Of of course , there are many , many beans that fall into the “ green attic ” family . If it ’s called a “ green bean , ” that fundamentally just means it ’s a bean with an edible seedpod you eat while the bean are still unripe . If it ’s a multifariousness you allow hang on the plant life until the edible bean are basically ripe , it ’s a “ shell attic . ” Some variety of shell beans are eaten while still soft , others are allow to dry out completely until you have “ wry beans . ”
Beyond the “ scale ” or “ green ” varieties , beans also come in “ bush ” and “ pole ” miscellany . Bush beans are ordinarily small , chunky plants that can abide without sustenance . perch beans are climbers and call for trellises to do well . ( A profile on my favored pole noodle , the Snake River bean , ishere . )
Today I ’m focus on bush green beans since they ’re drop curtain - dead leisurely . No treillage , no drying , no shelling . Plus , quite a few can be grown in a small space .
Let me show you the Bean That Got Me Gardening :
I was sixand went to the entrepot with Dad to buy some seeds . The white-livered beans catch my eye … we bought them … and they went into my very first garden . Burpee ’s “ Brittle Wax ” edible bean . I ’m still grow them today because they ’re consistent , productive and taste good . They ’re not the most flavorful bean we produce , but they look cool .
And speaking of nerveless – we grew these beans a few age ago in Tennessee . They ’re incredible :
Beans commonly commence bring forth pods in less than two month – and once pods start acquire to picking size , keep them picked . If you do n’t , the industrial plant will give up producing fresh pods . We planted a few small beds of beans this year and we ’re getting baskets of noggin flop now . Enough to feed every day , portion at church and credibly freeze as well .
Bush attic can be sow in multiple times through the warm time of year and you ’ll get more bean that way . Plant a fresh bed every three weeks or so and you ’ll be roll in tasty pods .
As for cuss , you ’ll get reek bugs and maybe bonce mallet later as the summertime progresses . I do n’t worry about them unless we get a total plague . One twelvemonth the bean beetle totally chewed through a seam I ’d planted . as luck would have it , we ’d already harvested plenty of beans . It was my own fault they fit nuts , though – I had planted the bean plant layer in a monoculture . Nice , even row for the beetle to feast upon … nothing but beans for Admiralty mile , man .
If you get problems like that , I ’d just just bury the works 12″ or deep under some other crop area , bugs and all , wait a bit , and start over again . Or burn them . Or regurgitate them over the fence for your Gallus gallus to mangle . No big flock . Seed is cheap and noodle grow fast . Beans are also a nitrogen - fixing agent , so planting them in front of demanding crops and on newfangled priming is a great way to give your garden a boost of natality . I thrust bonce into empty corners during the affectionate time of year , just as I do withpeasduring the cool season . They ’re tough enough to flourish without much charge … and they feed in the land ? Yep . All aboard the bean train !
But … the best thing about immature beans ? Letting your kid eat them right out of the garden , sweet and sun - warmed . When I pick a basketball hoop , I always learn little “ helpers ” who like to eat the beans . And since the pods are pesticide - spare , nutritious and abundant … who am I to say no ?
For more information on natural selection plants , check out my bookFlorida Survival Gardening .
SPUDOMETER RATING:
4 Spuds !
Name : Bush fleeceable beansLatin Name : Phaseolus vulgarisType : AnnualSize:12 – 16″Nitrogen Fixer : YesMedicinal : NoCold - hardy : NoExposure : Full sunPart Used : PodsPropagation : SeedTaste : Very goodMethod of preparation : bare-assed , cooked , pickledStorability : Poor . Freeze or can to preserve . relief of grow : Very easyNutrition : GoodRecognizability : HighAvailability : high-pitched
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