Yardlong Beans- highly recommeded!

[zymos]

Grew these for the 1st time this year- purple ones, I got the seeds from Territorial.
Not literally a yard long, but a good foot and a half. They seemed to do fine here in the high desert during the hottest August on record.

But most importantly, they were great eating!!
They are a relative of black eyed peas, and have a different, richer taste than other snap beans. I tied them into loose knots and steamed them and they were yummy.

Check 'em out!

 

[supermanlives]

cool. never tried them yet. my new pup absolutely loves beans. will check em out

 

[Limeygreen]

I love them, they really seem to need the heat to get going though, but once they do it seemed like I couldn't keep up with the picking, everyday they needed to be picked.

 

[zymos]

Just bumping this cause I love 'em so much!
Planted a longer row this year, and now that it is getting hot they are really taking off.

 

[SeaMaiden]

Regular bean beans for us this year, but I happen to love Territorial, great germination rates on their seed stocks I've purchased. Just wanted to say.

 

[Al Botross]

Grew these for the 1st time this year- purple ones, I got the seeds from Territorial.
Not literally a yard long, but a good foot and a half. They seemed to do fine here in the high desert during the hottest August on record.

But most importantly, they were great eating!!
They are a relative of black eyed peas, and have a different, richer taste than other snap beans. I tied them into loose knots and steamed them and they were yummy.

Check 'em out!

isnt that also call the Chinese long bean?

 

[zymos]

Yep, same thing.

Just looked at Wikipedia and the species name is "sesquapedalis" which is Latin for a foot and half, which is more accurate than "yard long"...

 

[mofeta]

Here in AZ they can grow big enough to cover your house! (if you water them enough) One of the only food plants that can produce in the middle of the summer here when it is 110+ deg and <10RH. In fact it seems to like the most brutal heat.

They are really tasty (way better than string or green beans) and can be prepared a million different ways. We like sauteing in peanut oil with fresh garlic.

Now I'm hungry.

 

[MsSweetPea]

Sounds cool! We love beans. I have 3 varieties that we grow every year. One bush, one pole, and a sweet french string bean. I've had the same 3 for 1/2 donzed years or so now. Bean seeds are easy to preserve from year to year. I wish tomatoes were as easy LOL