Grandma Gina and uncle Steve may have crossed.

[rxkeith]

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