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| Last summer I had pretty good luck with Fedco's "King of the Early" dry beans grown fairly close together in a raised bed.
Now I have the beanie bug! Can anyone recommend dry bean varieties that: 1. will do well in Zone 4a/5b ?
Fran |
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| I haven't grown them for a long time. But I recall Jacob's Cattle as a very beautiful bean which produced a lot of nice large, easy to shell, beans; and that, in a pretty short time. George |
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| George, Jacob's Cattle is a bush bean, right? What did you think of the taste? |
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- Posted by vtguitargirl Z4b VT (My Page) on Sat, Feb 20, 10 at 15:04
| Jacob's Cattle was the first bean I tried to grow several years ago when I was first getting into gardening. I had a difficult time with them. At first I thought they weren't germinating, later, I figured out that something was coming along and eating the sprouts! Thanks for the suggestion, I may give them another try. Looking at my Fedco catalog, I see several dry bean varieties under 100 days. Does anyone have any experience with these? -Kenearly (selection of Yellow Eye) |
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- Posted by fusion_power 7b (My Page) on Sat, Feb 20, 10 at 23:39
| Hutterite and Black Coco are adapted to your climate. Both of them are in the medium production group. Expect about 20% less production from them than from Jacob's Cattle and about 40% less than a really good pinto variety. I like the flavor of Hutterite more than Black Coco. DarJones |
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| Andy, it's been so long. I can't remember how Jacob's Cattle tasted. But I don't remember them in any negative manner. I do remember how surprised I was with their production and ease of shelling. George |
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| George, I have seed, maybe I'll try Jacob's Cattle this year. Vtguitargirl, rabbits love bean sprouts. You can make little cages from 1x1 or 1x2 wire mesh to keep them out, or just fence the entire bean area with 12" to 18" chicken wire stapled to sticks that you press into the ground. Rabbits won't bother to tunnel underneath unless they are really hungry and there's nothing else outside to eat, so let some clover grow. |
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- Posted by cyrus_gardner 8 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 22, 10 at 0:13
| Yea. Either rabbits or rats or squirrels or all three of them love sprouts commingfrom grains with protein and oil. That includes sunflowers too. |
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I had pretty good luck with Hutterite, Vermont Cranberry and Jacob's cattle from Fedco last season.
The Vermont Cranberry bean out produced the Hutterite Soup and Jacob's Cattle beans by double in my garden. Note all of these beans were sitting in very, very, very wet soil all season and that might have affected their results. Dean |
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