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Originally Posted by Ken B
Joseph, have any particular varieties done better for you?
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I don't keep track of variety names. I'm all about promiscuous pollination and local-adaptation. I plant whatever I can find in a bag of 15 bean soup at the grocery store, or whatever someone sends me in swaps. I dump them into a common bin and plant from the bin... Last year 4 cowpea plants (out of a few dozen) produced lots of seed for me. (Lots being relative to previous attempts in my garden.)
Same with the asparagus beans. I grabbed some seed from plants that a helper left in the garden. And I've collected a few more varieties in swaps. I have trellis making materials this year, so I suppose it'd be a good year to see what comes of a planting.