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Post by daylilydude on Aug 18, 2011 5:32:34 GMT -5
Umm... Why wax beans, what's the difference between them and regular beans?
Oh... what makes the wax on the bean, and why do you think it was bred into the beans for, or was it accidental?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2011 15:05:05 GMT -5
Wax beans are softer when you cook them, and cook up more quickly. A lot of people like Dragon Tongue wax beans.
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Post by daylilydude on Aug 19, 2011 5:28:14 GMT -5
So, you get the taste... just not the crunch per-say?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2011 8:08:00 GMT -5
The taste is different, very mild. Have you ever purchased a mixed bean salad in vinaigrette? Sometimes there are yellow wax beans in the mix.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2011 5:54:19 GMT -5
Grew dragon tongues for the fist time this year and I must say I like them. Yes more tender and delicate than the green variety.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2011 22:12:30 GMT -5
We always grow a lot of wax beans. They are our favourite! We don't grow regular green beans. The wax beans are yellow and taste a lot like butter. We love them! We do grow asparagus green beans.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2012 11:54:59 GMT -5
never tried to grow wax beans, been wanting to though. I think 2012 is the year! any suggestions on varities?
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Post by indigogirl17 on Mar 11, 2014 12:58:03 GMT -5
I ADORE wax beans...especially the Cherokee yellow...so GOOD! I grow them every eyar
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 12, 2014 5:51:42 GMT -5
I ADORE wax beans...especially the Cherokee yellow...so GOOD! I grow them every eyar Funny thing with us is, we don't use "wax beans" as a side dish, we prefer them added with stews. But now... pinto beans or lima beans... slow cooker with a smoked ham hock and cornbread are to die for...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2015 12:48:41 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Cherokee wax too. I'm waiting on Springtime. Tim
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 8, 2015 12:53:16 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Cherokee wax too. I'm waiting on Springtime. Tim Hiya Tim, glad to see you in here ... What trait/traits do you like about the Cherokee wax bean... and I'm waiting on Springtime also.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2015 13:36:35 GMT -5
Hey Richard; It's amazing how much trouble I gave to my Mom over eating my vegetables, and now I love to grow and eat them. I'm a fan too of green beans, and have successfully grown (and eaten) bush and pole type. But if I get those Cherokee wax cooked just right, with a little butter, that's about my favorite bean taste. They're still a bit chewy, and the rich flavor is not cooked out. I enjoy eating them right off the bush one by one, but if I pick a batch, I'll slice them in about fourths, and heat them in water with a bit of butter.
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Post by daylilydude on Jan 9, 2015 13:43:19 GMT -5
Simple... but yummy, that's the way I like it.
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Post by tomato on Jan 11, 2015 21:09:36 GMT -5
I have grown several pole type wax beans and found a few that are pretty good. Neckargold does reasonably well here as does meraviglia venizia (the black seeded version). Noting for future reference that Steve gave his mom no end of trouble for eating his vegetables. Poor mom, had to eat way too many veggies. I know that is not what he meant, but it IS what he said.
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Post by aftermidnight on Jan 29, 2015 18:02:06 GMT -5
I have grown several different wax beans all heirloom varieties, so far my favorite is 'Barksdale' I grow this one every year. The closest I can come to describing it is it almost melts in your mouth, and to me the flavor is buttery. People who don't like a strong beany flavor would probably really enjoy wax beans.
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Post by daylilydude on Feb 4, 2015 11:57:09 GMT -5
@dogwoman,@larskyler,@sherylgallant,@tomatosheriff, indigogirl17,@tsteven1, tomato, aftermidnight, I think we are gonna give these Cherokee Wax beans a try... it says yellow "bush" beans, are they a true bush bean??
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Post by aftermidnight on Feb 4, 2015 22:04:34 GMT -5
daylilydude, although I've never grown it, my understanding is Cherokee Wax is a bush bean. I don't grow many bush beans, small garden so pretty much stick to pole varieties.
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Post by daylilydude on Feb 6, 2015 13:38:23 GMT -5
aftermidnight, Thanks for the reply, The wife and I have a small garden also, but we cram alot of veggies in it ... LOL! Our main garden is only 17ft.x17ft. but we also have a few small raised beds... how big is your garden if you don't mind me asking?
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Post by aftermidnight on Feb 7, 2015 12:30:45 GMT -5
Daylilydude, My garden is in our back yard, the space is roughly 60'x100', when the family was all at home I had a fairly big vegetable garden but was also interested in the decorative side of gardening. When the kids went out on their own I didn't grow many veggies and turned my garden space into pseudo garden rooms, in other words you couldn't see it all at once. In this space I have a big lath house ( not sure of the dimensions), a 24'x6' shed, a 8 1/2'x 14' greenhouse and a roofed over lattice panelled room for a small koi pool and this is also where I can get away with growing some of the more tender things that wouldn't make it out in the garden itself. In the lath house before it got too shaded I had a huge collection of fuchsias (250 +). Now beside a keen interest in perennials and succulents my main interest is in growing and help preserving albeit in a small way heirloom beans. I have five raised beds of different sizes and one long bed approx. 24'x8'. These are where I grow the beans, I also grow then in tubs and buckets plunked down wherever I can find a spot, I've even commandeered the side of my neighbor's carport. I also sneak them in with the flowers , I wonder if sky hooks would work LOL. So there you go, that's this old gal in a nutshell, who's hoping she still has a few good gardening years left in her.
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Post by indigogirl17 on Mar 16, 2015 9:28:58 GMT -5
I love Cherokee and other yellow wax beans...they are bush beans but take up very little space. I do "4 square gardens" and usually put them in among the tomato cages and they do very well. They produce all summer long, which i also love. I love the taste, way more than most green beans, which i also like. With a lot butter aqnd salt, they are heavenly.
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 19, 2015 11:23:32 GMT -5
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Post by indigogirl17 on Aug 31, 2016 10:37:22 GMT -5
I love yellow wax beans....to me they are the best vegetable going!
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Post by indigogirl17 on Aug 31, 2016 10:49:08 GMT -5
I got the idea for "4 square gardening" from The Postage Stamp Garden Book: Grow Tons of Vegetables in Small Spaces Paperback – April, 1999
by Duane G. Newcomb (Author), Karen Newcomb (Author). You just make 4 foot by 4 foot garden boxes (I have used simple wood boxes) . I fill them with compost from my compost piles and do companion and successive plantings, which the book also recommends. The 4X4 garden boxes have served several purposes for me over the years. I can make them one at a time and plant and it's less overwhelming than digging a big garden. Then you can add more each spring.
Additionally, up until about 20 years ago, I lived in apartments and gardened at other people's houses, so these small gardens were less intrusive to landlords and more "do-able." Another advantage is that the there is less weeding and easier accessibility if you leave paths between your boxes. This would be ideal for persons who are in wheelchairs or who couldn't bend down (if you raise the beds a little).
When my son was small, he had his own and liked to just mix all the seeds in a bowl and scatter them in his box. he got pretty amazing results!
I also expanded to use old wooden dressers with the insides knocked out. i turn them on their backs and fill with compost. My photo here shows one.
There is a newer edition of this book but i like the old one and they are a penny on Amazon!
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Post by indigogirl17 on Jun 15, 2017 15:46:56 GMT -5
I am in love with yellow wax beans...I love most beans dry and fresh (except kidney and lima beans)...but yellow wax are my favorite. They have a buttery flavor that i adore. The ones I've grown don't seem waxy at all, so i can't address that. They also seem easy to grow. I put them in among my tomato plants.
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Post by aftermidnight on Jun 15, 2017 22:02:49 GMT -5
Wax beans refer to yellow podded beans, I read somewhere the reason they were called wax beans is the color resembled tallow or beeswax, don't know if this true tho...
Annette
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 16, 2017 18:42:34 GMT -5
Well they taste like wax to me but they are Hubs favourite type of bean so I grow some for him.
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Post by september on Jun 17, 2017 8:46:35 GMT -5
I like them in 3 bean salad, or in soups, but only grow them about every third year because we prefer green beans as a side veggie. Actually, I have some free space, I might put some in yet if I remember to look for seeds next time I go to town.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Jun 17, 2017 10:09:18 GMT -5
Every year I grow a yellow wax beans in addition to my green beans, and every year at the end of the season I say that I'm not going to grow the yellow ones again. The bugs favor them over the green ones, so the pods are frequently full of holes from being chewed on. But I planted them again.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2017 12:04:36 GMT -5
My favorite so far in the wax beans is the variety Gold Marie. Lovely pale gold pole beans, wide like a romano type with lots of good flavor and has ben productive for me before. None this year, due to what happened last year, but this next year will be planting again along with other beans, too.
I prefer pole types as I find the flavors better and getting old, they are easier to pick. Bending over is great, but I like to find more than one reason to be stuck like that, not to mention the granny butt issues, LOL!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jul 20, 2017 12:23:54 GMT -5
@imp, I liked the Gold Marie as well but my husband wasn't impressed. He doesn't care for flat podded beans at all. So this year, I'm back to the bush type.
Wish I could find a decent round podded pole wax.
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