{"id":14340,"date":"2017-10-07T21:22:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=14340"},"modified":"2017-10-07T21:23:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:23:22","slug":"perennial-thicket-bean-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=14340","title":{"rendered":"Perennial thicket bean update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kqql\" data-offset-key=\"cj5mv-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cj5mv-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cj5mv-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">A hardy perennial bean has been a wish amongst permaculturists for some years, and one of the most interesting species is <em>Phaseolus polystachios<\/em>. Jonathan Bates of Paradise Lot fame (with <\/span><\/span><span class=\"_247o\" spellcheck=\"false\" data-offset-key=\"cj5mv-1-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cj5mv-1-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Eric Toensmeier<\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-offset-key=\"cj5mv-2-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">) kindly sent me seed last year. The 2-3 plants sadly all died. This year one of my remaining seed germinated and the resultant plant has grown well, kept indoors all summer.. It is now in full flower in the living room, but has been invaded by aphids. Is it self-fertile?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kqql\" data-offset-key=\"2rc90-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2rc90-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2rc90-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7kqql\" data-offset-key=\"4tubp-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4tubp-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4tubp-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">See my earlier blog post here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3600\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=3600<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4tubp-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4tubp-0-0\">\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14340 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14341'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790128-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790128-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790128-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790128-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790128.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14342'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"915\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790130.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790130.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790130-259x300.jpg 259w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790130-300x348.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14343'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790132.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790132.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790132-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14344'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"709\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790134.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790134-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hardy perennial bean has been a wish amongst permaculturists for some years, and one of the most interesting species is Phaseolus polystachios. 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