Stability wins.

Haste vs stability; white vs red beans. The white beans clearly triumph in their growth progress and was slightly earlier to flower.

Since the previous bean update, both the families of beans have made much progress. But the white beans made a bigger, more rapid growth. It stayed with 2 sets for some time, before the 3rd sprang up suddenly, followed closely by the 4th and 5th. the white bean plants are currently much bigger than the red beans, in terms of stem and leaf sizes. The red beans are more like vines while the white beans grew tall and upright to claim more space for its canopy.

as seen in comparison, the white bean plants are very much bigger than the green beans. about 50% taller, 2 to 3 times thicker stems, and up to 4 times bigger leaves. both the green and white bean plants stop at 5 sets of leaves, though. the red bean plants grow between 4 to 7 sets of leaves.

With such wide leaves, the plants are competing fiercely for space to spread their leaves, made much better by reaching upwards. Just 10 white bean plants create a large canopy which act as a single shield from the sunlight. I like the way they cleverly shift to position their stem and leaves such that it gathers as much sinlight as possible.

I guess even 9 white bean plants to a big container is alr too much, compared to 12 green beans to a small container and the canopy doesnt cover.


Both the white n red bean plants have a creeper feature; a long, thin outgrowth that has very tiny hooks to catch onto a support, then curl around it. as no supportive structure was given, they cling on to their peer's branches or creepers. (mutual support.) this feature is absent in green beans. the creepers may have leaves and flowers too.

one of the white bean plants is similar to the legendary champion plant. Bigger, taller and wider influence than its peers. It could be due to its good location. Each leaf can almost cover my palm. but despite its excellent growth, it has yet to bear any flowers. i guess it would come soon, abundantly.



Flowers for both species are already springing up one by one, some alr turned into fruit. red beans bore yellow flowers, slghtly deeper yellow than green bean's. white beans bore light purple flowers. white n green bean flowers drop off a day after opening. red bean's stay for a while longer.

1st pod of Gen 2 white beans are due in about 2 weeks time. red beans.. maybe 3. That means, time to fruit = 2 months. for both species. so much better than green beans which take 3 months, are smaller in size and bear less fruit per plant. But another factor has been inconsistent: density. Perhaps the green ben plants could grow much better than it did if given more space per plant. But it could never beat the white beans. theyre genetically like that.