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  • French Bean Cross

    Sooo..

    I seem to have a cross in 1 bean, from a pod where the rest were alright (looks wise). I've kept this pod separate, as well as the rest of the pods from this batch I've picked (as I'm growing these beans solely for seed to re-plant next year + for the seed circle).

    It's a Blue & White x Hewitt Cross (No one around me grows fruit and veg, and I'm growing these two varieties in separate gardens)- the markings are of Hewitt, but purple in colour, which looks quite funky.

    Has anyone grown out a cross successfully before? How many generations are you looking at for a stable strain?

    Quite tempted to plant this sole bean to give it a go.. looks like it's pretty but for all I know it might taste horrible

    I have even thought of growing it as a house plant over winter to see if I can get it to flower in a south facing dining room.

  • #2
    Dont forget that bees can fly upto 3 miles to collect nectar and pollen visiting many plants along the way, so the cross pollination could have come from anywhere within a 3 mile radius.

    Cheers Chris
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    Cheers Chris

    Beware Greeks bearing gifts, or have you already got a wooden horse?... hehe.

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    • #3
      You need a name for your new bean - how about Chris-Cross

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      • #4
        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
        You need a name for your new bean - how about Chris-Cross
        don't we have a member by that name,not posted for a while
        sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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        • #5
          Originally posted by lottie dolly View Post
          don't we have a member by that name,not posted for a while
          Perhaps he's "bean" eaten

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          • #6
            I am loving Chris-Cross or even Cross-Chris, because his beans got criss-crossed. VC you're priceless!
            Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

            Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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            • #7
              Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
              I am loving Chris-Cross or even Cross-Chris, because his beans got criss-crossed. VC you're priceless!
              That's not strictly true VVG, I can be bought - and I give Points

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              • #8
                Originally posted by crichmond View Post
                Dont forget that bees can fly upto 3 miles to collect nectar and pollen visiting many plants along the way, so the cross pollination could have come from anywhere within a 3 mile radius.

                Cheers Chris
                Yes, but french beans rarely cross as they're pollinated before the flower opens... which is why it took me by surprise! I know it can happen, just didn't expect it



                Name wise, heh, well I thought Hew (as in Hue? - from the colour blue - geddit?!) Blue, or something. Chris-Cross is funny mind

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                  Perhaps he's "bean" eaten

                  bean and gone
                  Chris,blue moon,blue supprise,blue special,one on it's own,

                  last year i had 1 plant out of several cosse violet,different,twas a flatter pod with lumps on,the seed inside was beige with purple marks,the originals were just beige,,i only had 6 seeds of,planted this year,have yet to have a pod worth looking at,to see whats happened,but the outer was still purple,
                  Last edited by lottie dolly; 19-09-2012, 01:12 PM.
                  sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by chris View Post
                    Name wise, heh, well I thought Hew (as in Hue? - from the colour blue - geddit?!) Blue, or something. Chris-Cross is funny mind
                    Hew Blue and Barney Magrew? Nah.... has to be Chris-Cross and I want Royalties on the name

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                    • #11
                      Well, how about some seeds from teh first gen to grow out for me as well? :P

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                      • #12
                        That's a bit of a risk given my lack of success with anything beany this year

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                        • #13
                          I've not had much this year, either....2nd year on the trot. Will be growing this sole bean out (looking for overwintering tips now to see if that is possible) then harvesting seed from it, growing that out to compare.

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                          • #14
                            Good luck with your new "baby"

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                            • #15
                              Bleh, don't say that! Mebe #3 en route!

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