@heirloomgal, What is SoDC? I'm intrigued. 🤔
@Bluejay77, @Artorius, and @Zeedman always have beautiful bean pictures, as do you.
@flowerbug very generously shared some of her bean collection with me! I will photograph them and add them as soon as I'm able. I'm kind of overwhelmed by the...
Happiest of New Years to everyone!
I have a beautiful new-to-me bean kindly provided by Branching Out. Aren't these beautiful?! I can't hardly wait to grow these Ugandan Bantu beans.
Your Bean is definitely different from mine and different from the picture online in LEBN. However, the beans that grew from your samples are really beautiful.
I'm going to try and grow these out again. I was going to try to grow them out in my basement grow room but we have 2 B2B cruises...
Heirloomgal, seriously? It IS a movie?! I haven't ever heard of it, unless it's subliminal messaging, and I don't really watch sci-fi either. That's really funny. So, of course, I had to go and check it out. It's a movie about alien life coming to earth, rather than a killer virus, so I was...
So, are you interested in receiving any of the darker ANDROMEDA STRAIN? Is it just me or does that sound like a new disease in a made for TV thriller? 😂 THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN.
Mini- Bean Show
#5 Cannellino Malato (Network)
This bean is gorgeous, but my grow outs were not at all like the originals. I'd consider this one a fail. 🥺 I will try again this coming year, but I'm not too hopeful to get grow outs like the original beans that are shown in the top left of the...
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#4 Ping Zebra Lima (Bonus)
These are the ones left after sharing them with other gardeners. The 3 on the right were the original bean seeds. Mine are exactly the same except for, ever so slightly, bigger.
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#3 Madagascar 3 (Network)
This bean grew really well but I was in Michigan and Canada while it rained excessively at home. Unfortunately, most of these sprouted in their pods. These were the ones that I salvaged. Trying again next year.
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#2 Andromeda Lima (Purchased)
This bean performed beautifully and prolifically! This is another one that I've sent samples to about 10 other gardeners.
Some of these were very dark so I've separated them. Any ideas why they're different?
🎶 ROLL THAT BEAUTIFUL BEAN FOOTAGE! 🎶 🙂
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#1 Flossie Powell Lima. (Purchased)
This one grew wonderfully well! I have spread this bean far and wide to others who will grow it.
I had about 6 seeds that presented with only black speckles and no brown. You can see those in the front...
Colcol! I was in a seed swap a few years back with you and privately admired your beautiful photos of your yard and flowers. Good to see you around again!
Have you tried hand pollinating your corn since you're only growing a small amount? I did it a couple of years ago and I had a fabulous result. Full perfect ears of corn. 🌽