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Post by spike on May 16, 2017 10:39:10 GMT -5
Well other than the normal green and wax beans. Some of these are new to me and some are old favs. What are you growing this year?
Good Mother Stallard Pole Chinese Red Noodle Rattlesnake Pole Tiger's Eye Calypso Cherokee Trail of Tears Fla. Speckled Butter
King of the Garden Lima Wando Peas
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Post by september on May 17, 2017 9:16:04 GMT -5
I have yet to plant my beans (low of 34F expected in two nights) so the weather has not settled into a reliably warm stretch yet.
I will have Fortex as my pole bean Slenderette as a bush bean Roma II as a Romano bush Nickel as a baby bush bean
I grow just for eating fresh and freezing green beans, but have enough dry Fortex so I should try some baked or souped one of these days. The Roma's are too tender to freeze well -get mushy- but are still fine in soups. Best for fresh eating. Nickel - I am lazy, and Nickel baby beans are so easy to blanch and freeze whole, no chopping or slicing involved, so a time saver in processing.
Not sure if I will grow Chinese Red Noodle. We like it, but it is late one here, likes really hot weather. Did not produce well the 2nd time I grew it. I think if I started it early in cups in the greenhouse, that would give it a needed early boost for the cooler in-ground temps in May.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 17, 2017 9:39:35 GMT -5
I can see why Chinese Red Noodle could be hard to get a crop out of in MN. It definitely likes the heat. I grow it here in the hottest months when most regular green beans don't bloom well. I will be planting mine soon.
So far this year I am growing a bunch of bush green beans that I am treating as a landrace. I will separate by color (yellows, purples, greens) but not variety. I'll be saving seeds from the best producing plants. If there are a few crosses, that's fine - the offspring that do well will be saved in the future and improve my landrace. I have some pods that look like they are about to start drying, so I should have some seeds ready to harvest soon.
For pole beans, I have a few each of Blauhilde, Fortex, Musica Romano, and Monte Gusto. I need to save seeds from Blauhilde and Musica since I planted all of the seed I have. I have enough of the Fortex and Monte Gusto for a few years.
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Post by ladymarmalade on May 17, 2017 17:28:57 GMT -5
I have yet to plant my beans (low of 34F expected in two nights) so the weather has not settled into a reliably warm stretch yet. I will have Fortex as my pole bean Slenderette as a bush bean Roma II as a Romano bush Nickel as a baby bush bean I grow just for eating fresh and freezing green beans, but have enough dry Fortex so I should try some baked or souped one of these days. The Roma's are too tender to freeze well -get mushy- but are still fine in soups. Best for fresh eating. Nickel - I am lazy, and Nickel baby beans are so easy to blanch and freeze whole, no chopping or slicing involved, so a time saver in processing. Not sure if I will grow Chinese Red Noodle. We like it, but it is late one here, likes really hot weather. Did not produce well the 2nd time I grew it. I think if I started it early in cups in the greenhouse, that would give it a needed early boost for the cooler in-ground temps in May. The Chinese Long Bean varieties are showing up more and more at farmer's markets. I've decided not to try growing them anymore, and instead purchasing them at the markets when I have a hankering. (Which isn't often, because they are not my fave, but they are great in stir-fry.)
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Post by aftermidnight on May 20, 2017 21:51:29 GMT -5
Had some health issues, who doesn't at my age, so, not putting the usual 12 to 16 varieties I usually do this time round. My list is small but I'm really looking forward to what I have planted. "Bob and Mary".. I was on the hunt for this variety for quite a few years and finally found someone in the UK who had them and was willing to share a few with me. This is a bean that was grown in British Columbia at the beginning of the 20th century. The "White Seeded Cherokee Trail of Tears".. from a member of the Gardener's Chat Shed in the UK. The history on this one apparently the only history written down about them. " "Mr. Yeomans's White Seeded Cherokee Trail of Tears" John Yeoman (author of books such as 'Self Reliance: A Recipe for the New Millennium' and 'Gardening Secrets That Time Forgot") had a seed conservancy called "Village Guild' which unfortunately doesn't exist anymore. The rare seeds he safe guarded and shared amongst Guild members, are however now in the HSL collection and offered in the HSL catalogue. One of the beans in John's garden was the heavy bearing 'Cherokee Trail of Tears' bean. About 15 years ago, one of the pods on one of his plants produced white seeds. Growing these seeds on proved that a mutation had taken place, not a cross. The beans are identical to the normal Trail of Tears, except for the colour: cream white flowers, white seeds and the green pods take longer to develop the deep purple hue when they are mature. This strain produces only white seeds every year and all generations of this strain grown since I had the seeds have been stable. Same superb flavour, strong string and pod shape as the ordinary Trail of Tears beans. The beans can be used for pods or for shelling and drying. Pods develop later in summer when early beans are past their first flush. I love harvesting them when they are very young and small (no strings then) and serve them cooked whole with a dab of butter." At different stages, pod at the shelly stage and dried. "Aeron Purple Star".. the first and only as far as I know purple podded runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) bred by a man in Wales. No strings, tender with a touch of sweetness. Borrowed this picture as it's much nicer than any one I have, don't think he'd mind . Probably a couple more, I still have time, decisions, decisions, decisions. Annette
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