I have a row of dwarf french beans, various varieties. Two of them are muvh bigger than the rest and have now got tendrils as if they want to climb. Can dwarf beans "revert" ? Forgot to check the label tonight to see which variety they are.
Chuckle :). I sowed some black beans from a seed swap that were labelled 'meraviglia di venezia' (a yellow climbing bean) which are showing no sign of wanting to climb. I googled and found that the beans for that variety are white, so I have no idea what I shall eventually harvest!
I would stick some canes in and let them climb and wait for the surprise - like I am.
Tricia
I think your dwarf are probably climbing speaking as one who bought 2 dwarf fruit trees from Wilkos one apple one pear .They're both apples and they are a national retailer not a seed swap :)
I believe dwarf beans can produce the occasional climbing plant. Did all the seeds look the same?
um yes. I am thinking labels! ho ho. Let them climb.
I had some dwarf ones last year that insisted on doing some climbing but they didn't go as high as real climbing French beans.
If there is only one that's climbing it can be transplanted elsewhere. Worked for me last year.
Quote from: tricia on June 14, 2010, 21:48:05
Chuckle :). I sowed some black beans from a seed swap that were labelled 'meraviglia di venezia' (a yellow climbing bean) which are showing no sign of wanting to climb. I googled and found that the beans for that variety are white, so I have no idea what I shall eventually harvest!
I would stick some canes in and let them climb and wait for the surprise - like I am.
Tricia
I bought my Meraviglia from a seed company and they were large black seeds. I thought the same as you that they show no signs of wanting to climb and must have been a mistake, but several weeks later they definitely do climb. Just seem a slow starter.
I have planted out some blue lake beans that do not look like they are a climbing bean so god knows what i have got, i am moving them to the dwarf beans bed and have sowed some more from a different packet ???
High Bean MERAVIGLIA DI VENEZIA
Phaseolus vulgaris
High growing with flat yellow pods. Used are the pods and black beans.
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French Bean Meraviglia di Venezia
Bred in Venice with attractive yellow stringless pods and white beans that taste superb. Great served hot but usually served as a bean salad drizzled with olive oil and vinegar. Support plants when heavy with pods. Harvest from June to October.
Taken from seed sellers adverts.
Curiouser and curiouser!
Tricia
I got some climbing French beans refusing to climb - shall we swop?
;D ;D ;D
Quote from: tricia on June 16, 2010, 17:27:18
High Bean MERAVIGLIA DI VENEZIA
Used are the pods and black beans.
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French Bean Meraviglia di Venezia
Bred in Venice with attractive yellow stringless pods and white Taken from seed sellers adverts.
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Wouldn't be the first bean that has a white seed mutation. Happens with Cherokee Trail of Tears, with Kentucky Wonder and several others.
Have grown Marvel of Venice aka Rhinegold twice and found that they are tall, but too late to produce well. There are much earlier large podded yellow beans. They do better in warm summers than in our average. Guess in a warm place in the South of England they will do better though.