Hyacinth Bean Vine

[blueadzuki]

It also doesn't help much that in some parts of India "Val" can also be used to described dried Lima Beans.

Oh before I forget I have to modify something I said earlier. I mentioned that I thought that the bag kind of white lablab was probably a bit shorter season because only one of my lablabs flowers, and the bean shape looked like those from the bag. Well, now that I have harvested some more mature pods and let the seed dry down a little, I'm no longer so sure that that one plant IS from the bag. As it dried the seed got a lot shorter and rounder than it looked fresh (bit like how a lot of soybean elongate when they are imbibed than they are when dry) so that dried it looks more like the stuff I was pulling out of pods from the vegetable section. So, in short I have NO CLUE from what source that seed came, and it is quite possible that the plant I have is a veggie one that randomly had shorter season genes.

[zeedman]

Martin, the seeds arrived - thanks much! I'm really looking forward to growing them. Hopefully now I can strike hyacinth beans off my "it won't grow here" list.

[paquebot]

Nov 13, 2013 2:28:52 GMT -5 zeedman said:

Martin, the seeds arrived - thanks much! I'm really looking forward to growing them. Hopefully now I can strike hyacinth beans off my "it won't grow here" list.

That was quick when you consider that the PO wasn't open on the date that the packet was postmarked. That was my own private postmark so what you got was quite unique.

I think that the problem with hyacinth beans is that most of them are for warmer climates where they can take their time making a long vine before getting around to producing pods. This bush type blooms already in July and then there are pods until frost. For some reason, this year was an especially productive one. If you can get enough of them to list, that would be great since I have a feeling that these are not very common in the US.

Martin