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Post by daylilydude on May 13, 2017 19:57:37 GMT -5
I have never tried growing beans for dried use. ... What are some good dry bean varieties? I am only interested in the bush beans.
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Post by brownrexx on May 16, 2017 9:23:24 GMT -5
I mostly grow pole beans for dry beans but I also grow a couple varieties of bush beans.
Jacob's Cattle Beans are good and also Black Turtle beans. I really like these black beans for using in chili.
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Post by spacecase0 on May 16, 2017 10:47:08 GMT -5
I use to get a one pound bag of organic dry beans at the grocery store and plant them, figured they had already figured out the ideal type. it has been a few years, so no idea where I put the seeds at this point
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Post by Laura_in_FL on May 16, 2017 12:27:40 GMT -5
I've been a little discouraged with trying to grow dried beans here. Where I live, if they are not fully dry before thunderstorm season, the pods will rot on the vines.
But in terms of growth and production, nearly every beans I have tried has done well. I would choose bean varieties that you like to eat, possibly with earliness as a secondary criterion if you have a really rainy summer there that you need to avoid.
You probably could also do a late summer/fall crop, and time the planting so the pods will be be drying in late September and October. That should be after the summer rainy season has stopped, but before your first frost.
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Post by spike on May 18, 2017 17:54:12 GMT -5
Last year I grew Cherokee Trail of Tears and Black Turtle for dried black beans and they were amazing. Laura_in_FL I almost had that issue last year. I had to pick earlier than I planned. I ended up shelling them and drying them that way. Worked out great actually. I put them in a large cloth lined basket and just stirred them around every time I walked past them. I knew they were dried when I did the hammer test. Worked out great for me.
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Post by aftermidnight on May 20, 2017 21:19:12 GMT -5
I don't grow bush beans as a rule so not much help there. I did grow 'Candy' last year, just growing for seed but they were a high producing variety with largish seed. Annette
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 20, 2017 22:09:25 GMT -5
daylilydude I googled your question to see if there are any good answers out there? The only one that came up other than a bush kidney bean, was YinYang/Orca/Calypso. I've not tried them as a dried bean, but I used to grow them as a green bean and quite liked them fresh. Hope this helps.
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Post by aftermidnight on May 21, 2017 10:02:34 GMT -5
I've just had a look at some of the places I shop and came up with a few varieties you might like to check out. Maybe someone can comment on these, I hope I got it right and they're all bush varieties, not growing for dry beans myself I'm not much help in suggesting a good one. Chevier Verte Jacob's Cattle Piros Feher Refugee Swedish Brown Alice Sunshine Black Turtle Flageolet Tiger Eye Magpie Also have a look at Russ Crow's Website to see if there is anything there that peeks your interest. abeancollectorswindow.com/ Annette
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Post by lisaann on May 21, 2017 17:35:38 GMT -5
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Post by daylilydude on May 21, 2017 17:53:12 GMT -5
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 21, 2017 18:07:21 GMT -5
Forgot about Dutch Brown. I grew those for about 20 years (I know, how could I forget?? ). They are small like a navy bean but very tasty and multi-purpose for baking, boiling, soups and stews.
And I had Black Turtle beans in Chili for supper tonight.
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Post by lisaann on May 21, 2017 18:12:55 GMT -5
Iuka Mississippi.
Are you getting storms down there tonight, or have they moved on? daylilydude
Tell us about that town.................
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Post by daylilydude on May 21, 2017 18:15:42 GMT -5
lisaann , we have a chance of thunderstorms all the way thru Wednesday, but right at the moment the sun is shining...
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Post by brownrexx on May 23, 2017 7:51:54 GMT -5
daylilydude I think that you would be happy with Jacob's Cattle Beans and some Black Turtle Beans. That way you would have 2 kinds of bush beans and they both produce fairly early. Both are really easy to grow.
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Post by daylilydude on May 23, 2017 17:14:43 GMT -5
Thank you brownrexx, I will be goggling these to check them out.
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Post by spike on May 23, 2017 19:16:36 GMT -5
I grew Black Turtle last year and we love them. I am also growing Tiger eye and Calypso this year so will let ya know!
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Post by horsea on May 27, 2017 0:17:48 GMT -5
"Hutterite Soup" bush bean produces a nice light green seed that makes great soup. I grew these once and if I had the space, I'd grow a field-ful. www.rareseeds.com/hutterite-soup-bush-bean/There seems to be some disagreement as to whether this is a bush bean. It certainly was for me.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 27, 2017 7:29:02 GMT -5
horsea Henderson's Black Valentine bean has the same conflicting information if I remember correctly? When I grew it, it was a bush bean. But I remember something about it being a pole in longer season areas? Maybe the plant knows that it doesn't have time to produce that much vine and foliage and therefore stays compact in order to produce the beans?
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