NEW: Beans, peas and legumes swap
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Comments (21)"Lots of leaves, but few Beans" translate into too much excessive Nitrogen in the soil that will put the Legume plants into vegetative growth since legumes being Nitrogen producer will add extra Nitrogen in the soil .This is the reason why gardeners and farmers are advised to practice the rotation of the crops. Mostly corn and legumes are good canditaes to rotate one after the another.Legumes being Nitrogen fixers enrich the soil with Nitrogen while corn being good usres of Nitrogen is planted in the Nitrogen rich soil to use up lot of Nitrogen left by legumes....See More2009 legume plans
Comments (43)Well, it took a little longer than usual, but my plans finally came together. Like several others here, I am a collector & preservationist, so many of these varieties are not widely known: Beans: ___"Atlas" - from GW swap; bush, medium-large seeds w/coloration very similar to "Cranberry". Dropped by the trade, so I hope to keep it in circulation. ___"Bosnian Pole" - from GW swap w/Remy, from... guess where? ;-) Only had 5 seeds to start with, and only one plant survived squirrel attack last year. Fortunately, that one plant produced lots of seed, so I hope to actually eat some this year, and have seed to swap. Very unusual seed, changes color as it ages... goes from black & buff, to black, buff, and pure white. ___"Brita's Foot Long" - white seeded pole variety, very good quality as a dry bean. Originally from Salt Spring Seeds (Canada), which no longer ships to U.S. Sent a lot of seed out for this, so need to replenish my stock. ___"Chester" - pole, from an SSE swap. Large flat black & white seeds, similar to small limas. Allegedly a good shell bean. ___"Chiclet" - pole, from GW swap with Lynnt earlier in this thread. Medium-large tan seeds that are squarish & white as shellies, hence the name. Originally from Sicily, probably a Romano-type snap. ___"Cornfield, Striped" - pole, from an SSE swap. Small, shiny, very fat red & tan seeds, uncertain as to usage. ___"Emerite" - high-quality pole snap, from Vermont Bean. My other main-crop snap, "Fortex", gets a year off for good behavior. ;-) ___"Jimenez" - pole snap, from GW swap, originally from Thompson & Morgan. 3 of 5 seeds germinated last year, and only one survived rabbit attack (they were really bad last year). Heard good reviews, hope to taste a few this year, and increase my seed enough to share with others. ___"Ma Williams" - pole, from SSE. Outstanding shelly. Like "Brita's", have shared a lot of seed for this, and need to replenish my stock. Main crop shelly. ___"Monterosa" - bush, from USDA. Large black & white seeds, trial as a shelly. ___"Porcelain" (a.k.a. "Snowcap") - pole, from SSE swap. Beautiful large seed, red stripes over buff, with a white "cap" on one end. Trial for use as a shelly. ___"Tetovac" - pole, GW swap, from Serbia. Very large flat white seed, probably Romano-type snap, trial for shelly. ___"Zlatac" - pole wax, from SSE swap. Bronze seed. Cowpeas & yardlongs: ___"Chinese Red Noodle" - yardlong, purple podded, originally from Baker Creek. ___"Galante" - yardlong, green pods, from Philippines. ___"Green Dixie" * ___"MN 13" * ___"Speckled Purple hull" * ___"Stickless Wonder" - bush yardlong, trial for comparison w/ "Yancheng Bush". ___"Thailand Pole" * (Those marked (*) were described earlier in this thread.) Limas: ___"Blue & White Fence" - a.k.a. Old Time Fence, pole type, from SSE, small black & white seeds. ___"King of the Garden" - pole, from Vermont Bean. Large-seeded, my main crop butterbean. Peas: ___"Dunn" - soup ___"Green Arrow" - shell pea ___"Gruno Rosyn" - soup ___"Purple Podded Parsley" - purple podded shell pea, with tiny leaflets in place of tendrils. After crop failures two years in a row due to bad weather, I was able to increase my stock a little last year, and hope to grow enough seed this year to share with others. ___"Plovdivski Podobren" - from Gatersleben, uncertain as to usage. ___"Sandy" - snow pea ___"Sugar Lace II" - snap pea. There's an exception to every rule, and this is the only PVP variety that I grow. Runner beans: ___"Tucomares Chocolate" - pole, from SSE swap, brown-seeded, red & white flowers. This will be my 3rd year of roguing out a white-flowered cross present in the original seed, hopefully this year the seed will be all brown. ___"Sunset Runner" - pole, pink flowers. Soybeans - still TBD, about 20 varieties. Most are the final remnants from the collection of the late Robert Lobitz. Misc: ___Adzuki, "Buff" - good soup bean ___Chickpea, "Brown Popping" ___Garbanzo, "PI 359241" ___Winged bean With our cooler than normal late May/early June, I started many of these in pots, where I would have otherwise direct seeded. Just waiting for a warm, dry day to put them out. Dean, that might work for you; it would give you time to dig up your new lawn. ;-)...See MoreRound Robin bean swap?
Comments (10)I would love to be in a bean swap. I don't have much to contribute this year - lots of Ojo de Cabra pole bean and a little of two or three others. Maybe a little more if it's legumes in general rather than just beans. Really want to expand next year. Thanks! I was hoping someone would be doing one of these. :)...See MoreNEW: November's Beans, beans, beans swap
Comments (71)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...See Moretormato
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