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These are runner beans (or ayocote beans; Phaseolus coccineus) and are going parallel to the blue limas part of my #BlueBeanProject.
I'll find out later this summer if the tepary beans (P. acutifolius) patch has a hybrid.
This is part of my #BlueBeanProject. I'm trying to make blue versions of other species using the knowledge gained from making a blue common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
Here's my runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus). I planted them inside before the weather was warm enough, so they'd get a head start, as they need a long season.
Hopefully at least one is the hybrid I need for my #BlueBeanProject.
I'm getting ready to pack my bean varieties into envelopes for sale on a small web shop (to be revealed soon!).
Here are two of my blue varieties. I have enough of the 1st to make available, but the 2nd will have to wait. #BlueBeanProject
These are the last seeds collected from my 2 hybrid bean vines. They're a cross between one of my blue lines (Phaseolus vulgaris) and a runner bean (P. coccineus).
They ended up with different sets of chromosomes from each parent. Next year will be interesting.
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These seeds will eventually darken to a blue-black shade. They're from a separate line than my main blue seeded varieties.
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I've decided to call my blue colored pole beans... "Blue Genes".
The bush bean with the same shade... "Blue Gene Shorts".
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These beans are unrelated to the main lines of blue colored beans that I've been working with for the last few years.
They're a bit brighter and the seeds are rounder. It'll be a few years before I know if the color is temperature sensitive or not.
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My runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus) are blooming well.
1st frosts are expected in 3 weeks. There may be -just- enough time.
These are purple & yellow seeded selections. I'm hoping they will cross and help me get to a blue seeded version of this species too.
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I grew a couple tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) varieties this year. I chose these varieties because I think their genetics might let me get to a blue version in a few years. Next year I'll know if any hybrids turned up.
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I'm still collecting the data from my pole bean population, but already the distribution of seed weights is distinctly narrower. #BlueBeanProject
One of my Phaseolus vulgaris x P. coccineus hybrid beans is going a little extra.
I'd already gotten a good number of seeds from this plant, but it looks like it might be able to mature a second flush.
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The first bean from my blue x Wit-rood boontje F2 population shows a nice pale blue color.
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Seeds from my two Phaseolus vulgaris x P. coccineus hybrid vines. The smaller seeded plant has matured many pods full of seeds. The larger seeded plant has matured two seeds so far.
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Most of the seed saved from last year were from one plant, which was carrying a recessive allele for tan seeds.
The blue color seems to be partially impacted by temperature, but there are recessive alleles too, making it hard to be sure what's going on.
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Seriously, this is the sort of color intensity I expect to see in high bred sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus) or in runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus).
These are in my #BlueBeanProject bush beans (P. vulgaris).
Some of the oldest blue beans I have, even from 2018, still hold their color well. They have very little of the proanthocyanidins that oxidize brown over time in many/most beans.
The other blue varieties I've seen since then all turn brown in storage.
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These are two F3 selections from a cross a few years back that led to interesting color.
At left has dark blue-black seeds with tan speckles. At right has brighter blue seeds.
These are unrelated to my main blue seeded lines and have a different seed shape. #BlueBeanProject
My main blue seeded bean lines have consistently had pink flowers.
Today I found a white-flowered vine on the trellis. At first I thought there were yellow flowers too, but then I realized the white flowers shift to yellow as they age.
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Not being associated with an academic institution, I wasn't sure they would fill my seed request. I did give them a description of my #BlueBeanProject and how I thought these seeds would help, as well as how I "publish" publicly here about it, & they sent me some seeds.
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