But what the others have said, Beans very very rarely cross pollinate. Cross pollination naturally of a whole garden crop, every single pod, well, not sure if that has ever happened in the history of the world.
, blue Jay77 is by far the true and real expert on Beans here. You might want to send him a private message thing. But what the others have said, Beans very very rarely cross pollinate. Cross pollination naturally of a whole garden crop, every single pod, well, not sure if that has ever happened in the history of the world.
I’ve been busy planting several varieties of beans. Can they cross-pollinate? The regular Phaseolus vulgaris beans may cross, even pole beans to bush beans or vice versa.
This of course begs the query “Do runner beans need to be far apart to pollinate?”
Runner beans and Lima beans are pollinated by bees and are more likely to cross-pollinate than other varieties, so would require more distance apart. “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease” ~ Thomas Jefferson.
Can you cross pollinate P vulgaris and Vigna beans?
According to Suzanne Ashworth’s “Seed to Seed,” there’ll be no cross pollination between P. vulgaris and P. lunatus, V. unguiculata or C., and arietinum. Cicer is an Old World bean, Vigna is from Africa and the others are New World.
Do bees cross over Bean blossoms?
However it all depends on how many bees you have working your bean blossoms. Bees are better at making crosses because they are so constantly at work in your garden. However crossing is still usually a very low percentage, but it can happen. Now when a cross does occur you won’t see the results right away.