I dont even know what Hornbeam is and I am certainly not a pro at gardening but if I had sprouts right now from a plant I really wanted to propagate and I live in zone 5b, I would transplant them to some small containers and grow them under lights or in a window through out the winter and hopefully have some very nice starters for the spring. But, if you get additional responses, feel free to put my suggestion at the bottom of the list. like I said, I am not a highly experienced grower. Good luck and at the very least, keep everyone updated on what you decide to do and how it turns out. Bruce

Very few of the dry beans in the supermarket are pole beans. Pole beans are labor intensive to harvest. On the other hand most local supply stores sell bulk seed by the pound. Here that will run 3-5 dollars per lb. Southern States Coop here has McCaslan, Kentucky Blue, Kentucky Wonder, Missouri Wonder, French Horticulture, Blue Lake, White Seeded Kentucky Wonder, and Rattlesnake in that price range.

Thanks Tammy, nope, they were just a bag of dried beans that I bought to cook. Some of the best ones ones that I have found in the past year or two were bulk beans over in the Mexican food section, that you scoop up with a scoop and fill a bag yourself. Perhaps they do not have time to get old. Yeah Jim, I have been in the various Jails around here way too many times to count in my younger days, but it was on the "right" side of the bars. At one time our downtown beat included the place where the jail was located and we made many prisoner transfers, many of them to the county hospital for medical attention or treatments etc. I guess that you could say that I was a frequent "visitor". Both the city and county really put on a first class feed on Christmas and New Years. Many of the homeless, vagrants, wineos etc. were looking for ways to go to jail for some shelter and a good meal on those particular times of the year. Honestly. But those cooks were outstanding at that paticular time and era. Not quite like Tom T. Hall's song about spending a week in a little ol country jail and having hot baloney, eggs and gravy.. Bill P.

Mermaidinthegarden said: "Ooh, I would like to join this one too! I don't have very many varieties yet, but beans are what got me started on heirlooms." and "I was so excited to see the bubble envelope in the mail today, but .... nothing left inside but my list. :-(" Now that there is a damn shame, as they say. I would be more than happy to share some of my bounty from this swap. Mchill320 did an awesome job, and it will be years before I could grow them all. If interested, send me your mailing info (and your wish list, if you want) and I'll see what I can do. Rick This post was edited by rdback on Mon, Jan 13, 14 at 15:57