|
|
Post by paquebot on Jan 27, 2009 12:43:49 GMT -5
Whatever it is that I have is going to get a third season and much taller support. Only gave it a 4' fence to climb on and still wanted to sprawl all over. Need to look it over closer to see if it just might be P. vulgaris. Person whom I got them from bought them in bulk as potato beans.
Martin
|
|
|
|
Post by canadamike on Jan 27, 2009 12:52:20 GMT -5
Martin: why don't we send a few of these to each other for comparison purposes.
Deborah, this bean is in high demand at my friends lil' company, even from Africa. If I was Dave, it is so exclusive, and different and not offered in America, I would offer it...I'll talk to him
I'd like to point out I got mine out of the oack to re-look at them from close. They sure look more vulgaris than anything else, kind of in the way my own son is a human like me, but in a much, much larger format ;D
|
|
mostlypurple
grub
SE Michigan, Kitchen garden, Z 5b-6a
Posts: 86
|
Post by mostlypurple on Jan 28, 2009 17:49:49 GMT -5
Mike, if it's not too late to ask, could you throw in a handful of these for me? ...I'm going to learn French cooking.  |
|
|
|
Post by canadamike on Jan 28, 2009 19:26:15 GMT -5
Depending on what a handfull means  I hava about one big handfull total, so I will split them between people equally... |
|
|
|
Post by paquebot on Jan 28, 2009 21:20:40 GMT -5
Martin: why don't we send a few of these to each other for comparison purposes. You might want to make plans for one more trellis in your garden. Martin |
|
|
|
Post by canadamike on Jan 28, 2009 23:23:01 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by raymondo on Jan 29, 2009 5:38:40 GMT -5
The look very similar to a variety I have called Macedonian White (which may in fact be the Greek variety that was posted above). They are large, like limas, and very white.
|
|
|
|
Post by ceara on Feb 1, 2009 19:01:29 GMT -5
Wow, huge beans!
|
|
|
|
Post by raymondo on Feb 6, 2009 6:00:07 GMT -5
Frank, you mentioned a book called 'les haricots'. Do you happen to know the author or publisher?
By the way, Velouté de Haricots de Soisson would translate as Creamed Soisson Beans or perhaps Soisson Bean Purée.
|
|
|
|
Post by orflo on Feb 6, 2009 9:07:07 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by raymondo on Feb 6, 2009 23:39:17 GMT -5
Thanks Frank.
|
|
|
|
Post by bunkie on Aug 30, 2009 10:56:12 GMT -5
i thought i'd post a couple pics of michel's beans that i planted (5) in paper pots on 5/6 this spring and transplanted out in the garden later. i have been keeping an eagle eye on them, and they took off vining after a short while, abd the beans that were produced were tiny toothpick sized. i was shocked! i thought, no way can these produce the big beans michel portended...but then, the last couple of days, they took off... www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=27615PDlUo&i=173333www.imageuploads.net/ims/pic.php?u=27615PDlUo&i=173334i must say they don't look much like any of the runner beans i've grown. they aren't as prolific in growth...slower. and the leaves tend to be smaller and more spaced than runners...imo. ps. the trellises are 10 feet tall... |
|
Kelly
gardener
Posts: 117
|
Post by Kelly on Aug 30, 2009 15:51:03 GMT -5
Wow, those are amazing! If you have any to spare, I'd like to give them a shot next year.
I have a local family heirloom bean that is producing like you wouldn't believe called Mr. Tung's (I wrote a little post up about it in another thread under the variety's name) that I'd be more then willing to send you in return (or if you don't have enough to spare for me for next season, I'd still happily send you some of 'Mr. Tung's' beans!).
|
|
|
|
Post by Penny on Aug 31, 2009 5:48:42 GMT -5
Those are cool Bunkie,
|
|
|
|
Post by bunkie on Aug 31, 2009 8:34:55 GMT -5
thanks penny! it seems that now the plants are well established, they're growing in leaps and bounds!
i would love to trade beans with you kelly. will let you know what i have late fall...
|
|
