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Can't figure out which bean was planted where

14 years ago

I planted 3 pole bean types this year: Kentucky Wonder, Blue Lake, and Kentucky Blue. If I wrote down which was which, I can't find it. Maybe you could help me figure this out, please.

supposedly Kentucky Wonder has brown seeds, but none of mine have brown seeds! Hmmmmm??

I had one trellis with beans that grew very early. They were very straight and long and fairly dark. Kentucky Blue? The japanese beetles really loved this one.

The other trellis produced much later, which I'm thinking is Blue Lake FM1, and the beans were more curved and lighter than first bean mentioned.

Let's forget about the 3rd one, as it didn't do well.

I guess I'm just really trying to ID the ones that were early, straight and darker, since I loved them.

Do those sound like Kentucky blue? If I didn't get them picked in time, some of them got up to about 9-10" and were still straight.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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cabrita
14 years ago
My Kentucky wonder pole seeds are white. If you cut the bean in cross section, it is round for KW. They grow pretty staight but not very long, nothing like Fortex or some of the other beans. They seem pretty resistant to heat and do pretty well here in the summer. I think I tried Blue lake once and found it stringy, the cross section was oval instead of round if I remember right? and the seeds were dark. Maybe someone else can confirm.
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