2018 Bean Trials

[Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate]

Hello my fellow bean buddies!

 It has been a while, but I have good news! We will be starting the 2018 Bean Trials. We’ll be sending a nice variety of beans for you to grow and let us know how it goes. We will need your full name and shipping address if you wish to participate. The deadline to participate is Thursday, April 26^th, 2018.

Please email us this information to ret...@ranchogordo.com

Important: 

We can only ship to U.S addresses

We will be shipping via USPS

Good luck!

The Bean Buddies

[Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate]

Hello fellow bean buddies!

The deadline to participate in the 2018 Bean Trails has passed. Here is the list of people who will be receiving their beans:

Christina Wenger

HAPPY DODSON

Ari Gold

Amy Naranjo

Kris Fegler

Josephine Borgeson

Amy Porges

Cary Bradley

Kelli Puryear

Sue Hinojoza

Christine Brown

Tom Murphy

Janice Mathews

Rebecca Bennett

Steve Caird

Matt Daley

Leslie Williams

Carrie Donley

Lisa Bowens-Chapman

Sue Helms

Kathy Cloutier

Jackson County School Nutrition Department Attn: Gracelyn Jones

Harmony Elementary School c/o Hannah McTier

McTier Family Farm c/o Carol McTier

Catherine Baxter

Jason Gallet

Lauren Crook

Kim Reese

Natalia Gutierrez

Pierre Laborde

James Hong (Google)

Julie Mond

Isaac Shum

Elizabeth Van Pelt

Jacob E. Jones

Alex Fern Gilkeson

Unfortunately, we will not be accepting more people to join since the deadline has passed. For those who are new, we will be sending out 5 different varieties which two have been chosen by Steve. We will be sending those out next week. Also, we would love to here feedback from you guys whether the beans are bush or pole!  

Good Luck!

The Bean Buddies  

[Matt Daley]

Thanks!

I've been thinking about planting some of those rejected Royal Coronas from the Bean Club. Any reason I shouldn't try doing that?

[Elizabeth Van Pelt]

They should sprout. If you aren't willing to waste too many try a few at first. In a week or less you should know if they are viable, and can plant more. 

[Elizabeth Van Pelt]

I received my seeds last week. What kind of feedback are you expecting besides bush/pole? 

Thanks!

Elizabeth

On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 12:08:18 PM UTC-7, Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate wrote:

Hello fellow bean buddies!

The deadline to participate in the 2018 Bean Trails has passed. Here is the list of people who will be receiving their beans:

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[Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate]

Hello Elizabeth, 

We would like to know if they are a runner, pole or bush bean, and also how much the plant produced. 

Thank you everyone for the help. 

Best,

Nancy

[djacar...@gmail.com]

So sorry to get this message, as I've only recently been approved for membership in the group!  Any consolation prizes?

David Carradini

42706 Ravenglass Drive

Ashburn, VA 20148-4131

[Melissa Thorpe]

HI. Could you add me to the bean growers group? I understand I missed the deadline for this season, but I am interested in next season. Thank you!!

Melissa Thorpe

12110 Calder Manor Court

Tampa, Florida 33626

On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 5:21:59 PM UTC-4, Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate wrote:

[Kelli Puryear]

On Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 5:21:59 PM UTC-4, Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate wrote:

I got five plants from six seeds. Unfortunately, my notes are lackluster. I don't know which variety this is. They climb but I would not consider them prolific climbers.

[Kelli Puryear]

[Jacob Jones]

I want to post my 2018 RG bean results.  We had a very very rainy summer in Virginia, coupled with a groundhog, poor bean showing.
Scarlet Runner -- a true runner, few beautiful blossoms, yet no beans.  Sad
Corona - bush, beans fully germinated, nice plants,produced only 9 good beans though, maybe 15 gm total.
Cranberry - bush, produced 25 beans, all molded on vine, poor quality
Raquel - bush, produced 45 beans, all nice quality
Jacob's Cattle - bush, 49 beans, some molded on vine
Marcella - bush, 167 beans produced, many molded on vine
Brown Tepary - bush, 17 beans produced
Dixie Speckled - bush, very nice beans, produced 230 beans, best yield, variable size beans, some as small as lentils.

When comparing this bean trial to my other beans, in general this year was very low production due to rain and animals eating leaves.  My pole string beans produced fair and were eaten twice by a groundhog, my heavy producers (yellow eye, borlotti) in past years also faired poorly this year in separate plots.

It is interesting that the Dixie Speckled did well in the south, never seen that bean before, would try again.  I think I will stick to my saved beans that have worked well for me in past and not venture out in the future, but it was fun trying these beans.

[Kim Reese]

My report is unfortunately very simple. Zero. All varieties were planted May 11th in Zone 6b. It then proceeded to rain for over a month. Nothing came up. Washed away, rotted? To be fair none of our other beans came up either. No beans this year. I think I would be willing to try again to be able to taste some new (to me) varieties.

Thank you for what you do Rancho Gordo!

-Kim

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[David Carradini]

Thank you all for these reports.  My report is similar:  no beans. But that’s because since growing conditions were so poor I’ve beem waiting.  I’m looking to see what fall growing conditions look like and alternately am setting up a small growing area in my basement where I will have control over conditions and with that, yields to report. 

Dave Carradini

Ashburn VA

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[christine brown]

I felt like a failure and am more hopeful for next year seeing I am not the only one that didn't do well with the RG beans. I am in SoCal and we had a 116° week that destroyed my entire garden. I plan on getting shades up for next year in hopes for some protection from our beastly hot summers. 

Christine

[David Carradini]

It’s been  very very hard growing year.  Here in the mid-Atlantic,  late spring then lots and lots of rain followed by blistering heat, more rain, more heat and now rain again. Many crops rotted in the field, or the seeds did.  With all this rain the vintage is likely to be poor as well.   My brother has been growing micro greens in his home and I’m taking a page out of his book to set up a growing area in my basement, with lots of artificial sunlight and optimal growing conditions.  To have planted would have been to waste the seeds. 

Dave

[Josephine Borgeson]

I'm just beginning to harvest dry beans. Most of mine went in later than those of you in the South, I'm guessing. I'm in Sonoma County, California. I have a community garden plot - large as those things go, but still small, and lots of predation by gophers and others rodents. That said, it looks like I will have enough scarlet runner seeds to try eating them (I never have, mainly growing for ornament) and enough jacob's cattle and tepary for seed for another year. I often grow the samples out for seed, and share some with neighbors if they seem to do well in my climate and soil conditions and yield pretty well. Phina Borgeson 

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[Melissa.is]

Hi! Is ret...@ranchogordo.com the correct email address to send this information to? Thank you

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[Peggy Hill]

Hi,

This says 2018... what is the deadline for 2019?

Thanks, Peg

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[David Carradini]

David Carradini

42706 Ravenglass Drive

Ashburn, VA 20148-4131

Thank you so much!  The forecast is for a much drier Year this year; planting should be possible.  Last fall wasas wet and miserable as the spring!  Better days ahead. 

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Melissa Thorpe 

12110 Calder Manor Court 

Tampa, FL 33626

Thank you!

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[Rancho Gordo Retail Advocate]

Hello everyone, 

We haven't posted anything for this year's Bean Trials yet. We'll be posting an announcement soon, so stay tuned! 

Best,

Retail Staff

[Sue Helms]

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[Mardi Naythons]

How many seeds are you sending? Is this for farms or garden?

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 7, 2019, at 9:05 AM, Linda Laury <lwlau...@gmail.com> wrote:

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[Retail Inbox]

Hello,

We will be announcing it soon, however we only send about 7 different kinds for a garden (~10 beans of each).


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[Mardi Naythons]

Please send garden size trial.

Mardi Naythons

15450 S Ponderosa Way 

Grass Valley, CA. 95949

Thanks!

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[Retail Inbox]

Hello Mardi,

Thank you for contacting us! We have added your name to our list and will start to mail out the beans the first week of April.

Best,
Rancho Gordo Retail


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On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 8:14 PM PST, Peggy Hill' Via Rancho Gordo Bean Buddies <rancho-gordo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Please send garden size trial.
Mardi Naythons
15450 S Ponderosa Way
Grass Valley, CA. 95949

Thanks!

On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 1:30 PM PST, Retail Inbox <ret...@ranchogordo.com> wrote:

Hello,

We will be announcing it soon, however we only send about 7 different kinds for a garden (~10 beans of each).


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