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Mayo Colima Cowpeas

Since there's almost nothing online about Mayo Colima cowpeas, I thought I'd post about mine.


I planted them on July 1 because my extension said I could. Too hot. They sprouted fine and grew slowly but much much too hot for them to bloom. They need temps below 95-ish to bloom and set pods.


They were initially bush in habit while it was hot, but once it cooled below 100, they turned into half runners, with runners at least 5-6'.


I got the landrace version of the beans so they're a real mix of colors, and so are the flowers. They're orange, white, purple-white and purple. The pods have a variable amount of seeds and dry about a month after they set. Looking forward to using them in recipes from the cookbook "Senegal" by Pierre Thiam.



When they were still growing bushy



One of the flowers with a tiny pod growing next to it



The first beans harvested!

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