Growing Hodmedod's

That's one reason I liked the Selma Zebra french bean as it was quite a prolific plant, they dried quite early in the year - well before any frosts and cooked quickly in the pressure cooker. Unfortunately mine has crossed with a soissons which takes a lot longer to cook (about 30min instead of about 12 to 15min.) I used them yesterday and some were well done after 15 minutes but the ones that had crossed (larger and flat but still stripy) were still hard so needed longer. Hopefully, if I grow them away from my other beans, I'll be able to get the original back. I've never had french beans cross before.