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Post by davida on Jun 5, 2012 21:05:14 GMT -5
Sure, but I'm not trying to isolate them so I have no idea what will happen with their children. Castanea, No problem. Very kind of you to point this out but I enjoy bean crosses. The only thing that I isolated this year was Holly's Italian Landrace Bean trial. The others are free to cross and my daughter even has a bee hive nearby to possibly help the process. David |
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Post by castanea on Jun 5, 2012 23:17:19 GMT -5
I wish I had the space to guarantee isolation, but I don't. So I'm just going to be focusing on which of these beans I like and which I should plant in the future.
And of course I also will get a kick out of planting some unknown hybrids next year.
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Post by steev on Jun 5, 2012 23:18:45 GMT -5
Huehuetenango (Xela), Cuchumatanes, Quiche; oh, yeah!; been there, done that, loved it. I'd go there 'til I die, if I didn't have my farm; true, that. I digress; so often.
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Post by DarJones on Jun 6, 2012 0:14:54 GMT -5
claro que si!
DarJones
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Post by potter on Jun 6, 2012 6:11:07 GMT -5
Those of you who grow lot of runnerbeans..or P. coccineus..do you grow them for their seeds (to eat) or do you eat them as 'snap' beans? In UK 'runners' are most common bean in cultivation and majority of the people grow them to eat the green pods. I've been looked here as 'odd one out' as I do like them for their bean seeds, though I do like them 'green' too. Dumont..400 runnerbean plants...  ...BLIMEY..poor Leo. No wonder you lot are having such a 'hurricanes' over there, after eating such a quantity of beans ;D..  |
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Post by steev on Jun 6, 2012 21:40:53 GMT -5
Never tried runners as snap or shellies, only dry; didn't like them. Must give them another shot, to be fair.
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Post by jim on Jun 6, 2012 21:49:27 GMT -5
Ive never really cared for the runner beans as dried beans, haven't tried them as green beans...this year I will. I tend to prefer smaller seeds in dry beans.
P. coccineus...runner beans....are not obligate outcrossers....if you put a bag over a few inflorescences to exclude insects you could easily prevent outcrossing and maintain the line if you don't have enough space to maintain your lines.
Jim
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Post by DarJones on Jun 6, 2012 22:36:35 GMT -5
Jim, Runner beans may not be "obligate outcrossers" but they are very highly attractive to various carpenter bee species. This results in a very high level of crossing by comparison with most other beans.
DarJones
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Post by mnjrutherford on Jun 8, 2012 5:49:33 GMT -5
I haven't had good luck with shellies thus far. Only with rattlesnakes. The bean beetles are out in force this year as well. I have a nice selection of seeds, so I'm going to wait until next season. Mike has, finally, learned the lesson that he needs to be setting up the beds with manure immediately after harvest.
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Post by jim on Jun 8, 2012 21:25:21 GMT -5
Dar...exactly hence the suggestion to keep insects out with a bag of some sort...
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Post by castanea on Aug 10, 2012 21:56:01 GMT -5
Lazy Wife greasy Cherokee long greasy Striped cutshort greasy Black Shackamaxon Resilient bean breeder F3 Papa De Rola pole bean Potawatomi pole lima bean From Richter's: Armenian giant black bean Gori giant bean Kare grandma bean Tsenabawu bean Tashkent bean Ijevan mottled bean Ijevan #2 red runner and a few cowpeas And the fastest growing vine by far is the Ijevan mottled bean: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=X9439The most interesting cowpea plant is the Senegalese Purple Speckled Cowpea: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=X9222 |
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Post by steev on Aug 23, 2012 11:43:26 GMT -5
Interesting that the leaves are eaten.
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Post by 12540dumont on Aug 23, 2012 17:10:42 GMT -5
I did post how to make baskets in a separate thread.
We use them as dried beans.
I have only 10 of each of the 400 seeds. Should be very interesting.
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Post by castanea on Sept 4, 2012 0:20:13 GMT -5
Holly, were the Zolfinos bush or pole?
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Post by castanea on Sept 4, 2012 0:25:07 GMT -5
Lazy Wife greasy Cherokee long greasy Striped cutshort greasy Black Shackamaxon Resilient bean breeder F3 Papa De Rola pole bean Potawatomi pole lima bean From Richter's: Armenian giant black bean Gori giant bean Kare grandma bean Tsenabawu bean Tashkent bean Ijevan mottled bean Ijevan #2 red runner and a few cowpeas And the fastest growing vine by far is the Ijevan mottled bean: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=X9439The most interesting cowpea plant is the Senegalese Purple Speckled Cowpea: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=X9222This cow pea from Richters is going crazy: www.richters.com/Web_store/web_store.cgi?product=X9391I have to say that I really enjoy growing cow peas. This is my first year, but they have already become one of my favorite plants. And I just found out that cowpea leaves are not only edible but have high protein content too. |
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