Crimson flowered broadies?

[Snadger]

Grew these last year where they attained a height of about 18 inches. Kept the seed from them and planted them this year. All germinated well but they are about 2 foot high and still growing. They also have about 10% of the plants with white flowers? I've pulled these out as it's the scarlet flowers I'm after.
Has anyone else had this happen and do you think it would have been caused through cross pollination with my white flowered varietis last year?

[FoxHillGardener]

I got some seeds from another grape (two sheds I think; apologies I did a lot of swaps this year ) and a few of them were black and white too. I pulled them out and just left the red ones to get polinated and make seed. Hope I was quick enough. They're about 18'' tall with loads of blackfly

This time next year I'll tell you what I get next from the collected seeds

[Seahorse]

Mine are from saved seed (I want to say from Hazel at the Hill but if I'm wrong, huge apologies to whoever it really was ). All came up crimson.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Mine are from saved seed (I want to say from Hazel at the Hill but if I'm wrong, huge apologies to whoever it really was ). All came up crimson.

Misplaced credit there, Seahorse - the ones I saved for seed last year failed, so Flum kindly supplied mine - and maybe yours too, or Two_Sheds, perhaps.

I'm guessing that the different 'tallness' of this Snadgers beans this year is down to crossing last year - after all 'tallness' (and 'redness') are all characteristics of the beans genes. But then again that might be a load of old nonsense.

[Flummery]

They were probably from me. I had a couple of whites too. I rougued them out (didn't waste them, took them to the lottie.) If you can keep them separate you get a better proportion of reds.

[Two_Sheds]

Mine are all crimson. I've planted the ones I want to save for seed in my back garden, so they'll be "pure" next year.

I gave Rustylady some lilac flowered seeds, and she says they came up a mixtry ... mostly normal black & white flowers

[FoxHillGardener]

The reds are in the front and the normal (mixty - I like that) ones in the back garden to keep them separate. It's hard resisting the urge to eat the reds and save them all for more seed

[Seahorse]

Misplaced credit there, Seahorse - the ones I saved for seed last year failed, so Flum kindly supplied mine - and maybe yours too, or Two_Sheds, perhaps.

They were probably from me. I had a couple of whites too. I rougued them out (didn't waste them, took them to the lottie.) If you can keep them separate you get a better proportion of reds.

I blame a ghastly combination of both being 'middle aged' (ish) and still having small children!

Big thanks to Flum for lovely broadies though

[seasprout]

Beans

I grew these last year in a location about 10 miles from the next nearest Broad Beans, i kept 50 seeds for this year to grow on for more seed, i gave the rest to Garden Organic seed swap.

So far 1 plant thew up a white flower and was duly extracted, so far I have 49 healthy Crimson Broadies. I just thought the Genetics broke down. Perhaps I was visited from a supersonic Bee.!

[Alison]

I got mine from Flum this year and have 100% crimson ones which is fab. Fingers crossed the ones I save will be as good. They're in the front garden with the Red Epicure ones she also gave me in the back garden. Have a mixed selection at the lottie (really rather oversowed broad beans this year, think I got 100% germination and some of the seeds were VERY old!) but nothing special there so they're all for eating!

[SarzWix]

I got my original seeds from Muckdiva in a swap, saved my own seeds last year and this year they've all come up Crimson. But I didn't grow any other broad beans last year and none of the plots near mine had them growing either. This year someone a couple of plots away has the normal white/black flowered ones growing so I'm hoping the bees get distracted between her beans and mine

[Alison]

This year when I'm not wanting to save the seeds of my lottie crop I'm the only one growing any but I bet you that I'm surrounded next year!

[Snadger]

Guess i'll just have to hope for a blue or yellow flowered sport!

[Oleander]

I am a broad bean novice - I grew standard black and white flowered ones this year, never having even eaten fresh broad beans, or seen them growing, before.

What's so special about crimson flowered ones? Is it just that they look prettier on the plot, or do they taste different too?

[lainey lou]

Think broadies are quite promiscuous.
I was a bit disapointed that my crimson flowered were the first to succumb to blackfly.