# Spring 2024 Beans

**URL:** <https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682>\
**Category:** Adaptation Projects\
**Tags:** beans, clay-soil, dry-farming\
**Created:** [July 6, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682 "2024-07-06T02:01:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JinTX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/jintx/32/20162_2.png) [@JinTX](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JinTX)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682/1 "2024-07-06T02:01:47Z")

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This is my entire harvest of beans from this spring. It was a mix of generations from previous seasons but also had some new varieties added. All bush beans.  
It is a good number of beans but pretty sad relative to the total amount I planted. We had a weirdly super wet spring of continuous rain and cool weather, followed by an abrupt shift to hot and dry as the pods were maturing.  
I lost the majority of what I planted due to the wet conditions rotting the seeds. Out of the plants that did grow many shriveled before producing seed.

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**Author:** ![isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@isabelle](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/isabelle)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682/2 "2024-07-06T15:48:24Z")

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so these are survivors, with a good genetics, keep them dearly !  
did you sow all of your stock from last year ?  
Following Joseph’ advice, I usually sow only half of what I have, maximum.  
Usefull when you have a mix difficult to replace / recreate.

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**Author:** ![JinTX](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/goingtoseed.discourse.group/jintx/32/20162_2.png) [@JinTX](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JinTX)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682/3 "2024-07-06T18:11:54Z")

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I used about 1/4 from each of the generations from the last few years and I also added a few new varieties. Not sure if any new ones survived.

Yes, I have already seen improvements.  
I’m sure with the conditions I would only have produced half this, or even less, if I had only planted seed pack varieties.