Beans from China

  • Beans from China

    Posted by rookavv on September 15, 2024 at 8:53 am

    I got some beans from China and I don’t know any thing about them or the grower. They also don’t look like they are any good. Should I try one or no. My biggest concern is if they are a carrier of a disease that could infect my other plants. What would you recommend?

    rookavv replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago 5 Members · 9 Replies
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  • PacNW-Dan

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    September 15, 2024 at 12:49 pm
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    They’ll probably sprout, but you probably won’t know what they are. Could be fire. Could be junk hemp. Personally I avoid wasting my time with unknowns, especially with a minimum oof 4-5 months before you even will know what you have. That’s a lot of life to give up for a bag of unknowns.

    Suspecting disease won’t be much of an issue–the only thing I’m aware of that can pass through seeds is latent viroids and the likelihood of getting a viroids from China (where cultivation is prohibited) is probably pretty low.

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  • 2phrogs

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    September 15, 2024 at 3:46 pm
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    If you do pop them keep us updated. They could be useless or they could be some fire but the curiosity of Chinese beans is enough for me to pop a couple if I had the space.

  • Backwoods_mountain_grower

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    September 18, 2024 at 10:00 am
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    You bought them or you know someone over there that sent them to you? At the very least I’d pop a few outdoors next spring just out of curiosity I love mystery seeds.

    If your feeling generous I will certainly try a few

  • GuppyGirl

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    September 19, 2024 at 6:03 pm
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    What all documentation do you have on them? How much was that pack? What was the website? I would love a genuine source of Chinese landrace strains.

    • rookavv

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      September 21, 2024 at 7:29 pm
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      I got them from eBay. I thought they would come from California or Colorado. But it came from china. Summer_sky17 is the seller on eBay. They have a lot of nsfw toys so look at your own risk

      • GuppyGirl

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        September 21, 2024 at 7:50 pm
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        Wild! Let us know what you end up doing with them.

        • rookavv

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          September 21, 2024 at 8:17 pm
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          I have 4 packs too

  • GuppyGirl

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    September 19, 2024 at 6:06 pm
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    Here’s what it says.

  • rookavv

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    September 27, 2024 at 7:36 am
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    2days in a cup and 2 days in paper towel. Nothing sprouted. All well it only cost me 11 bucks for this little experiment. The left pic have black roots and don’t appear growing

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