I've mentioned a couple of times what's happening, or rather, NOT happening on with my beans. So far I've planted three directly into soil, soaked one overnight first then put into soil, tucked four in a damp paper towel, and just yesterday decided to try one in a used teabag. None of the four that are in the dirt have sprouted at all, and it's long past time for something to have happened there.
The paper towel beans finally started to break free of their casing yesterday, and I had intended to plant them today if I saw a little more progress this morning. Well I just looked; there is definitely more progress, but not exactly the type that I was expecting.
The roots have popped out nicely, but the stupid things have mold on them! Three of the beans have a small dark spot on them, so they will get tossed out. I'm so disappointed. I've never planted a bean that didn't come up and result in a plant, so all of this is very puzzling. These beans are organic, so maybe they're more delicate, not having been treated with anything? I dunno. And I'm sure I've planted organic beans in the past, although I couldn't swear to it.
I'm going to try to salvage the last paper-towel bean and watch it for a day, and if it doesn't show any signs of mold, I'll pop it into some dirt and see if it'll do something productive. I still have the one I put in a teabag yesterday, and I put another one in the bag from this morning's cup of tea, so I'm not giving up, but I'm honestly not sure what other methods I can try.
On a good note, when I checked on the lettuce seedlings last night, I thought I saw another popping up, and this morning I see that there are two new ones, making a total of five that germinated out of the six I planted. I'd like to say that that made up for the crappy bean situation, but I'd be lying. I'm still bummed.
My tomato seedlings are still doing ok, so if I could figure out how to grow bacon from seed, I could subsist on BLTs this summer. Well, I could if I liked tomatoes, which I don't.
~ Marie Anne
The paper towel beans finally started to break free of their casing yesterday, and I had intended to plant them today if I saw a little more progress this morning. Well I just looked; there is definitely more progress, but not exactly the type that I was expecting.
The roots have popped out nicely, but the stupid things have mold on them! Three of the beans have a small dark spot on them, so they will get tossed out. I'm so disappointed. I've never planted a bean that didn't come up and result in a plant, so all of this is very puzzling. These beans are organic, so maybe they're more delicate, not having been treated with anything? I dunno. And I'm sure I've planted organic beans in the past, although I couldn't swear to it.
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| Moldy beans - who'da thunk it? |
I'm going to try to salvage the last paper-towel bean and watch it for a day, and if it doesn't show any signs of mold, I'll pop it into some dirt and see if it'll do something productive. I still have the one I put in a teabag yesterday, and I put another one in the bag from this morning's cup of tea, so I'm not giving up, but I'm honestly not sure what other methods I can try.
On a good note, when I checked on the lettuce seedlings last night, I thought I saw another popping up, and this morning I see that there are two new ones, making a total of five that germinated out of the six I planted. I'd like to say that that made up for the crappy bean situation, but I'd be lying. I'm still bummed.
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| Good germination rate on lettuce, 5 out of 6 |
My tomato seedlings are still doing ok, so if I could figure out how to grow bacon from seed, I could subsist on BLTs this summer. Well, I could if I liked tomatoes, which I don't.
~ Marie Anne
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I don't know. The few times I have planted beans, I just did so out in the yard in the dirt. They seemed to sprout easily.
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