heirloomgal
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Yes! Bean seeds are so varied and beautiful, they're like little flowers waiting inside the dried pods. I love that about them too. The species though is fragile to the environment, extremely hot and extremely wet conditions especially. And animals like them a lot too. But maybe there is something rewarding about growing them because of that. Especially when you grow rare beans!@heirloomgal you are absolutely correct about saying beans are more difficult to bring to a safe and quality harvest than tomatoes. I have always known that. The variety in colors and patterns of it's seeds has always held the strongest grip on me than anything else. It has always been worth the effort but also can be very frustrating when nature gives you a difficult growing season. Tomato seed is surrounded in a gel and liquid and the tomato plant manufactures a chemical that keeps germination at bay. All you got to do is pick the mature fruit and wash off the gel and liquid. Dry them and presto you have your top quality tomato seed every single time and season. You can have great tomato seed even if the fruits sit the rain for a number of days.