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September was quite humid in my mountains and some of Grandma Gina's green pods started to rot. I ripped them off and opened them to check the condition of the seeds. They were not very big, but already well formed and gently starting to take on color. I took them to be burned, but I probably...

I have not written anything here for a long time, but I just don't have time for it now. Regular work, gardening and then reworking the crops in the kitchen completely fill my days. In addition, trips to the forest because in Poland at this time of the year there is a national madness called...

This year my pole beans are a bit late. Due to the heat, many flowers and small pods have fallen. Now I only collect Hidatsa Shield Figure and Bubblegum dry pods. Fortunately, it promises to be a beautiful autumn. There are no frosts in the forecasts until mid-October. This Frost doesn't count...

@flowerbug, the color of the Red Ryder pods is the same in both versions. As they mature, they become slightly red. I think the pods of the semi runner are flatter and a bit wider. I will take a closer look at it. It is a fertile bean, and there are still a lot of pods to collect. My bean...

I love heart-shaped tomatoes. Several from Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Sprint-Taymer Ogromniye Zheltiye ot Borisovny Chudo Zemli Ukrainskoye Zheltiye Grebeshki Chernoye Serdtse s Nosikom ot Borisovny Zailiyskiy Alatau Zheltiy Gopak

@flowerbug, is Red Ryder a bush bean or a semi runner? Which one to leave for the future? I separated the seeds just in case. Their color and shape are the same. I collected the first dry pods from the Spotted Pheasant plant that grew as a pole. In a few days I will shell them and see what the...

@heirloomgal, I have not grown the Halbhohe Reiser yet. From the description I received it appears that this bean grows up to 1.5 meters.

@Triffid , I'm glad you liked Atlas. This is a nice old variety that has been supplanted by new commercial ones. If you would like to try other Polish beans, just let me know.

What should an original Amish Paste tomato really look like? In the photos on the internet, the shapes of this tomato are different.

@heirloomgal, Bis wax grows this way. I have often wondered how such a small plant can produce so many fairly long and wide pods. The pods look weird too. The seeds only swell on one side, so the pod looks like a blunt comb. The blue color turns brown in older seeds, so I suggest freezing some...

@heirloomgal, I see material for another swap. What do you think? :D

@Ridgerunner, no way, the name Karachaganak will stay. Maybe I will only add PL :) Two years ago I sowed the Karachaganak seeds I got from Russ. Several of them grew as a true bush. Last year I sowed the seeds that I harvested from them and they repeated the kind of growth. This year, Russ...

Pasta tomato Strelka.

As they mature, the Bubblegum pods have more and more pink color, but it's not the same as @Tricia77 once showed.

@Ridgerunner, I have been growing Karachaganak for two years and have had a very decent harvest of this bean. Next year I will sow the bush version again. I want to stabilize it to the end.

I think these bushes look very hungry. It seems to me that beans with wide pods and round seeds have higher fertilization requirements. A few years ago I had a similar situation with Supernano Giallo bean. It started to grow properly when I additionally watered it with a solution of fertilizer...

@heirloomgal, this is definitely not Karachaganak. The pod and seeds are completely different.

I resurrect the thread. Zolotaya Kanareyka - nice tomato from Ukraine.

@Bluejay77 , I'm curious how your Karachaganak Bush grows. Does he have any runners?

@Bluejay77, unfortunately, the Bubblegum pods don't have a uniform pink color at the moment. Maybe later when they are more mature. Hidatsa Shield Figure pods looks promising, similarly Schwarze Kugel. @heirloomgal, are your Floretas blooming? Mine not yet.