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Post by bunkie on Aug 9, 2010 8:42:32 GMT -5
i was starting to wonder if these chinese noodle beans were pole beans for a bit, then they finally took off last week. they are really bushy on the bottom. still waiting for them to flower. things are quite behind here due to the weather...
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Post by blueadzuki on Aug 9, 2010 16:16:15 GMT -5
i was starting to wonder if these chinese noodle beans were pole beans for a bit, then they finally took off last week. they are really bushy on the bottom. still waiting for them to flower. things are quite behind here due to the weather... Technically Chinese long beans aren't conventional beans AT ALL, from a taxonomic POV they a kind of cow or crowder pea (that's why they have a crowders hilum and also why the pods are much skinnier than is normal for a "standard" bean) I have grown them from time to time, usally from "findings" (mixed in seeds) Some have been quite good, some not so much and some have of course turned out to be ordinary cowpeas (long bean seeds are usally more reiniform (kidney shaped) than regular cowpeas but not always, so I have to try EVERYTHING) One of my personal faves (which is only middle long, but nicely flavored is a descendent of such a seed, a nice red and black mottled type) In fact I'll go out on a limb here and say that, from a culinary POV yard long beans are fun and it's certainly impressive to see pods that are a foot to a foot and a half long (that is, after all what sesquipidale means) but in terms of table value, they have no particular specialness abouth them, theyre are many other crowders that are just as good as green beans as them, if not better.) |
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Post by wildseed57 on Aug 11, 2010 23:01:12 GMT -5
I have a friend in Florida that has a purple podded variety that she got from a plant breeder in Hong Kong its supposed to be darker and more purple in color than Chinese red Noodle, She often gets seeds for Baker's Creek which is only 20 some odd miles from me, I know Jere who owns the company, nice guy. Anyway I'll be trialling them next year, Jere may start having them in is catalog again at some point. They have a white seeds type that I might try next year also, Most of them are quite tasty if you don't cook them to death, I stir fry or steam mine rather than boil i suppose you could even eat then raw.
George W.
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