# Richard mix, grex experiments - Bean / Fava **URL:** \ **Category:** Adaptation Projects\ **Created:** [June 2, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583 "2024-06-02T18:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/richard/32/4193_2.png) [@Richard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Richard)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/1 "2024-06-02T18:42:40Z")
I just recollected one of the fava bean patches. Most of the pods are black and very dry. This patch I sow a bit later than usual, later winter. I think I got fewer colored seeds than when I sow. The most productive ones are those geen/brown mix. I do not remember sowing so much of them. Darker green from the plate is defenitly @polarca seed. Only 4 beans, one pod. Small Purple fava been can be from the serendipity? 2-3 plants. Dark red I think it came from local swap? 1-2 plants. Bigger fava beans from the plate, look like the serendipity ones. Only 5+, one pod. Can be that fava beans got some recessive color genes? I think I sow some black fava beans, darker brown. But they seem to have disappeared in this patch. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/4/424cea68f9293530a6e698e094899f2676740dbf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Tanjaeskildsen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/tanjaeskildsen/32/9974_2.png) [@Tanjaeskildsen](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Tanjaeskildsen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/2 "2024-06-03T08:53:07Z")
I had the exact opposite happen this year, most of mine turned different shades of purple! The Mallorcan fava negra def. took over. Some even were purple all the way through - cooked and peeled - which is very cool! The first photo and video is this years harvest. The brown plate video is more or less what I planted. The extra large green favas disappeared and became extra large purple favas. Almost all the very bright green also disappeared and became beige or mauve. ![IMG_6474](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/landracegardening/original/2X/0/00ab5c0bbb590c045ae51fb7553a750b7cdd7c45.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![WojciechG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/wojciechg/32/243_2.png) [@WojciechG](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/WojciechG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/3 "2024-06-03T10:06:37Z")
Thanks for sharing. Here, it is way too early for the harvest, but from what I can see, seeds from Polarca had the highest germination rate and grow the best. We had a period of extreme drougth which was not helping. Such staples like Aquadulce Claudia look like dwarves. We will see how the harvest turns up, but they need a few more weeks for that. ---
**Author:** ![WojciechG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/wojciechg/32/243_2.png) [@WojciechG](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/WojciechG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/4 "2024-06-03T10:08:46Z")
These are beautiful favas 🙂 The first video cannot be seen, the message says: This video cannot be rendered because your browser does not support the codec. ---
**Author:** ![Tanjaeskildsen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/tanjaeskildsen/32/9974_2.png) [@Tanjaeskildsen](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Tanjaeskildsen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/5 "2024-06-03T11:42:29Z")
How strange, I see it fine from mine, I use google chrome as browser. Maybe you use something different?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WojciechG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/wojciechg/32/243_2.png) [@WojciechG](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/WojciechG)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/6 "2024-06-03T12:57:48Z")
Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Tanjaeskildsen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/tanjaeskildsen/32/9974_2.png) [@Tanjaeskildsen](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Tanjaeskildsen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/7 "2024-06-03T16:14:45Z")
I can try again:) ---
**Author:** ![Richard](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/richard/32/4193_2.png) [@Richard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Richard)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/8 "2024-06-04T21:23:47Z")
Videos are working for me. Sometimes refreshing the browser fixed it. > [@Tanjaeskildsen](#): > > Some even were purple all the way through - cooked and peeled Oh, did not know it, it is super cool. I used to the purple broccoli that when you cook it disappear the color. > [@Tanjaeskildsen](#): > > extra large purple favas Save some for me please. ---
**Author:** ![Richard](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/richard/32/4193_2.png) [@Richard](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Richard)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/9 "2024-06-04T21:29:18Z")
> [@WojciechG](#): > > had the highest germination rate and grow the best For me the germination in fava beans is usually pretty high. I think for my fava grex I got like 99% germination. It is difficult to assess for direct seeding, but when last year I grown in pots with clay soil, all of them germinate even with poor watering. My local grex grow way higher, with a lot of stems, like 10+. It is not a fair comparison because I planted them way earlier. But we will see next winter. ---
**Author:** ![Tanjaeskildsen](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/tanjaeskildsen/32/9974_2.png) [@Tanjaeskildsen](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Tanjaeskildsen)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/10 "2024-06-04T22:29:27Z")
Absolutely! In august ill try making a mixed row of the giant purple with the black mallorcan and see if we could get some huge “purple all the way through” favas👌🏻 ---
**Author:** ![WojciechG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/wojciechg/32/243_2.png) [@WojciechG](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/WojciechG)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/richard-mix-grex-experiments-bean-fava/2583/11 "2024-06-05T05:51:35Z")
I cannot direct seed, birds and woles make that impossible. I plant seedlings, so it is very easy for me to judge on germination. I had fava seeds this year from various sources, and germination differed enormously - from less than 10% to close to 100%.