Where about do you live? What's your climate? I live and garden in NE Oklahoma, and a runner bean is barely able to produce seed here, due to the heat. I haven't tried Withner's White Cornfield bean. But I have heard good things about it.

I haven't grown Genuine Cornfield for nearly 30 years now. But I think it would actually be a decent snap, once it's strung. I'm not sure how shade tolerant it is.

Hope you get a lot of feedback!

George
Tahlequah, OK

Thanks, George! I live in Maryland. Not sure I want to try the runner beans again either. Even Insuk's Wang Kong tried and couldn't handle the heat although it was shaded during most of the hottest hours.

Hm. Maybe I'll try half Withner's and half Genuine Cornfield...

Just notice Lovesblooms post --Yard Long Beans I have did well for me in partial shade, worth a try.

Yes, I grow yardlongs for snap production during the hottest days of our summers, which are REALLY hot. But before those hottest days, and after they pass, our family always prefers regular p. vulgaris snaps.

Lovesblooms, I too find Red Noodle Beans not as tasty as green, reason I'm planting more green Yard Long noodle beans, taste more like peas especially when picked young.

Anyone up to trade seeds let me know, Happy weekend.

re: yardlong beans: "...I tried them a couple years in a row in the exact spot I'm referencing. Unfortunately we don't like their distinctive flavor."

Lovesblooms, I have a yardlong bean that is dark green, and wider than most; given enough moisture, the beans will be as wide as snap beans at harvest stage. In texture & flavor, it is quite different from the other yardlongs that I grow, and is the closest I have tasted to regular snap beans. If you would like to try it, send me a PM.

I have plenty of Orca bush beans, someone likes em or wants to swap?? What about other seeds, I have plenty.

Thanks for the offer, zeedman--PM sent!

Bea, I haven't updated my list since a couple large group swaps this year, but I have lots to trade, too. PM me with what kinds of things you're interested in.

I have found that scarlet runners grown in fall are far more tender and tasty compared to the tough, hairy pods produced by spring-sown plants. Maybe give them another try from a midsummer sowing?

In your shady spot, you might want to try Nor'easter pole bean, which loved growing on the shady side of my blueberry patch.

Nice suggestion for the runners, bcomplx... if I'm not too lazy to pull down the summer pole snaps I'll have to put in that spot first.

Looking over my plan to see if I find another small spot to try it.