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Post by mountaindweller on Jul 3, 2012 2:39:35 GMT -5
I know nothing exotic, are Ketucky wonder good beans? The seed catalogue says they are useful as green beans and as dry beans. What's the taste like? And are they good in cool climate?
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Post by darwinslair on Jul 3, 2012 5:54:27 GMT -5
they do fine in my climate, but I find them boring personally. They do just fine in cooler weather here, but I do not live in the mountains.
Tom
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Post by raymondo on Jul 3, 2012 18:11:00 GMT -5
I haven't tried KW but if you're looking for a tasty climbing bean that will serve as both green and dried I'd suggest Rattlesnake. Good flavour and productive in my garden. Some of the sellers here say it's not for cooler climates but it did just fine here in our cool summer with temps rarely above 25°C. In fact, we had about four days with temps in the high 20s and the rest of the summer they ran from 15°C to 22°C.
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Post by mountaindweller on Jul 7, 2012 23:07:23 GMT -5
Rattlesnake sounds indeed more interesting! Tom, boring you mean the taste?
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Post by darwinslair on Jul 8, 2012 8:49:51 GMT -5
Rattlesnake sounds indeed more interesting! Tom, boring you mean the taste? There is nothing spectacular about them. They taste like any green bean you would buy in a grocery store. They look like any green bean you would buy in a grocery store. Due to prodigious folliage and green color they are as hard to find to pick any any other green on green fruit. <shrug> not saying I will never grow them again. There is nothing wrong with them. I do not grow for markets and have no need to satisfy someoen else's perception of what beans should look like. Tom |
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Post by caledonian on Jul 8, 2012 9:31:06 GMT -5
They probably ARE the green beans you got in the store. Between Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake, there are almost no other varieties available in groceries.
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Post by Leenstar on Jul 8, 2012 11:16:00 GMT -5
I like them. They are very productive for me and seem really hardy. They put up with my relatively clay soil well. They are not the most tender. The dry beans are decent. The only other bean I grew for dual purpose, painted pony was stringier and I prefer the kentucky wonder. I haven't tried rattlesnake.
my current crop of kentucky wonder is over 7 feet tall and growing off the trellis I erected for them. No beans yet. I planted them a little late at the very end of May.
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Post by Darth Slater on Jul 8, 2012 18:58:06 GMT -5
Rattlesnake are the best stringless bean I have eaten, but his year i am trying greasy beans because of Dar Jones opinion that they can not be topped in the flavor dept.
And Dar usually steers one in the right direction!
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Post by littleminnie on Jul 8, 2012 22:57:13 GMT -5
I prefer the sweet taste of Rattlesnake too. They are the only one I eat raw while picking. However one of my CSA customers last year specifically said they hated Rattlesnake and I was shocked! I find the normal green bush beans to be subpar but grow them anyway. I also dislike the purple bush beans too.
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Post by davida on Jul 8, 2012 23:11:04 GMT -5
I also dislike the purple bush beans too. My daughter totally agrees with you on the purple bush beans. Especially when they lost all of their color when steamed. She liked them a little better when they retained their color when roasted in the oven. By the color retention, we hoped that we retained more of the nutrients. |
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Post by Darth Slater on Jul 8, 2012 23:58:55 GMT -5
You can also butter blanche purple beans to retain the color.
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Post by paquebot on Jul 9, 2012 1:03:35 GMT -5
They probably ARE the green beans you got in the store. Between Kentucky Wonder and Blue Lake, there are almost no other varieties available in groceries. No, no, no! Those are about the least likely to show up in a grocery store. Seminis has 32 market beans, both green and yellow. Harris Moran has about 35 market or processing types. That's just two of many companies which supply beans for commercial planting. Martin |
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Post by mountaindweller on Jul 10, 2012 1:44:12 GMT -5
How about "tongue of fire"? They are offered by Eden seeds. However KW apparently needs less days. I grew purple king and they are easier to harvest as you see them better.
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Post by steev on Jul 10, 2012 2:40:51 GMT -5
I grew up on Kentucky Wonder; look how I am today! Oh.
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Post by raymondo on Jul 10, 2012 4:30:01 GMT -5
mountaindweller, if you want a quick maturing climbing bean, PM me your postal details and I'll send you some Muffet seeds. First harvest in less than 60 days from sowing.
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