Sequoia bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Bush. A purple-podded Romano bean with flat pods. I like purple beans because I think they are easier to find on the plants (and because the way they change colour during cooking is really cool), and I like Romanos because they are large, so you don’t have to pick so many beans per quart! This one combines both features.
60 days to harvest, 90 days to maturity.
35 seeds/packet.
In stock
Plant after last frost; soil must be warm or seed will rot. Sow 1” deep. Space bush beans 2-4” apart. Pick green beans before seeds start swelling, and seed when pods are fairly 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.