Ga Ga Hut Pinto bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Pole, 5-8’/1.6-2.6 m tall; grows well on corn. Pods filled with classic pinto beans, which have a smooth, buttery flavour; also just fine as a green bean, though it has strings. I acquired this bean from Heritage Harvest Seeds in Manitoba; they say it came from the Seneca. My favourite pinto.
85 days to maturity.
30 seeds/packet.
Out of stock
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. Sow 1” deep. Space 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.