The 2014 Little Easy Bean Network - Get New Beans On The Cheap

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My beans (Solwezi and Cape Sugar 2) are finally flowering. I'm not sure they'll make it to maturity here, but I am cautiously optimistic.
 

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@Bluejay77 I would like to ask for a few of the weaver beans, I love snap beans, I planted some yellow wax beans, (generic I got from Lowes) and they are now peaking out. I finally have small beans on the vines and hope to have plenty for you when they finally decide to get to work!
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My beans (Solwezi and Cape Sugar 2) are finally flowering. I'm not sure they'll make it to maturity here, but I am cautiously optimistic.
I'll keep my toes crossed, already got the fingers crossed someone else doesn't get an early frost.
 

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Well I'm not a bean affienado but I do like to read this thread. @digitS' gave me some soldier beans and we planted only 6 since that's all the room we had. From these plants we got 330 beans!! The kids and I had so much fun growing them and we all wanted to open the pods! This morning I had the last 2 pods in my pocket and one of my little girls asked me if I had soldier beans in my pocket. This is the first time that 6 preschoolers were exposed to soldier beans and probably growing dry beans. Thanks a bunch Steve!
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Hey Ninnymary,

Those are very nice looking Soldier beans you did very well with them.

Honeycomb,

I'll send you some Weaver beans. I don't know if you can plant them yet this year where you live. Next year for sure.
 

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My beans (Solwezi and Cape Sugar 2) are finally flowering. I'm not sure they'll make it to maturity here, but I am cautiously optimistic.

You can always try extending the season by covering them on those frosty nights for the first week. If the pods have gotten to the yellow stage for a while and a frost is threatening you can always pull up the entire plant, roots, pods and all and dry them inside a garage or somewhere inside. Let the pods dry until they are crisp and you should still have some nice seed. Once pods with seeds inside that contain a good amount of moisture freeze then that is the end of them. The water in the cells freeze breaking cell walls finishing the life of the seed.
 
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Hi Russ, I would a few of your Weaver beans if you have enough to share, have you still got my snail mail addy or should I email it to you? Anything I can send in exchange?

Annette
 

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Wow I don't know alot about beans but I love planting them and then collecting the pods I through them all in a basket opening them is a little surprise! I love sharing them too! I may need to buy some more property if I keep up this bean fixation!!!
 
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