Chinese yard long beans
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Meadowlark
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Just happen to have a little experience with those.
I call them asparagus beans and same as Chinese beans, long beans etc. They have a taste that is sweet and mild that some say resembles asparagus.
1) Are they worth it?
Yes, they are a very nice change from green beans. Here they seem to stand up to our heat and humidity better than regular green beans. Very productive. Low maintenance. They prefer warm not cool temps.
2) Taste?
As mentioned earlier a bit like asparagus. Very mild when you pick them at less than three feet.
3) other uses...they make an incredible stir stick for such as bloody Mary drinks. Really good!!
They are really more like a cow pea than a bean and have great soil building properties. I think you will enjoy them.
I call them asparagus beans and same as Chinese beans, long beans etc. They have a taste that is sweet and mild that some say resembles asparagus.1) Are they worth it?
Yes, they are a very nice change from green beans. Here they seem to stand up to our heat and humidity better than regular green beans. Very productive. Low maintenance. They prefer warm not cool temps.
2) Taste?
As mentioned earlier a bit like asparagus. Very mild when you pick them at less than three feet.
3) other uses...they make an incredible stir stick for such as bloody Mary drinks. Really good!!
They are really more like a cow pea than a bean and have great soil building properties. I think you will enjoy them.
Going in ground tomorrow. As always ty for sharingJust happen to have a little experience with those.
1) Are they worth it?
Yes, they are a very nice change from green beans. Here they seem to stand up to our heat and humidity better than regular green beans. Very productive. Low maintenance. They prefer warm not cool temps.
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2) Taste?
As mentioned earlier a bit like asparagus. Very mild when you pick them at less than three feet.
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3) other uses...they make an incredible stir stick for such as bloody Mary drinks. Really good!!
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They are really more like a cow pea than a bean and have great soil building properties. I think you will enjoy them.
Meadowlark
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- 9a
That will be something to see when loaded with those beans.
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Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
I grow Asparagus beans every year and as @Meadowlark said, pick them before they get too long and they are delish !! I freeze my excess and had so much excess last year that after saving a few seeds for this year, I composted the rest.
This year I planted them late because I did the three sisters method and planted them with my corn.
That may have been a mistake because my corn is about finished and only 5 foot tall while my beans have just started to form flowers.
Oops.
This year I planted them late because I did the three sisters method and planted them with my corn.
That may have been a mistake because my corn is about finished and only 5 foot tall while my beans have just started to form flowers.
Oops.
Meadowlark
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- Hardiness zone
- 9a
That should work, seems to me. I usually run pole beans and watermelon as the two "other" sisters with corn...never tried asparagus beans but seems like it would work?
Anniekay
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- Location
- Quitman, Ga.
- Hardiness zone
- 9a
That's what I have this year as the third sister, watermelon. I didn't plan it, the watermelon just came up and I didn't have the heart to pull it out.
