OT-Green beans

17 years ago

I hit the motherload. 46 pounds of nothing but green beans. Our neighbor is a 100 acre farm field. They harvested the field and left rows along the road. I called the farmer up and asked for permission to go picking. I now have dilled beans and pickled beans and frozed beans to munch on this winter as I am ws. (ps 46 pounds is 4 brown paper bags full that you get from the grocery store.) I am gonna save seed. I have to wait for them to go to seed. Does this work? Oh I hope sooo. Yummy I just had to share.....

I must admit though. I dont think I want to pick another end off a green bean for a long time....LOL Barb

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seedmama
17 years ago
Yes, saving seeds will work. I've had luck drying them in the pods then shelling them, but other techniques may work too.

Techniques such as...Spring of '07 I dumped over 300 bushels of green beans in my front yard as a small part of my Extreme Lasagna Makeover. Not only did I end up with great compost, I also had a bumper crop of green beans in my beds that summer. They came up all on their own.

Congratulations on your green bean haul. Those are my husbands favorite vegetable. He will be green bean with envy!
rosepedal
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks so much seedmama! That would be a yummy lasagna bed. LOL Barb
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mnwsgal
17 years ago
I let a few pods go to seed and dry on the vine. Since I only need 30 seeds over the summer that is usually the number of pods that I miss when picking beans for dinner. Though my own beans weren't as pretty as the ones from the store I think I had 100% germination this spring. Usually I have to replant a few here and there in the row.