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gnappi
04-08-2015, 11:43 AM
I bought a couple of packs (from hd) of an oriental bean i grew a few years ago which gave huge beans from an extremely handsome vine. Has anyone else grown these? I grew 6 vines and expect to have string beans all summer !

Hammocked Banana
04-08-2015, 06:03 PM
I grow them every year. They are very tasty.

gnappi
04-08-2015, 09:12 PM
I grow them every year. They are very tasty.

I look for the packs but HD didn't have them every year, I wonder how long the seeds will stay viable?

Hammocked Banana
04-09-2015, 06:01 AM
I know I've used the same pack for at least 3 seasons before with a decent germ rate.

Lau
04-09-2015, 01:36 PM
Are they the same as Asparagus Beans (Yard Long Dow Gauk). I'm planting my beans today.

:woohoonaner::banana_ba

gnappi
04-09-2015, 02:30 PM
Are they the same as Asparagus Beans (Yard Long Dow Gauk). I'm planting my beans today.

:woohoonaner::banana_ba

It looks like they are all of Asian origin and are only differentiated by the color of the seeds

Kat2
04-09-2015, 04:45 PM
Beans are almost always open pollinated because of their flower structure; I wonder if these are? I have always saved seeds from my plants despite growing different varieties in the same bed; I've only repurchased when something happened to my stash or I had a short season thus the 1 plant I designated as the "propogater" didn't have time to fully develop viable seeds.

from the sea
04-24-2015, 05:32 AM
I grow thai #2 long beans and red noodle beans which are red even when cooked. they love the heat and the beans get bigger as it gets hotter, I think they are better than string beans, both in taste and heat tolerance (summer time veggies in zone 11b).

from the sea
05-11-2015, 06:58 PM
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