thx for the ping!!
This will be a limited Garden year for me. I didn’t order my Orchard trees or blueberries in time. I only have two raised beds. I did get my Peppers going inside and they are a good size to put out in a couple weeks. I didn’t do any Tomatoes but the volunteers have come up and I have way too many.
I can’t decide what type of green bean to grow, all I know is it needs to be non-hybrid. I have some Blue Lake seeds, scarlet runner beans, and romano. I know I’ll grow some scarlet, just for the flowers. And the beans for next year, they won’t cross pollinate with anything.
I have one trellis that always has ‘Scarlet Runner’ beans on it for the Hummingbirds. They just love the blossoms, and they’re good to eat in a salad, too! They even taste like a bean.
This year I am growing my favorite green pole bean ‘Saychelles’ and more ‘Good Mother Stollard’ which is a dry/soup bean. Brown and white speckled - very pretty. I grew it last year and now I am in love. :)
Where did you get your Scarlett Runner seeds (beans?) I bought a pack last year from Livingston Seeds (the brand Rural King carries) and only ONE germinated. I have about a dozen bean seeds saved off that plant. (Birds got some.)
I had some off brand “tender bean” seeds and I don’t recall the precise germination rate, but it was pretty decent. So, not sure what I did wrong with the Scarletts. The date code (last year) was late 2023.
I’d love to grow several plants at least of the Scarletts, as supposedly they will draw hummingbirds.(?) It’d be fun to have a couple of the little daredevils around in the summer, and who knows, maybe they’d help pollinate other stuff? I’d hate to rely on the dang wood bees!
I sent a message to Livingston but they never responded. :-(
Thanks.