Green Bean Question
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Just wondering if anyone ever have let green bean dry out and use those seeds to replant the next year? It got me thinking about the Bigfoot thread on Orient Wonder. I do understand bean seed is cheap to buy, but my thought is hard to get product if you harvested some of the beans in the fall would they produce when planted?
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Maybe you could call Seedsavers Exchange 563 382-5990.
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Thats the way to keep heirloom seed that has been in the family for years. Its been done for ever. What you get into trouble on is hybrids. Hybrids are still new compared to the old seed as you know mules do not reproduce, sometimes hybrid seed will make a seed but not a sure bet.
Also when planting seed next to a different strain it will cross and you won't the get pure old seed you started with, I think thats right anyway?
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Just wondering if anyone ever have let green bean dry out and use those seeds to replant the next year? It got me thinking about the Bigfoot thread on Orient Wonder. I do understand bean seed is cheap to buy, but my thought is hard to get product if you harvested some of the beans in the fall would they produce when planted? I have saved some beans after they have dried out on the plant. I planted them the next spring and they grew fine and produced beans again.
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Re: Green Bean Question
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I get my all of my heirloom seeds from Seed Savers in Decorah, IA, same place "run" mentioned. I grow the "Provider" bush bean which is their best seller. The seeds have always worked great and flavor is excellent. Make sure you harvest the seeds from the biggest healthiest pods and you'll never run out. I typically get around 55 seeds per 10 pods. That's just my 2 cents. Good luck !
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Another thing is seeds that have a patent on them such as Roundup Ready soybeans and you can't save the seed due to patent laws. At the end of 20 yrs then you can save seed but I think they are are trying to shut that off by some agreement with China that will only buy that strain(for lack of better word) for 5 extra years. Its hard to find soybean seed thats not RR. They have the farmer locked in to $60 a bag seed, their selling point was the cheap round up. Now that the weeds are resistant the farmer is having to use the herbicides we used to use which is costly and still having to buy their new strain of seed. I may start a thread on that very thing at a later date. Actually you can save seed, graft, cultivate patented varieties for your own use. You can not sell or otherwise profit off someone else's patent. I can buy a patented apple tree, top graft it into my other trees, eat the apples, give away the apples, but not sell scion wood or grafted trees. However, if I recall correctly RR seed is only sold under contract that adds a layer of restriction to existing patent law.
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Another thing is seeds that have a patent on them such as Roundup Ready soybeans and you can't save the seed due to patent laws. At the end of 20 yrs then you can save seed but I think they are are trying to shut that off by some agreement with China that will only buy that strain(for lack of better word) for 5 extra years. Its hard to find soybean seed thats not RR. They have the farmer locked in to $60 a bag seed, their selling point was the cheap round up. Now that the weeds are resistant the farmer is having to use the herbicides we used to use which is costly and still having to buy their new strain of seed. I may start a thread on that very thing at a later date. I am looking forward to your thread. I hope I don't miss it.
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Maybe you could call Seedsavers Exchange 563 382-5990. That is a cool site, thanks. I have some pole bean seeds that go back over a hundred years that are pretty cool. Snowy, we let some go to seed and then get them out of the pod. We lay them in the attic on news paper and when they dry up good, put them in a mason jar. Thinking about it makes me want some leather britches lol, yum!
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Thanks for all that information. I thought there should be no problem for them to grow, just wasn't sure in they would produce fruit. Thanks
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Re: Green Bean Question
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Those Louisiana Purple Pods out produce any green bean out there and to me are the best tasting green beans. Been eating them for 57 years, my grandparents always saved the seed. That's why dad switched. I remember that year he planted the usual two rows the same as he did the rattlesnakes. We were hauling them out by the bushel basket, we got at least double what the rattlesnakes would've done.
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Re: Green Bean Question
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I save all kinds of seeds, but stick with the heirlooms which will produce in your area. The national generic bean which produces in most locations is the Kentucky Wonder.
For those unfamiliar, Round Up beans are genetic alterations which have an algae gene put into them which was found growing on top of a Round Up cesspool. That is why Round Up works to an extent. Crops as corn and soybeans still burn from this salt when it is applied.
Different beans produce better than other beans in certain locations. Blue Lake does not produce here very well. Kentucky Wonder, Blauhilde, Yellow Wax do wonderfully here. You have to sometimes try a few varieties to find the one which produces. The best are pole beans that you can grow on cattle panels, as they are better flavored and produce quantity and quality. The best beans I have raised were in a clay soil, with warm September days, a great deal of rain, and cool nights. Try for stringless as they are easier to process, but the string beans still have the better flavor. I still believe the chestnut colored bean of Kentucky Wonder is the best flavored bean there is.
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