Bean seeds, are they true to seed?
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Bean seeds, are they true to seed?
I understand that Hybrid tomatoes, corn, whatever, are not true to there seed, you have to get certified seed again.
But what about beans? There is a bean called "Fortex" (climbing French bean) that I dearly love, but the seed price is quite high. Can you use some of this years crop seed for next year or is it considered a hybrid, therefore "Not true to seed" ?
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But what about beans? There is a bean called "Fortex" (climbing French bean) that I dearly love, but the seed price is quite high. Can you use some of this years crop seed for next year or is it considered a hybrid, therefore "Not true to seed" ?
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Let's see here.... I googled "Fortex Hybrid Bean", but nothing came up saying it was. So it does seem at least worth a try to save seed from. Here is the link to google search if anyone wants it:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...an&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...an&btnG=Search
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Country Gardener, thanks for the reply, but I also searched the "Net". I thought this would be an easy question, but no one seems to know. My feeling is that they would produce true to type, but I really don't know or want to waste a year if the are not.
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but I really don't know or want to waste a year if they are not.
Oh BTW, I worded my last post wrong; I said "I googled 'Fortex Hybrid Bean', but nothing came up saying it was." I meant that nothing came up saying it was a hybrid, meaning not true to seed. If it doesn't say hybrid it generally isn't, but like you said, you don't want to find out by losing a whole year's crop.
So, if you had 1 or two square feet to spare, you might pant a few seeds saved from earlier plants.
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Just looked it up on my seed supplier's website. It is true to seed!
http://www.territorial-seed.com/stor...P142316C24.cfm
The little "(OP)" at the beginning of the pargraph means open-pollinated, which means it is true to seed. A gardening buddy just informed me that territorial seed company has such info on their website
http://www.territorial-seed.com/stor...P142316C24.cfm
The little "(OP)" at the beginning of the pargraph means open-pollinated, which means it is true to seed. A gardening buddy just informed me that territorial seed company has such info on their website
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Originally Posted by CountryGardener
Just looked it up on my seed supplier's website. It is true to seed!
http://www.territorial-seed.com/stor...P142316C24.cfm
The little "(OP)" at the beginning of the pargraph means open-pollinated, which means it is true to seed. A gardening buddy just informed me that territorial seed company has such info on their website
http://www.territorial-seed.com/stor...P142316C24.cfm
The little "(OP)" at the beginning of the pargraph means open-pollinated, which means it is true to seed. A gardening buddy just informed me that territorial seed company has such info on their website
Now, I suppose you just let a couple of vines keep there beans until the pods have matured and turned dry, would this be correct?? This is what I did with bush beans.
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Thanks "CG" for the information, those are some expensive bean seed.
Now, I suppose you just let a couple of vines keep there beans until the pods have matured and turned dry, would this be correct?? This is what I did with bush beans.
Now, I suppose you just let a couple of vines keep there beans until the pods have matured and turned dry, would this be correct?? This is what I did with bush beans.