General information and discussion about cultivating beans, peas, peanuts, clover and vetch.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NewYork 5a
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Going through my seeds as i do this time every year.
I have more than i need of everything. Dozens of beans and early peas. Many varieties and colors and thick and flat, etc. We get 'bean bored' so like them all but none in large quantities. I just plant all of them over many weeks so i always have something to harvest. I've lost track of a small French fillet i used to grow. No other the past 5-6 yrears have done well. It was a small white bean maybe from Renee or LeJardin. Unfortunately i never pay much attention or label bean varieties in the garden. I plant, they grow super and i can usually tell by the shape what i have. The tiny thin French have alway been a favorite and even fresh eating right in the garden. I had a pole and a bush. I can't find Finaud anywhere. Nickel, Tavera, AiguilleVerte, all white. Emirate and Fin De Bagnols are purple/black Found ClimbingFrench. Maxibel. Any favorites i'm missing? |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Ohio
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Mascotte for a bush, grows only to 18" or so and does great in containers.
Emerite for a pole bean. I like 'em both. The beans stay skinny even as they grow. Last edited by TC_Manhattan; January 6, 2017 at 04:34 PM. Reason: spelling |
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Sacramento, CA
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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I had high hopes for Maxibel but it turned out tough for me . . .
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Vermont
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I love Maxibelle, but I pick them quite small, 3"-4" max. Then they are as tender and tasty as can be. My other favorite is a pole bean, Fortex, which stays tender and astoundingly delicious even when the beans swell.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: NewYork 5a
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Tanks all!
I just ordered Emerite, Masai, Mascotte from one source. Others recommended are scattered at different suppliers and i have all other seeds needed so one pack with shipping is $. I do have a local Nursery that stocks thousands of seeds packets from everywhere and stop in early Spring for missing this-n-that. Still wanting Finaud and now St Anne de Bretagne but i've got a good selection to try if i can't find them. |
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