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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 20, 2022 13:08:25 GMT -6
I’m really enjoying all these beans (and I’ve been sneaking over and reading The Easy Bean Network threads that hmoosek linked to earlier because there are lots of great pictures over there, too). Those Grey Eyed Greasy Runners are beautiful. You know you’ll have to keep us updated on all these that you’re growing.
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Post by hmoosek on Jul 20, 2022 13:12:08 GMT -6
chrysanthemum Yes, I will certainly keep everyone updated. I plan to start a thread on each and let y’all follow along on success or failures. I already potted several up. In the meantime, I’ve got to get my big pots ready as I’m up to 19 cups started and have that many more that may sprout!
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Post by triffid on Jul 20, 2022 13:30:45 GMT -6
Hope the Grey Eyed Greasy does well in your location hmoosek. Such a pretty seedcoat and the pods have pale blue stripes when ripe. Tasty too
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Post by hmoosek on Jul 20, 2022 15:41:39 GMT -6
Hope the Grey Eyed Greasy does well in your location hmoosek . Such a pretty seedcoat and the pods have pale blue stripes when ripe. Tasty too It’s my hope as well. I’ve always ran across the grain trying to grow things here that are not meant for our heat. Sometimes I have complete failures, but there’s that occasional success that keeps me going. I’ve been mostly successful with tomatoes, but beans are very iffy sometimes.
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Post by hmoosek on Jul 20, 2022 16:34:09 GMT -6
I’m pretty excited over this bean! This is another bean Remy sent me. It hails from Campbell County Tennessee. Cornfield bean with red streaked pods Minnie Shatterly Cornfield Bean
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Post by hmoosek on Jul 20, 2022 17:35:18 GMT -6
Well, it’s looks like I’m down to the last few seeds. I’m still waiting for Hoteko to make an appearance. Overall, I reckon you could call this success. By no means did I germinate extremely old seed with any success, but 4 to 5 year old bean seed and newer was pretty doable. 7 year old cowpeas jumped out the shell much like macmex predicted. I did manage to get a single seed from 2008 to sprout, so we will see what it does. It’s a white half runner and I assume it’s tough since the bag came from Henry Fields, so it will be kept well away from my Appalachian Beans. Bill Best says to keep the old tough beans well away from the tender beans. I generally don’t start seeds like this. I’m more of a dirt starting seeder, but I can certainly see the advantage it would give. Plus, it provided me with a ton of entertainment!
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Post by MRH on Oct 25, 2023 15:13:48 GMT -6
I don't know if this has anything too do with a hill of beans in china, but, I wonder if you could use baking soda too soften the beans like it's used when cooking very old beans...... I'm curious your thoughts, for I have a dozen or so beans I collected in 2006 that sat in the living room for 16 years, I finally got a freezer and put them in last year.... Thankfully none of them were heirlooms.... I had a bag of beans set in the top of a closed for 9 years before I planted them and had 70% germination... Don't ask, I was shocked at the time.... They were either contender, topcrop or bluelake bush....
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Post by MRH on Oct 25, 2023 15:16:55 GMT -6
Thats "sat in the top of a closet".... My typing needs work.... LOL I don't know about y'all, but I can't hardly read that small type, is this too big.....
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Post by heavyhitterokra on Oct 25, 2023 18:13:58 GMT -6
Mrh,
Welcome to the forum! I'm blind as a bat too. That's why I type everything in 14 font.
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Post by macmex on Oct 26, 2023 13:50:42 GMT -6
Hey, welcome to the forum! I missed your post until now. Glad Ron caught it!
I have no idea if baking soda would help or not with old seeds.
I do know that the longevity of seed is greatly affected by ambient temperature, humidity and by light. Here, in our extreme climate, and where I often go without AC, bean seeds are seldom good past three years, unless I have them in cold storage. However, I have heard of people saving some seeds for over a decade and having decent results. I've especially heard of this with corns stored in a closet in the upper Midwest. So a person would have to experiment in their own context to see what's doable or not.
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Post by MRH on Oct 29, 2023 15:04:46 GMT -6
I just realized something, the Bean seeds that were stored in the top of my broom closet were stored in a brown paper bag. The sweet tators I grow every year I store in a brown paper bag and were still growing slips when I threw them out a coupla weeks ago. There may be something to storing in a brown paper bag....
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Post by macmex on Oct 29, 2023 17:47:00 GMT -6
The brown paper sack's main advantage is that it does keep out a lot of light. For some things, it might also be an advantage that it breaths. There's always room for experimentation!
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