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Post by sorellina on Feb 3, 2011 11:35:54 GMT -5
Ciao all-
Over the last couple of years, I've learned more about all of the different types of beans available than I ever did growing up. We always grew Romano Italian flat green beans and favas. I had no idea there were so many different varieties with such a vast array of colours, patterns, shapes, and sizes. It continues to astound me.
Which ones are your family favourites and which ones have you tried over the past few years that are now staples in your garden? Which new ones are you most looking forward to trying this year?
New ones this year for me are:
Christmas Lima - I've never grown any lima beans before and I'd never really tried making succotash until last year. Limas are THE bean for succotash, a traditional American Thanksgiving dish using 3 sisters ingredients of beans, corn, and squash. This variety has really pretty beans with black markings.
Sadie's Horse Bean - This is another runner bean with solid pink, solid white, and pink beans mottled with black. The flowers are red and white like Painted Lady.
Chinese Yardlong Beans - I've tried Red Noodle before but didn't get many beans. I think I probably started them too late. I'm going to try germinating them inside and getting them to a good size before transplanting and see how they do with that treatment.
Asparagus Peas - These guys are hard for me to get going. I'm going to try scarifying them and soaking them and starting them inside on a heat mat and see how that works.
Crimson Flowered Fava - I discovered a photo of this bean online and it's got absolutely gorgeous flowers. I think it'll look fantastic in the garden whether it gives me beans or not. If it does produce, I'm going to save seeds so I can share with some of you next year.
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Post by txdirtdog on Feb 3, 2011 12:33:35 GMT -5
Well, last year was my first experience with yard-long (asparagus) beans and we loved them. Lotta bean for the flower.
I am adding red noodle bean this season to see how we like it (should be easy to spot and not overlook).
I think you are on the right track about the yardlongs. They need a long, warm season, so starting them inside might give you the jumpstart you need.
We have grown henderson bush, provider, tendergreen, kentucky pole. Just haven't gotten super-excited about them, although they did fine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 18:40:41 GMT -5
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Post by Trudi on Feb 3, 2011 18:59:42 GMT -5
I always grow bush beans and pole beans. Last year I grew Cherokee Yellow bush beans and Musica, which is a climbing flat-pod type. I thought the Cherokee Yellows were very good and the Musica were just awesome.
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Post by littleminnie on Feb 3, 2011 20:37:05 GMT -5
I am stuck on just rattlesnake pole and provider bush. They perform best and taste good.
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Post by paquebot on Feb 4, 2011 18:40:41 GMT -5
Planted about 60 varieties in 2010. Expect about the same number in 2011.
For 2010: Best green bush snap, Tendergreen Best yellow bush snap, Carson Best purple bush snap, Purple Queen Best green pole snap, Blue Lake 156 Best yellow pole snap, Kentucky Wonder Wax Best purple pole snap, Blue Coco Best bush dry, Etna Best pole dry, Bosnian Best cowpea, Mississippi Silver Best bush lima, Black Butterpea Best pole lima, Black Knight Butterbean
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2011 11:39:05 GMT -5
Growing Christmas Limas this year to put in freezer..yum yum
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Post by adobo on Mar 8, 2011 10:53:55 GMT -5
I'll gonna try growing some interesting beans(aside from winged bean) this year! YAY! How I wish its already weekend so I can sow my beans
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 9, 2011 5:49:37 GMT -5
I'm gonna try the Christmas Lima Beans, cause I have some smoked ham hock that is wanting to be slow cooked in a crockpot with them.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 9, 2011 9:19:59 GMT -5
A friend in MO suggested Christmas lima to me just the other night. She says they make excellent Baked Beans, even better than Cranberry beans or Pinto. She's from New England originally, so I think this says a lot in favour of the Christmas lima!Mebbe next year for me.
This year, it's Fortex, Cranberry, Straight and Narrow and a Runner Bean, the variety of which escapes me at this moment.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2011 8:09:54 GMT -5
This year I am planting Rattle Snake, Italian, and my fav Dragon Tongue.
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Post by sorellina on Mar 31, 2011 8:44:14 GMT -5
Ciao Erwin-
Those look so great! They're the runner beans, right? That's so fantastic! Your eggplants all sprouted but they're still pretty little.
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Post by w8in4dave on Mar 31, 2011 23:23:25 GMT -5
The last two years Gunnar sent me some runner beans... Forgot the name of them sorry gunnar ... We absolutly love them!! This year a friend send me some Christmas beans in her description it says lima but when I looked it up it said butter .. is there a diffrence?? These are kinda large beans flat speckled look like a butter bean but I have no clue .. I want to grow these and the ones Gunnar sent .. plus I have valentine beans and another kind .. I want to make a soup with all my own beans just where will I put them all???
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Post by sorellina on Apr 1, 2011 7:39:50 GMT -5
LOL, they could be Speckled Butter Beans, seriously, that's a variety of bean.
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Post by GunnarSK on Apr 1, 2011 7:56:38 GMT -5
The last two years Gunnar sent me some runner beans... Forgot the name of them. The runner beans are called Piêkny Jaœ (have to look it up in the catalogue because I can't write the diacritiques right away), and I'll sow these and common beans Blauhilde and Goldmarie.
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 1, 2011 8:30:59 GMT -5
LOL, they could be Speckled Butter Beans, seriously, that's a variety of bean. She wrote Christmas lima bean ...hmmmm I might have to find the link I seen ..
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Post by w8in4dave on Apr 1, 2011 8:34:38 GMT -5
No forget what I say.... website does say Lima ... don't listen to me!! jeese ...
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Post by sorellina on Apr 1, 2011 8:39:41 GMT -5
Ooh, Christmas Limas! Rich and I are both growing those this year for the first time. VERY excited about it!
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Post by adobo on Apr 6, 2011 0:48:35 GMT -5
mayflower bean flower from Julliana. I wonder whats the color of the pods will be?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2011 7:04:50 GMT -5
I am really expanding my dry beans production this year. I have grown for years Golden of Bacau, Fortex and Purple Podded Pole for fresh beans and freezing (pole) and dragon tongue (bush). For dry I have been experimenting a lot. Scarlet Runner I love, but I need a cool summer for them to do really well, or an extended fall without frosts because they wont set beans when it is hot out. Christmas Lima has done well. Hidatsa Red & Black do fine, as does Hidatsa white, which is known commonly as Great Northern White. True Red Cranberry usually does gangbusters, but if you have a cool summer then frost out before they mature. Hidatsa Shield is a nice pole bean for dry, and I am working on growing out two different chance crosses between Hidatsa Sheild and Dragon Tongue.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Apr 6, 2011 8:02:07 GMT -5
True Red Cranberry usually does gangbusters, but if you have a cool summer then frost out before they mature. Tom I'm growing these for the first time this year. Thanks for the feedback on them. Hoping we don't have yet another too wet, too cool summer this year.
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Post by sorellina on Apr 6, 2011 9:05:52 GMT -5
Ciao Erwin-
Do you want me to tell you or do you want to be surprised?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 8:29:04 GMT -5
Just plain ole bush beans. Contender is what I plant. Good producer, and stringless bean. I also bought some Yard Long beans-I love them stir fried and crunchy, but this will be a first time for me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2011 20:45:34 GMT -5
I have grown small red beans before, but this year i'm going to try a few old varieties that are native to this region. I will be growing: Anasazi Four corners gold bean (zuni gold) Red Appaloosa Black Appaloosa Rio Zape possibly bolita and scarlet runner as well. Here is a picture: i1010.photobucket.com/albums/af224/keen101/Beans/DSCF0222.jpg
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 15:26:32 GMT -5
Kentucky wonder pole bean family heirloom for 70+ yrs.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 15:32:11 GMT -5
also Henderson's Baby Lima first yr.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2011 15:40:08 GMT -5
Not sure what I'll drop this year, but last year grew Ramdor and Emerite. Not the best freezing beans, but so delicious fresh. Since they're filet beans, they made the best bean salads ever.
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Post by GunnarSK on Apr 17, 2011 16:45:37 GMT -5
I'll grow the same as every year: Blauhilde (purple) and Goldmarie (yellow), French beans for fresh eating, and white runner beans Piekny Jas for shelling and drying.
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Post by adobo on Apr 18, 2011 22:54:40 GMT -5
my first bean from julliana
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