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Post by bunkie on Sept 14, 2009 9:01:40 GMT -5
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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 14, 2009 9:43:38 GMT -5
Great pic Bunkie! My beans did nada this year. Although I do have 2 plants that are MASSIVE and have produced NO beans at all. Must be soil related? Any how, I need to learn some stuff regarding what bean serve what eating purpose. I've never produced dried beans but I want to because we need them in our diet and I don't want to keep forking out bucks for the same boring old beans all the time.
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Post by grungy on Sept 14, 2009 11:53:01 GMT -5
Actually, Jo, your varieties of beans maybe daylight sensitive and if so they will not set pods for you. Some are so sensitive that they won't even produce flowers. Remind me in a month or so and I will add some to your care package. (You get the seeds, because, we care. lol )
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Post by biorag on Sept 14, 2009 11:55:37 GMT -5
Nice pic Bunkie !
I really like this season of harvest.
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Post by grungy on Sept 14, 2009 11:55:57 GMT -5
Bunkie, we simply must make some bean trading work this fall when we are done harvesting ours, also. I have your Chestnut Flavored beans drying for you and when we are done taking all the beans off I can let you have a look and the statistics for our varieties (about 50-55 varieties).
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Post by Penny on Sept 14, 2009 12:55:40 GMT -5
Well done Bunkie.
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Post by hiven on Sept 14, 2009 15:25:49 GMT -5
Very good looking beans there, Bunkie ! Is the Dragon Tonque with purple pods ?
Val, you grow 50 to 55 types beans this year ? OMG, that is a lot !
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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 14, 2009 16:40:50 GMT -5
Light sensitive huh? Well that is fascinating! I've NEVER heard such as that in a bean no less! I have indeed seen flower buds, but no blossoms. Also, the HUGEST grasshoppers (4 to 5") hang out in the shade and have sex. YUCK!
I have a lot to learn about beans though. Which to eat as string beans, which to dry... I figured out by a nasty tasting experiment that they are not entirely interchangeable. BLEH!
Meanwhile, ::SillyGrin:: your package cares for me! ::laughing:: I've gotta get the kind of beans used for making casoulet!
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Post by paquebot on Sept 14, 2009 21:33:47 GMT -5
Light sensitive huh? Well that is fascinating! I've NEVER heard such as that in a bean no less! I have indeed seen flower buds, but no blossoms. Any bean that I can grow can also be grown in NC. In fact the Appalachia region is rich in bean history and many may have their origins right in your area. If you haven't been able to grow any to date, you've got something else wrong. Just grow them like any snap bean but don't harvest them. I grow roughly 50 varieties and have been threshing beans daily for the past two weeks. Real happy with an unknown variety from East Africa. Had a single bean to plant last year. Have about 3 pounds shelled so far and more pods drying. Martin |
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Post by flowerpower on Sept 15, 2009 5:01:19 GMT -5
Great beans, bunkie.  It's getting late in the season here. I am letting all my beans go to seed. |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Sept 15, 2009 7:34:10 GMT -5
I've been able to grow beans, it's just this bean in particular that isn't fruiting. A friend gave me 5 seed, only 3 sprouted, only 2 survived. They are HUGE plants... just no fruit. Very strange.
I grew rattlesnakes last year. The neighbors were VERY amused watching us plant 11, 35' rows. They would sit on the porch and watch us in the afternoon as we were picking upwards of 20 lbs of the darn things a day. We manage to provide them with quite a bit of entertainment with our newbie gardening.
Anyhow, the rattlesnakes are great and we really like them. I especially like them dipped in tempura batter and fried. They have a pecan flavor prepped that way. But what I really need is beans that I can dry and use all winter for soups and such. Can you offer some advice there? I'd like to grow 2 or 3 varieties of drying beans and 2 or 3 varieties of snap beans next year.
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Post by bunkie on Sept 15, 2009 8:10:42 GMT -5
yes yes and yes val on the bean trade!!!  ) i never knew about the daylight sensitivity thingy?! never had a problem except for maybe planting too late in the season. jo, what i do for fresh eating beans is take them when they're young. the minute the pods start to get lumpy with seed, is the time they turn tough, at least that is my opinion, and that's when i let them go and will use them for dried beans like kidney, pinto, etc.... i tried lots of new varieties this year. a couple of them, like rebsie's POLETSCHKA, went right to seed immediately. yet, the 'TRIOFO VIOLETO POLE' i recieved from michel has long, over 9 inch pods, 1/2 inch thick and are still tender and tasty. some of them did form seeds and i'm letting them go for seed later. hiven, the Dragon's Tongue is the last one on the right, yes, the purple one. the pinkish one is the Italian Blush...i gotta check on that name... we experimented here this year with growing dried beans beside potatoes. it worked pretty well till the taters were done...then it was difficult to water the beans without wetting the potatoes. |
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Post by paquebot on Sept 15, 2009 12:17:19 GMT -5
I've been able to grow beans, it's just this bean in particular that isn't fruiting. A friend gave me 5 seed, only 3 sprouted, only 2 survived. They are HUGE plants... just no fruit. Very strange. If it's one of the runner beans, P. coccineus, they have trouble setting pods in hot weather. Martin |
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Post by deanriowa on Sept 15, 2009 14:20:20 GMT -5
Those are some nice looking beans, so much more organized then mine. I pick, shell and are now waiting in containers on top of tall cabinets for drying further.
A bean seed exchange later would be nice, I had a rough year with pole beans, but have 6 types of bush beans from garden and some 6 types of beans I collected in Mexico from a small market.
Dean
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Post by hiven on Sept 15, 2009 15:38:46 GMT -5
I second what Martin have said, these beans need cool temperature to set pods. I've been able to grow beans, it's just this bean in particular that isn't fruiting. A friend gave me 5 seed, only 3 sprouted, only 2 survived. They are HUGE plants... just no fruit. Very strange. If it's one of the runner beans, P. coccineus, they have trouble setting pods in hot weather. Martin Bunkie, thanks ! They are truly lovely beans . |
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It's getting late in the season here. I am letting all my beans go to seed. 
) i never knew about the daylight sensitivity thingy?! never had a problem except for maybe planting too late in the season.