The ones of the left look like they have maybe been treated with a pink fungicide dust, and the other one seems untreated and possibly a fresher bunch of seeds? Aside from the pink, they seem like the same bean. There is a company here that sells beans in foil packets and all the beans are pink because they're dusted.
about legume safety.
Insuk's Kang Wong is planted at the feet for this year. I have no idea what the flowers are like, but I hope they're large! It's 6 x 8 so we can fit a gliding bench under, and hopefully enjoy the canopy by end of July. Yes, they are dusted pink! I never thought to wash a couple off then compare! How silly of me! It made a little difference and I can see the same markings, but the dusted ones seem a little smaller and rounder. I'm going to grow some of both, keep them separated and compare the harvested seed.
Yes it is nerve-wracking this year. I’ve been waiting to plant my bean starts as it’s been so cold here. We had +2C overnight temps the last two nights with daytime temps under 18C. It’s a cold spring!The early summer season is complete now, I've had my predicted seasonal bout of total bean paranoia. It rained from 9 o'clock last night on & off until mid afternoon today. Tons fell. Thank goodness I have so many transplants - I'm still quite worried the seeds will be adversely affected. When it ended though it became quite sunny and warm, with a little breeze. I'm hoping all the plants & seeds are alright. It didn't get cold all that time, so that was good. But those downpours make me REALLY REALLY nervous. I highly suspect the beans, both seeds and plants, loathe that much water. I'm glad nearly all of them are planted in raised beds.
If I didn't love growing beans so much, I'd go back to tomatoes! I NEVER worried about my tomato plants!!
How did your garden do, heirloomgal? We didn’t freeze here when we had the 2C, but a few plants had some burn on the leaves from the cold and wind combined.
I checked right before bed and it DID finally say 'risk of frost'!! But thankfully everything was fine. I'm glad your plants are alright too! Sheesh, nearly mid June seems a but late to be worrying about frost!
