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Post by diane on Sept 22, 2013 17:25:08 GMT -5
I used to almost make a whole meal of green beans as they tasted so good. This year I am disappointed in them.
I am growing about 15 kinds of pole beans - runners, plus flat, round, green, yellow, purple commons. None
tastes wonderful.
None of the other vegetables have lost their taste, so it's not that I've lost my sense of taste.
I've got to do better than this next year.
What super-tasty beans do you like?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Sept 22, 2013 19:29:47 GMT -5
What super-tasty beans do you like? With enough salt and butter any non-fibrous bean becomes quite tasty. |
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Post by raymondo on Sept 23, 2013 2:08:41 GMT -5
In pole beans I like Rattlesnake common bean and Scarlet Emperor runner bean.
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Post by khoomeizhi on Sept 23, 2013 6:37:57 GMT -5
i'm a fan of 'Northeaster' from johnny's. pole, flat pod, vulgaris. good in places besides the northeast, too.
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Post by davida on Sept 23, 2013 9:02:57 GMT -5
For fall planting, Tema bush bean has been our most flavorful.
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Post by galina on Oct 12, 2013 4:38:59 GMT -5
I used to almost make a whole meal of green beans as they tasted so good. This year I am disappointed in them. I am growing about 15 kinds of pole beans - runners, plus flat, round, green, yellow, purple commons. None tastes wonderful. None of the other vegetables have lost their taste, so it's not that I've lost my sense of taste. I've got to do better than this next year. What super-tasty beans do you like? As far as I can see it isn't so much a question of which beans are tasty, but why your beans weren't tasty,. Soil, mineral content, sunshine hours all contribute and a fab bean in one location is not so good in another. The first step of investigation would be to look at 'what was different this growing year?' Could be that there is your answer. Of course if all your varieties this year were new, then it is obvious to go back to tried and tested. If the varieties were the same, maybe you can influence other factors, such as soil preparation methods, growing location etc. In the meantime, Josph's advice sounds just right, maybe add a little bit of garlic too. |
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Post by DarJones on Oct 12, 2013 13:29:27 GMT -5
1. pole beans typically have more flavor than bush beans
2. Older varieties of beans are more flavorful than most newer varieties
3. Soil condition and water availability can sabotage bean flavor.
I would suggest trying some of the old standby Kentucky Wonder beans simply because most people grew up eating them and think they represent what a bean should taste like. Other varieties worth a try are Blue Marbut, Jeminez, Tobacco Worm, Rattlesnake, Emerite, and Fortex.
What varieties did you grow this year?
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Post by canadamike on Oct 25, 2013 23:44:57 GMT -5
I sus^pect something went wrong environmentaly speaking, maybe a combination of thinks like lots of water and cold nights.
I tend to prefer Romano beans large and flat and ho so sweet and juicy, but I also love RED SWAN, by far my favorite canning bean. I know work in pure sans and I feel it has a negative impact on bean taste compared to the more clayish soil I had before
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