Mikhailah's Blog

A Gardener's Diary - Hand pollinating a million runner beans!
Apr 20, 2007 | 2:48 PM PST
Tags: scarlett emperor , runner beans , passion fruit

Well, my latest challenge is to get my 'Scarlet Emperor'  runner beans pollinated. The flowers have been dropping off because of the serious lack of bees around here. I went out last evening and 'landed on the keel' like a bee would. I'm not really sure if did it right or whether they will 'take' but I did try. I'm not looking forward to this task. So if anyone has any seeds for runner beans that are self pollinating PLEASE let me know so I can trade something for them. I have tons of passion fruit seeds that are very reliable.

If I'm successful, I'll post pictures of my baby beans!