2021 Little Easy Bean Network - Bean Lovers Come Discover Something New !

[flowerbug]

@Bluejay77 you mention back in the 2020 thread a Rio Zape new cross breeding result on March 27:

#4 Rio Zape

2020 Little Easy Bean Network - An Exciting Adventure In Heirloom Beans !

this is a bean picture. not quite what i want yet, but close... can you guess the parent (if you don't already know it?): :) the bigger view is:

www.theeasygarden.com

did you actually grow those out last year? if so what was your experience and of course i am interested in a sample at some point. i'm not sure it will be this year or next at the rate i am going, but i'm definitely listening on these.

 

[Artorius]

Here you can see the Mona Lisa bean

Bohnen-Atlas - Detailansicht

Der Bohnen-Atlas ist Nachschlagewerk für Bohnensorten. Er beinhaltet Beschreibungen, die durch Bilder und Kommentare der Nutzer erweitert werden können.

www.bohnen-atlas.de

Site in German, but Uncle Google will help with translation.

 

[flowerbug]

Here you can see the Mona Lisa bean

Bohnen-Atlas - Detailansicht

Der Bohnen-Atlas ist Nachschlagewerk für Bohnensorten. Er beinhaltet Beschreibungen, die durch Bilder und Kommentare der Nutzer erweitert werden können.

www.bohnen-atlas.de

Site in German, but Uncle Google will help with translation.

"a bit late ripening"

 

[Blue-Jay]

Hi @flowerbug,

These beans were some new breeding work by the university of California. I have not grown any of these beans yet. I don't know if I have but them on my 2021 grow out list. I will have to check next week after i get back from my brothers house. The university took some heirloom beans and breed in mosaic resistence into them. Looks like they maintained the original seed coat on some of them and they may have gotten a new seed coat or two from their project. I wish all our heirloom beans were mosaic resistent.

 

[flowerbug]

Hi @flowerbug
... I wish all our heirloom beans were mosaic resistent.

i'm not seeing a lot of it here, but if i have a chance of picking up both the seed coat pattern and some resistance i won't turn down the chance. as long as they fit within my other parameters.

 

[heirloomgal]

"a bit late ripening"

Not my favourite words to hear in a bean description either, but it's so pretty someday I'd like to give it a chance as a network grower, if @Bluejay thinks I could manage it in my area. That one is on my bean bucket list for sure. Alas, some of those very pretty European pole beans, like Forelle Fleiderfarben and Lilascheke, are not a sure thing in my garden. I wonder if a 3 week growing period in a flowerpot before planting in ground is possible?

 

[saritabee]

I don't know if Saritabee's post could be transfered. I could copy all her photos and text. Then paste them into a post here but it would be in my name. Maybe she can repost that post here. Maybe if we yell out her name loud enough she will hear us.

Hey, Hey @saritabee, Your first bean show post of 2021 on the the 2020 thread. Can you repost all that here please?

Happy 2021!
I'm a bit slow keeping up with the threads but always get there eventually.

Let's see if this posts right...

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Sneaking in with the "first" bean show of 2021! lol

This was an interesting growing season with a number of experiments. My first bean season back in Washington, and I had forgotten how bad the slug pressure was. The location I was growing most of the plants was nice an sunny in the spring, but as the summer went on it ended up in shade for the majority of the day. I'd left my drip system behind in Oregon, so watered by hand all summer. Also I ended up with a number of varieties that I was hoping weren't day-length sensitive but definitely seem to be (none of the LEBN varieties).

[Sidebar -- Anyone want to adopt some really pretty day-length sensitive beans?)

I also knew I was going to be moving at some point during the growing season, so I only grew a minimum of varieties, and kept everything in large pots to hopefully be transportable. (Below, some of the amazing traveling beans at the Costco! hah) The pole varieties were strung up on 10' PVC pipe in the pots, which were then briefly dismantled for moving.

I was nervous because the overall quality of seed I harvested last year was quite poor. All-in-all though, while I'll have to grow most of these again next year to increase the quantities (which I'm sure was a combination of all the above factors), the quality of the harvested seed was mostly back to an acceptable level. So that was a relief!

LEBN varieties:

Schoko Flecken (B):

Davis (B):
Three whole beans this year, but I have some good seed left from last year and can combine them for next year. Davis was also very low-yielding for me last year, but we'll see. This was the slugs' very favorite variety.

Frost (P):
These seem to be a bit shrunken from not enough water, but enough good seed to make a good showing next year I think.

Lila Stuart (B):
Also very low quantity but the quality is vastly improved from last year. I have some seed left over from last year I can draw from for higher numbers in 2021. This was a strange one because it grew very strongly and was the first variety up by a couple days. But it suffered from a lot of blossom drop, and the beans that did grow refused to mature in time and most eventually just rotted.

Benishibori (B):
This wasn't technically a LEBN growout, but Russ (and I think someone else too?) had wanted some. The seed quality is still lacking but much better than last year, so we'll give 'er another go.

A selection of other varieties:

Big Mama (P):
Been working on this one for three years and so far it is just a weak producer. The first year I only got three beans, though, so... making progress? The skins really like to split.

Brown's Long John (B):
Crazy thick pods (each side of the pod is about as thick as one of the seeds). Makes shelling them a very strange process, as the pods turn to pith rather than actually drying down crispy. Will be interested to try some green beans off this next time I grow them.

Hashuli Brown and White (P):
This is one of my favorite beans, and the one that taught me not to put all my bean-eggs in one basket. They're nice big plump seeds and it turns out even when you think they're totally dry they may not be. Thus I found my entire large harvest from 2018 had been eaten up by mold. Luckily I had a couple (apparently drier) stashed away in a different bag and I got 'em in the ground post-haste. Crisis averted!

Monto de Virgen (B):

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Russ, I'm going to send you my Galloway from last year and the Schoko Flecken from this year, so they don't get too far behind. I'll grow the others again for 2021. Yields should be better with permanent beds, drip water, and sunshine.

 

[Artorius]

This is the Black Nightfall color mutation I found in 2019. All frosted black, the pods more purple. The bean repeated that color in 2020. This year I will also plant it.
I have tentatively called it Smoker's Lung, but I don't know if it's an appropriate name for a bean.

 

[Zeedman]

This is the Black Nightfall color mutation I found in 2019. All frosted black, the pods more purple. The bean repeated that color in 2020. This year I will also plant it.
I have tentatively called it Smoker's Lung, but I don't know if it's an appropriate name for a bean.

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Or Nimbus???

 

[Artorius]

Great name @Zeedman! Can i use it? In Polish - Chmura.