"Othello" pinto beans

Gardenboy · April 30, 2020

Harvested a lot of my Othello pinto beans this morning. Have over 5 lbs. of shelled beans. Will have some tonight for dinner and dry the rest for a later time. Plants are prolific and hardly any disease issues. Doesn't seem to mind our humid/warm climate for end of April.

mecktom · May 1, 2020

They look really good Douglas! Never tried to grow them here. Interesting!

Tracydr · May 2, 2020

Omg,this look amazing. I’m planting some dry bea is year and I hope it’s not too late,will probably get them in the ground this week sometime.

GoDawgs · May 2, 2020

That's a nice haul! I just can't successfully get beans to the dry stage except for Cherokee Trail Of Tears and field peas. Anything else seems to get munched in the pod by bean beetle larvae or get moldy in the pod. Bush green beans and Red Noodle yard longs are the worst offenders.

May 1, 2020	#2
mecktom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern Virginia Posts: 342	They look really good Douglas! Never tried to grow them here. Interesting!

May 2, 2020	#3
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Omg,this look amazing. I’m planting some dry bea is year and I hope it’s not too late,will probably get them in the ground this week sometime.

May 2, 2020	#4
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	That's a nice haul! I just can't successfully get beans to the dry stage except for Cherokee Trail Of Tears and field peas. Anything else seems to get munched in the pod by bean beetle larvae or get moldy in the pod. Bush green beans and Red Noodle yard longs are the worst offenders.