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Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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iam3killerbs 7 NC Sandhills (
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Fri, Aug 7, 09 at 17:55
| I am very disappointed in Trionfo Violetto.
Perhaps it performs well in cooler climates but it seems to have suffered dreadfully in the heat. Some vines died, others lacked vigor, and the yield is very poor. :-( |
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RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| if you planted in the heat of summer, then no bean would have held up. But you are correct that Trionfo does not have much heat tolerance. It will produce a very good crop if planted as a normal early spring pole bean. DarJones |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| I planted it in the spring. It never thrived and did not produce before the heat came. |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| I too was disappointed with it. The vines were not very robust. The pods were long & of good quality, but the yield was far below what I have come to expect from a snap bean. Like a few other beans (such as "Fortex") it might benefit from being more closely spaced, to overcome the low yield per plant... I hope to test that next year, and to trial "Kew Blue" for comparison. |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| I grew it a couple years ago and was disappointed in it also. It didn't produce much. |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| I once had Rattlesnake do poorly in New England. I'm going to try it next year since I hear on these forums that its a southern bean. Anyone know a really good, purple pole bean for the southeast? |
RE:NOT disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| I grew it last year for the first time. I agree that it slowed down in the heat of summer, but before AND ESPECIALLY AFTER it produced like crazy here in MN. I think if you keep them well watered in the heat, you may get through it and enjoy renewed harvest in the cooler weather again. But maybe the heat of the south is too much. I would have liked to have been warned about the height, though. It reached the top of my 6 1/2 trellis, then reached up and grabbed a maple tree and kept going! How silly I must have looked harvesting beans in a tree from a ladder. I will use a taller trellis next year. These beans cooked faster than green ones such as Kentucky Blue. The flavor was good, and my family liked them just as well. I also froze them, and it worked well. You must harvest daily, as the right size is about pencil width.
The vines also grew differently than Kentucky Blue. While KB climbed, leafed, and flowered as it went up, TV climbed first, then leafed, then flowered later, so don't be put off by that difference. I will grow them again next year. |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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| To answer the question of a good general purpose purple pole bean that does especially well here in the SouthEast, Sandhill will have Grandma Roberts Purple Pole listed for 2011. This bean is highly productive and has been consistent in a wide range of environments. It has been a good performer in the Pacific NorthWest as well as the hot humid SouthEast. This bean is similar to but not the same as the purple pole bean that Henry Fields sold years ago. It is distinctively different from Trionfo Violetto and other purple pod beans that I have grown. DarJones |
RE: Trionfo Violetto
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| Hello - Paolo here from Seeds of Italy in London. This has been the wettest summer for us since 1870 but i still managed to get some Trionfo Violetto though yealds were obviously down as a result and all beans suffered this year here but some varieties faired even worse. This bean is Italian but bear in mind that Italy is both a hot and an alpine country and as long as you keep them watered, they should be ok but every year is different. I hope you have a better season next year with Trionfo which is one of our best sellers here in the UK. |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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TV did fairly well for me although most others out performed it
My best purple pod producer this year was Purple Podded Stringless with LA Purple Pod comming in second |
RE: Disappointed in Trionfo Violetto
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Sorry for the duplicate post
I finnaly found out what I was doing wrong
I was getting an error glitch and did a back button and submitted again .
The purple bean that did so well for me was VIOLET PODDED STRINGLESS rather than what I stated in the previous post |
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