Chinese long beans.

[luigiwu]

oops wrong thread.

[Rfdillon]

Thanks, Ella, for your suggestion. I was hoping that I could plant them where my peas are now, but the peas have just started fruiting and I hope they will continue throughout April. I need to find/ make space for the beans.

[ChristinaJo]

I grow them as we'll on cattle panels. I like to cook them under the broiler. I rinse them off and dry them first. I place them on a pan,single layer. Drizzle with olive oil and sea salt, chopped garlic, and maybe a light sprinkle of sesame seeds. Toss and make sure everything is good and coated. Put them in the broiler until it gets some char on it....yum! Never leftovers

[joseph]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Chinese long beans.

I have always liked these beans and from what I have read they are a cow pea.

I was excited to read this. I've grown cowpeas (Unguiculata subspecies), and yardlong beans (Sesquipedalis subspecies). Based on how they look and grow I had thought until today that they are separate species.

They are a marginal crop for my climate... I've been lucky to harvest about as much seed as went into the ground. But I'll keep trying: Perhaps I'll interplant the two subspecies this summer.

I took asparagus beans to the farmer's market a couple of years ago. A group of Chinese ladies practically had a fist-fight over them every week, trying to decide who got to take them home...

[Rfdillon]

I took Ella's advice and planted some red noodle and yard long beans today. Now Ihave to build my trellis!

[Worth1]

Your going to need a trellis the ones I grew one year over ran the place.
Worth

[Ken B]

Joseph, have any particular varieties done better for you?

With southern peas, there's Fast Lady Northern Southern Pea from Carol Deppe, which she bred to mature (most years) for her in Oregon, and the Adaptive Seeds folks in Oregon have an enthusiastic listing for Grey Speckled Palapye this year -- https://www.adaptiveseeds.com/cowpea...alapye-organic -- saying it's the first southern pea they've found to do well for them.

[joseph]

Originally Posted by Ken B

Joseph, have any particular varieties done better for you?

I don't keep track of variety names. I'm all about promiscuous pollination and local-adaptation. I plant whatever I can find in a bag of 15 bean soup at the grocery store, or whatever someone sends me in swaps. I dump them into a common bin and plant from the bin... Last year 4 cowpea plants (out of a few dozen) produced lots of seed for me. (Lots being relative to previous attempts in my garden.)

Same with the asparagus beans. I grabbed some seed from plants that a helper left in the garden. And I've collected a few more varieties in swaps. I have trellis making materials this year, so I suppose it'd be a good year to see what comes of a planting.

[Worth1]

Joseph im growing pinto beans I got out of the bag from the grocery store.
So far they are doing quite well.
Would you like some of the beans I got that came from Peru?
They might like your altitude and climate.
Worth

[Rfdillon]

Worth, as my wife is from Peru, I am looking for any seeds that I can find from there. This year, I am growing Aji Amarillo pepper, which is suppose to come from Peru, but I won't know if it is tge same until I see the fruit. Do you know of a source for other Peruvian seeds/beans?

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Rfdillon

Worth, as my wife is from Peru, I am looking for any seeds that I can find from there. This year, I am growing Aji Amarillo pepper, which is suppose to come from Peru, but I won't know if it is tge same until I see the fruit. Do you know of a source for other Peruvian seeds/beans?

Yes I do go to the Fiesta market in Houston.
There in the international section you will see all sorts of stuff.
Peruvian blue corn dried on the cob I bet will sprout.
The beans you will find in the various sections there.
Look for red and white Cargamanto beans and Roman beans.
They are also known as cranberry beans all cranberry beans come from south America originally.
All along those rows you will see peas and beans of all types and they will come true to seed.
The pepper section at certain times of the year will have peppers from everywhere.
dried and fresh.
Their seeds will sprout also.

Worth

[ChristinaJo]

Mine grew past the 7ft mark last year....

[Worth1]

I think some of my long beans grew way past 20 feet I really dont know.
They went from one bed to the other after climbing 8 feet up and 8 feet down to get there.

The pintos are 1 foot from the top of the arbor and are growing about 4 inches a day.
Worth

[Tracydr]

Originally Posted by ChristinaJo

I grow them as we'll on cattle panels. I like to cook them under the broiler. I rinse them off and dry them first. I place them on a pan,single layer. Drizzle with olive oil and sea salt, chopped garlic, and maybe a light sprinkle of sesame seeds. Toss and make sure everything is good and coated. Put them in the broiler until it gets some char on it....yum! Never leftovers

I'll have to try this, sounds yummy.
They're good just steamed,or in green curry. I like them with eggplant in green curry.