Grandma Gina and uncle Steve may have crossed. - Page 3

rxkeith · November 11, 2022

last year was a very good seed saving year for bean seeds. frost held off long enough
for me to save a lot of seed, maybe three pounds of gina/steve seeds.
for those of you who are interested, i have decided to send a bag of seeds in to the

MMMM swap. they are still a work in progress. seeds are about f4, and may take a couple more years to become stable. hang on to them, until they appear to be stable
before distributing them. i would appreciate any feed back, and progress notes if you
are so inclined. last years seeds produced some very good tasting beans this year. you will be getting 2021 seeds. enjoy

keith

rxkeith · August 21, 2023

back for another year.

i have just picked a nice bag of grandma gina/uncle steve cross beans.
planted third week of may, took a chance planting early before leaving on
fishing trip, and it paid off. i am at f5 or f6 stage.
the mix consists of two plain green romano beans, two different sizes. both are
tender sweet snacking on them raw. there are about four different purple streaked
varieties. some are big and fat. others are longer, and more slender. all are very good to excellent in flavor. one anomaly plant is producing round purple streaked beans
that appear to be a bit earlier than the flat pod beans. flavor isn't as good as the
flat beans, but they are farther along, so that may be a factor.
the big flat beans are grown on one section of fence, but there always seems to be
a mix of sizes regardless of how i plant them.

bumble bees, and humming birds were buzzing around me while i was picking.
it was fun.

keith

MrsJustice · August 21, 2023

Thanks for keeping us posted. Amen!!

They must be good; to eat them raw!!

rxkeith · September 11, 2023

big beautiful beans keep on coming.

one thing i like from this cross is the beans stay tender longer on the vine like
grandma gina does. uncle steve has a narrower window to pick before the pods
get woody. i brought a bag o beans into the dentist office today. i had an appointment.
the ladies were impressed. they had never seen a bean like that before.
they were snacking on them while i was in the dentist chair. when i was done, i gave
them a brief history of how i came about having the bean.
and i am the only one growing them i told them.

for now

keith

rxkeith · October 18, 2023

i am taking advantage of our extended frost free growing season by harvesting more
bean seeds than i normally could. most of them are in, shucked and drying. there are
still a few fat pods out there not ready to pick. seed splitting in the pod is still a problem with the bigger beans.
some pods, every single bean is split while in others
they are all good or maybe 50:50. bean seeds are being segregated by color, and size
of the bean they came from. i think i am close to stable.
another year done.

keith

rxkeith · September 25, 2024

this year has presented many challenges in the garden.
most of the beans planted did not come up or did very poorly due to
weather or critters. the exception was the gina/steve cross.
not only did most of them come up in spite of rainy cool weather, they
have produced a good crop of beans despite slow growth due to weather.
this year is a replay of last year because i could not find my seeds from
last year. looked all over the place to no avail, so i had to plant seeds from
2022. after i planted seeds i eventually found last years seeds right where i
had put them in a pure talk box that a phone was previously in hiding in plain
sight on top of the piano. there wasn't even anything on top of them.
i at least knew what to expect from the beans. there were big plain green beans,
big purple and green beans, and smaller versions of each. flavor is excellent for
most of them, and pods stay tender even when big, a trait from grandma gina.
my uncle steve beans would be too tough once the seeds start to develop.
i may get some seeds from this years crop if the weather holds a little longer.
the larger beans still have a genetic trait that causes the seed to split in the pod.
i don't know if that can be bred out or not, with out sacrificing flavor.
any way, they are good eating.

keith

November 11, 2022	#31
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	last year was a very good seed saving year for bean seeds. frost held off long enough for me to save a lot of seed, maybe three pounds of gina/steve seeds. for those of you who are interested, i have decided to send a bag of seeds in to the MMMM swap. they are still a work in progress. seeds are about f4, and may take a couple more years to become stable. hang on to them, until they appear to be stable before distributing them. i would appreciate any feed back, and progress notes if you are so inclined. last years seeds produced some very good tasting beans this year. you will be getting 2021 seeds. enjoy keith __________________ don't abort. we'll adopt.

August 21, 2023	#32
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	back for another year. i have just picked a nice bag of grandma gina/uncle steve cross beans. planted third week of may, took a chance planting early before leaving on fishing trip, and it paid off. i am at f5 or f6 stage. the mix consists of two plain green romano beans, two different sizes. both are tender sweet snacking on them raw. there are about four different purple streaked varieties. some are big and fat. others are longer, and more slender. all are very good to excellent in flavor. one anomaly plant is producing round purple streaked beans that appear to be a bit earlier than the flat pod beans. flavor isn't as good as the flat beans, but they are farther along, so that may be a factor. the big flat beans are grown on one section of fence, but there always seems to be a mix of sizes regardless of how i plant them. bumble bees, and humming birds were buzzing around me while i was picking. it was fun. keith __________________ don't abort. we'll adopt.

August 21, 2023	#33
MrsJustice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hampton, Virginia Posts: 1,510	Thanks for keeping us posted. Amen!! They must be good; to eat them raw!! __________________ May God Bless you and my Garden, Amen https://www.angelfieldfarms.com MrsJustice as Farmer Joyce Beggs

September 11, 2023	#34
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	big beautiful beans keep on coming. one thing i like from this cross is the beans stay tender longer on the vine like grandma gina does. uncle steve has a narrower window to pick before the pods get woody. i brought a bag o beans into the dentist office today. i had an appointment. the ladies were impressed. they had never seen a bean like that before. they were snacking on them while i was in the dentist chair. when i was done, i gave them a brief history of how i came about having the bean. and i am the only one growing them i told them. for now keith __________________ don't abort. we'll adopt.

October 18, 2023	#35
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	i am taking advantage of our extended frost free growing season by harvesting more bean seeds than i normally could. most of them are in, shucked and drying. there are still a few fat pods out there not ready to pick. seed splitting in the pod is still a problem with the bigger beans. some pods, every single bean is split while in others they are all good or maybe 50:50. bean seeds are being segregated by color, and size of the bean they came from. i think i am close to stable. another year done. keith __________________ don't abort. we'll adopt.

September 25, 2024	#36
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,848	this year has presented many challenges in the garden. most of the beans planted did not come up or did very poorly due to weather or critters. the exception was the gina/steve cross. not only did most of them come up in spite of rainy cool weather, they have produced a good crop of beans despite slow growth due to weather. this year is a replay of last year because i could not find my seeds from last year. looked all over the place to no avail, so i had to plant seeds from 2022. after i planted seeds i eventually found last years seeds right where i had put them in a pure talk box that a phone was previously in hiding in plain sight on top of the piano. there wasn't even anything on top of them. i at least knew what to expect from the beans. there were big plain green beans, big purple and green beans, and smaller versions of each. flavor is excellent for most of them, and pods stay tender even when big, a trait from grandma gina. my uncle steve beans would be too tough once the seeds start to develop. i may get some seeds from this years crop if the weather holds a little longer. the larger beans still have a genetic trait that causes the seed to split in the pod. i don't know if that can be bred out or not, with out sacrificing flavor. any way, they are good eating. keith __________________ don't abort. we'll adopt.