Looking to make a trade for Kentucky Wonder BUSH Beans. I have Orca Bush (black calypso/ ying yang ) beans to trade, and/or check out my exchange list to see if there is something else there that interests you.. Here is a link that might be useful: My Exchange link

Hi, I have about 10 seeds left over from a trade for your lettuce Ruby.LMK Margarita10 mmaldonado@firstam.com

"Zeedman, that's one good-looking bean plant in optimum conditions w/ zero competition from other plants for sun and room on the trellis, plus it's well mulched." -Ppod Agreed, it was a pampered plant; "your results may vary". ;-) Severe rabbit damage resulted in a very poor stand last year... but I try to find the silver lining in things. Every failure teaches us something. Had the surrounding plants not been destroyed, I would not have been able to observe the variety's true potential - or show it to others. Planted more densely (as I did for years) the yield per plant would not be as impressive. It was from observing the results of several accidents like that one that I decided (about 5 years ago) to increase my bean spacing. I thin the more vigorous pole beans (such as "Pole 191") to single plants at 12" spacing - much wider than the original recommendations. The results have been remarkable. It's really amazing how the vines will branch to fill in any empty space on the trellis. The yield per row foot may be slightly less than if crowded more closely, but the pod quality is much better, and there are fewer problems with disease. The plants also tend to produce more & larger seed at the greater spacing... and since I grow many beans for seed, that is a desirable outcome. The plant in the photo produced nearly a pound of dry seed. When I used 4" spacing for "Pole 191", it had problems with rust in wetter years. At the wider spacing, this has not been a problem, probably due to improved air flow. I mulch all of my beans, as soon as they have their first true leaf (which is when I thin them to their final spacing). Beans really dislike having mud splashed on their leaves, especially as seedlings. The point about sun is a good one. Sorry to hear that KW does poorly in partial shade. Ppod, have you found varieties that do better under those conditions? I am fortunate to garden on an unshaded property where, with proper spacing, all of my plants receive adequate sunlight - unless planted too closely. For many years, I used 3 feet between rows for pole beans; and when the vines had filled the trellises, observed poor yield on the lower 1/2 due to shading. After a conversation with Gardenlad several years ago, I increased the row spacing to 4 feet, and the vines now bear top to bottom. (I really miss Gardenlad's contributions to this forum - if we keep talking about him, maybe he will think about dropping in once in awhile. One can only hope. ;-)

I've currently got 710 seeds with a few more on their way to me. Probably 800 seeds overall of pole, lima, and bush beans. I've got no lack of corn to grow them up but I worry that the strong pole beans will pull the corn down. I'm using mostly field types to grow things up and then I have 2 59' rows- one of those rows will be Logan Giant beans and I'm trying to convince my parents to let me take the other row for the rest of my pole beans. I really want to save lots of seeds so I can share them next season with people in my area who aren't very educated about growing heirlooms. Abby