songbird wrote:

no bob, like you've found out, there are bugs which
will pollinate beans and peas so they will cross breed.


Ok, so be it....

For the time being I'll just let them grow and pull out
the strings. Otherwise the peas are quite good, with no
mildew problems yet.

It does sound like I should expect the volunteers to
slowly revert to a more wild state. At some point it'll
be time to buy new seeds, but not yet.

Thanks to all for replying!

bob prohaska