Any interest in a beans/legumes forum?

Are there DG folks out there who would be interested in a forum dedicated to beans/legumes?

With the recent upswing of interest in this humble food, perhaps it deserves its own forum.

Apparently there was "legumes" forum a few/several years back but it finally withered for lack of interest. (Maybe it would have done better if it was called "beans"?)

Well, I could use some help getting my beans in better shape. Green beans too as I've found a number of unusual varieties. But if you just took it to the veggie forum I would follow there.......

It's got possibiities even if the interest is intermittent,I enjoy growing my beans and could always learn more.

this is my first year growing them and i need all the help i can get!

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I'd love to have a dedicated forum to BEANS

By all means! My pole beans are the most anxiously awaited plant in my garden (tomatoes a close 2nd!)

I like my beans as well as the next person but over the years I have seen questions on 'specialty' forums go unanswered for lack of visitors to those forums.
The same question posted in a general forum like vegetables will get prompt and thorough attention.

As a result, I would think there would be a limited discussion on beans and the questions would be better posted in vegetables.

Just my opinion and hoping no feelings are slighted. Kristi

I think it would be nice to exchange information on the various types of beans. For instance, I've been growing green beans forever, but recently discovered purple ones.

And I would LOVE to find seeds of heirloom southern beans. I'm tired of pinto, navy, black, etc that are the only ones found in supermarkets.

As long as this is going anyone with experience abouts innoculents for beans? if so, how about info and convo.

I am such i beginner i think all i would have to contribute would be questions.

Well then how about bug destruction problems,what kind have you had or do you have? Ask the questions, maybe we will get a few people answering.

Your best bet is to start threads to discuss those inoculant and bean pest questions in the general Vegetable Gardening or Heirloom Gardening forums. One of the fastest ways for a topic to "earn" its own forum is to outgrow its environment and begin to dominate a general forum. When that's the case, then it makes sense to move it to its own dedicated environment :-)

Im in for a "Beans" thread on the vegetable gardening forum.

Either way is fine with me! I'm off the plant more Roma style beans.

Yes. I planted several different varieties of pole beans in containers this year on a rope trellis attached to our back stair in an attempt to maximize my small garden space. I'm interested in how to best cultivate beans as protein is a key element in my post gastric bypass diet.


I'm posting my before and after pics.

xenspirit - as far as I know the only bean that is a complete protein is the soybean. Other beans have to be combined with grains or seeds to complete the protein.

Quinoa is a complete protein. It is a seed that looks like a grain.

I found the worse thing about losing weight was that I had to buy a whole new wardrobe! I used to be an XXlarge, but for the last seven years have been a size eight.

I'm a R.N. and learned that vegetable proteins needed to be complete to be usable or combined so that they were complete. This is not so according to more current research. Vegetables contain all essential amino acids in varying amounts. As long as a vegetable based diet includes variety, your nutritional requirements will be adequately covered.

About the bean forum, Russ, I love beans and grow eight or ten varieties each year. I would be interested in swapping for new varieties but don't think a dedicated forum is necessary. Don't always grow the same varieties 'cause, being a seed saver, I like to rotate diminishing seed stock. This year we are growing Blue Lake pole, Kentucky Wonder brown seeded pole, Christmas Lima pole, Steuben yellow eyed bush, Black Jungle pole (black seeded butter beans), Hilda Romano pole, Meriaviglia di Venezia (Marvel of Venice) wax pole, McCasalan pole ( southern heirloom), pink eyed peas, Rattlesnake pole and knuckle peas.

I have inoculated seed in the past but learned that once you grow beans in a section where you replant the bacteria exist in the soil several years later. Regardless, I have beans growing in three new spots this year and did not inoculate. Production is just beginning. Plants look beautiful and we have lots of beans.

Regarding insect control...our favorite method is to have strategically placed plastic cups, partly filled with water, around the garden. We knock bugs off into the cups of water and leave them there for a work out. No squishing or spraying required. Learning to correctly identify insect instars (the various stages insects pass through to become adult bugs) will allow you to be selective in insect control and few of your insect pest will reach adulthood . No matter how organic the spray is, and safe for your personal garden goals, you are most likely killing beneficial cousins if you have a spray that kills the pest. DG has an incredibly expert bug team and file. I am in awe of their passion for and knowledge of entomology.

@HoneybeeNC I had good luck with selling the things I had outgrown that were gently used on Ebay and then using the Ebay proceeds to buy new clothes. Believe me I went through a ton of clothes during the weight loss. I also went to onestopplus.com and subscribed to their email list for all of their brands because I found that many of the coupon codes they send you for 30-50% off work interchangeably no matter what brand you are buying on their site. That was a big money saver for me. I would use the coupon code in combination with a clearance sale and get items that were only a few dollars. I also found that buying drawstring pants worked really well because you can draw those up and wear them baggy even though you continue to lose weight. I've also kept some of my 4XL shirts even though they are really huge, and I use them for wearing at night or just around the house.

xenspirit - I still wear my over-sized long sleeved nighties during the winter.

I would be a frequent visitor to the bean forum.