2019 Little Easy Bean Network - Come And Reawaken The Thrill Of Discovery

[BeanQueen]

You can see a line cracking in the ground where a row of beans is coming up

 

[BeanQueen]

Is Serene bean bush or pole? I'm getting worried because it's getting very tall, almost like it's going to vine soon

 

[Blue-Jay]

Is Serene bean bush or pole? I'm getting worried because it's getting very tall, almost like it's going to vine soon

I found a description of "SERENE" in the 2001 Seed Savers Exchange yearbook under bush dry beans.

The description reads: Large lavender tan seed with dark purple swirls. Sprawling viney 20 inch plant, white blossoms. 4 inch flat pods. Good shell bean from Canada.

Now when the description reads viney. I wonder if they mean it's a semi runner?

 

[BeanQueen]

Ty, maybe viney but not viney-viney. As in sends out short vines that don't grab/climb. Will update as season pogresses

 

[BeanQueen]

I read my old posts and if Applefest grows true to how I discovered it last year, it's actually a bush. Maybe a bush version of Dana's Mercury

 

[BeanQueen]

Babka's Yellow

A variety my grandma (Babka) grew for years, possibly from Slovakia. Yellow snap bush, black and orange skinny-ish seeds. The sprout stems actually are darker than I remember

 

[BeanQueen]

Ntingi, growing for bluejay77 this year

 

[BeanQueen]

Dana's Mercury was planted next to our compost and manure pile, the soil there was black as ebony and fluffy. A bean's dream. Look how big those leaves are!!

 

[BeanQueen]

Serene... See those vines?

 

[BeanQueen]

Bean mail!!

Dakota Bumble bush (black, black and white, white)

Maccarone bush

Giant Red Tarka bush

Explorer's Ooty 1 pole

Pellegrini pole

Lewis County Fall pole

Grey Eyed Greasy Runner (very tiny)