 580mm. Luckily!

Thanks Zeedman. Yes, I’ll try! I thought the Madagascar Limas we’re pushing it but couldn’t resist. I do agree that it’s exploring possibilities which keeps gardening - and life generally - interesting, as you say.

Lima beans. My U.K. climate is basically maritime with moderate rainfall (58mm per year) and summer temperatures in the 60s and70s for three or four months. I haven’t tried growing any Lima beans yet but wanted to ask whether varieties are very variable in their requirements and whether there...

That is just so beautifully usefully clear and quite a relief. Thank you, flowerbug.

Nomenclature. I'm wondering what the characteristics of wax beans are. Many websites simply say they are yellow beans, but Russ has a variety Best of All Wax which is white with some black markings. Come to that there are other descriptive terms which I find quite confusing, for example, turtle...

@aftermidnight. Thanks Annette. I think , comparing our two graphs, that the temperature range isn't far different though your peak is just a little higher. But the rainfall is very different in that in my area, the rainfall is far more even throughout the year whereas you apparently have far...