Black Nicaraguan bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Beautiful upright bushes are incredibly productive, keep their pods off the ground well, and are easily harvested by cutting the whole plants and trampling them, making this one of the easiest dry bush beans I’ve grown. A ‘black turtle’ type bean with matte-black small seeds. Beautiful.
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Plant after last frost; soil must be warm or seed will rot. If growing on corn, wait to plant until corn is about 3” tall, or two weeks after corn is planted. Darker coloured seeds usually germinate better in cooler soil. Sow 1” deep. Space bush beans 2-4” apart and pole beans in pairs 8” apart, with 8” between pairs if climbing twine, or in groups of 3-4 around single poles 1’ apart. Pick green beans before seeds start swelling, shelly beans when seeds are full size but before pods dry, and dry beans when pods are fully dry; seed must be dry enough to not dent with a fingernail for storage. Dry beans can be further dried on a tarp, then threshed by dancing on them and winnowing away the chaff.