Last month I salvaged the last of the green bean pods to save seeds. The pods were mildewed. I let them dry out in a paper bag. The timing doesn't seem important as long as they are crispy dry. Now I shelled them, got a couple hundred seeds.
I think they'll grow just fine.
It doesn't take a lot of plants, to get a lot of bean seeds. Just let a few go to full ripening. With around 5 beans per pod, it only takes 20 pods to get 100 seeds. Maybe four or five plants. My experience is, they germinate faster than purchased seeds. That may relate to age and storage conditions, or maturity of the seeds when collected.
I stored these in a paper envelope in the pantry.
Based on my labeling, the variety is contender.
The plan will be to plant these earlier than I usually do, both for an earlier crop and for earlier seed saving that won't result in mildewed pods due to fall rains.
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