I plant mine 6" apart. I drop a string from the gutter of my house (10 ft) down to the ground for each plant and wrap it around the stem - it doesn't even need to be tied. The plant finds the string in no time and it's off to the races. I get 1/2 gallon every 3 days from 20 plants. They are delicious stir-fried with garlic.
Im an agroecological engineering student and We planted this In a school garden We made with the kids as part of our study plan. We are going to harvest this friday. We used some natural repellents to avoid white fly and mites and We used a lot of horse manure compost, liquid organic fertilizers were Also aplied. Keep it up with the vids, ill send you pics of the harvest with the kids. Greetings from El Salvador
Kevin Gerardo Funes A great plant for school gardens! We use these in the gardens we design for schools as well. What's fun to do it to make a bean tunnel with theses using wire fence panels (I call them cattle panels here). The kids love it! Yes I am going to have to start taking action earlier with the mites are here. They usually were never bad, but have been awful the last few years! Yes that would be great. Find and like The More You Grow on Facebook and you can send the pictures on there. Would love to see them! Thanks for watching!
Because of your video I installed 2 cattle panels in my "M" shaped garden and on one I planted Yard Long Beans on one side and lemon cucumber on the other side, I now have a 7 ft tall arch of shade to walk under and pick veggies from my garden, thank you for the advice and inspiration!
thanks for this video! it was very helpful w/your tip about the cattle panel (never heard of those) I planted Red Noodle beans and it's been fun to have something grow and harvest so quickly. It's a great plant for kids as there's not a huge wait for the beans to come to fruit.
I've grown a lot of stuff before and I decided I was gonna try some new things this year since I got married and there are more mouths to feed...so this is one of them. So far I have had 1 or 2 failures, but I'm really hoping these succeed with the amount of rain and heavy summer heat we get in southeast VA. I went out of town last week for 3 days and all of my tomato plants tried to die on me because of a heatwave...so I brought em inside and watered the crap out of em and managed to save em all. Good info on your video!
I just plant my long beans and believe it or not they all are 2" long after two weeks. 😲👍🤠 . I gave them direct sun and they did the rest . Blessings and more Blessings to you and your family
thanks for this information I grew some for the first time and had no idea to pick them that soon and now they are soft and puffy my husband said i picked them to late So i took beans out of hulls and will dry them for next year.
This is my first time growing yard beans. Mine are called Asparagus yard beans. These beans are just fun to grow and watch them grow. Mine are just now getting to picking size. I can't wait to taste them. By the way I also subscribed. 😊😊
Love your video! I grow yard long beans every year. Last summer I only planted 2 and there were enough beans to can, freeze, plus feed the neighbors. This is July in WV, and I still have enough frozen beans to last until this year's bean plants develope. Yikes, i have 7 and I'm sure I will have to pick all day, everyday, LOL
Wish I had watched this video and grown these green beans years ago. I simply can not go back to eating the regular store bought green beans. These beans / orient wonder so easy to grow in the heat and has this good nutty aroma to it.
Thanks for the video! We'll when I got my seeds they told me they were red noodle beans that the stems would be reddish colored .lol well I thought dang these are peas and haven't been putting them in the sun. Here in Ohio it's been like hell hot, so I guess by watching your video I need to go and attempt to untangle my yard beans and give them a big string to grow on...thanks so much I now know what they are and not confused as to why these peas which I thought they were not beans had long little things growing at the end. My first thought since this is the first time growing them something was eating the ends of them off...lol well now the mystery is solved.
Thanks for the video. This video was better than all the others I found about the snake beans. I live in Florida so I'm going to plant some this winter and see how it goes. Had to get the seeds from ebay though.
Thank you! I get my yardlong seeds from Territorial Seed. They are sold out right now, Johnny’s still has some available if you’re looking for seed from a seed company. I’m always a little hesitant with seeds from eBay lol Here’s the link to Johnny’s www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/beans/pole-beans/gita-bean-seed-2619.html
+David Brown I don't actually fertilize mine with nitrogen at all. Under the right conditions they will actually be able to produce their own nitrogen! Since they are considered legumes they can form a relationship with nitrogen-fixing soil microbes. The bacteria actually infect the roots and will form lumps on the roots called nodules, which the microbes will take up residence. In exchange for nutrients from the bean plant the microbes will produce nitrogen that they pull from the air, which is then used by the plants! Isn't nature handy? You can order these microbes as well to get a better inoculation. They come in a powder form and you lightly coat your seeds in it before you plant them. I can give you a link to a few places where I get mine if you would like. One 1lb bag can treat 50-100 lbs of seed so will last you for a long time if refrigerated. It is around just $10 I believe. I order it for my legume cover crops and black eyed peas so have it around for my yardlongs. You technically can give them nitrogen early on when they are 1' tall or so. If you do this though they will not form this relationship with the microbes. Kinda like why pay these guy with my hard earned nutrients for something I already have? Business savvy little guys haha! Just want to be careful to not give them too much or you'll end up with more vines than beans! I definitely love these beans as well! Was picking what you saw in the beginning of this video everyday if not 2x that many! Thanks for watching and for the comment! Let me know if you have any other questions! 😊
Beans actually add nitrogen to the soil if you let the roots stay in the ground over the winter. As the roots break down they add nitrogen and are great soil for tomatoes the next year.
When the plants get over 9 or 10 feet tall trim the shoots. The shoots and young leaves are edible, just like sweet potato or chayote vines. The seeds can be harvested but they are too small for anything but growing more plants.
Sorry this is a long one. I started 38 of these red an green in 3” starter pots 11 days ago from seed and most of them are already around 2-4” tall. I was thinking of having them in hanging pots cause there’s a lot of cats that hang around my house. Think that would be a good idea? And I don’t remember if you like rose bushes but I had 32 clippings of one that I have in my front yard that are already potted with rooting hormone agent to help. A few are starting to show some new growth if you would like a few for your class or home I’d be happy to bring some. Right now their in my greenhouse to keep them warm and out of the elements. I’d love to see how they do in the hands of a much more experienced grower. Be warned though it is a rather unique rose bush that does something very odd that I’m hoping the clippings will do too. But I’ll leave that a secret for now. Nothing better then a good mystery. And one last thing I planted 4 fruit tees in my yard that are spaced 15-18 feet apart. Do you think planting watermelons and cantaloupes between them would be a good idea in a slightly raised bed or would in ground be a better or worse idea? I’d like something for ground coverage between them to be honest. Something with bigger leafs.
Hi love the video, great job. I planted mine and they really are climbers (about 2” a day). I built a trellis about 8’ tall. Is that tall enough? Feel like I need to extend it to allow more growth. Thanks in advance for the reply. Joe
Thank you so much for your video. I am new,to your channel so I don't know what,types,of videos you have. This one was very informative. I appreciate that you described in a way that was understandable and made sense. My beans are,growing! I hope they taste,good and not too much like blk I'd P's. 😉
Welcome to the channel! There’s videos here on a wide variety for topics so I hope you find plenty that pique your interest and I always appreciate suggestions for new videos! Sound like your beans are well on their way, and they won’t taste too much like black eyed peas, just a hit 😜. Thanks for watching!
Hi there, good afternoon. You said that you plant the yard long beans at 12 inches apart. How many plants do you have growing in one hole? How many holes of beans will produce one pound? Do you know the average.
One plant per 12 inches. Not sure on weight but from 10 plants I was getting sometimes 12-24 beans per day. More than I could reasonably manage. They are extremely prolific when they are happy haha
Loving your videos!! Wondering if you have tried using any natural insecticides, I read one of the comments that spider mites decimated your beans....have you tried spraying a dish soap water solution on your plants? I have heard that this works well..Thanks for your time and sharing your knowledge with us.
Yes they definitely demolished them last year. Thank goodness it was at the end of the season. Unfortunately they were so infested that I don’t think spraying them would have even mattered much. It was better to just remove the as to where they won’t infect everything else. Spider mites and scale insects seem to be my arch enemies in the garden. If it were something like a container plant I probably would have attempted it , but this was like a 20 ft row haha. Thanks for the suggestions though and thinks for watching!
Hi there. Can you grow these in pots? How big a pot per plant (use liters not inches to describe if possible)? How many sun hours is the minimum? Spacing? Any special soil requirements? Do you fertilize them at all? Watering? A lot of questions, sorry...but thanks in advance.
Do you can them? Water bath or pressure canner? Do I process them the same as regular green beans? I’m new to canning so I’m not sure what to do. Thanks 😊
I really like how informative you are and you have a very great video I just subscribe I'm also wondering could I possibly plant my green beans next to Sweet Peas on my fence
What pests do I need to know about? I just pulled (Nov 6 2022) my Fall Kentucky Wonder and blue Lake stringless beans, they produced pretty poorly, then got infested with caterpillars!
Hi! I was wondering how you do with the pests? Mine's been invested by aphids and leaf crawlers 😭. The leaves also started to turn yellow and there's some dark brown spots underneath. Do you think it's normal or it actually got some kind of virus? I'm concerned bcs i think the beans are starting to slow its production.
Finding your details and specifics helpful and inspiring. Thanks! Wondering where to buy the seeds to plant. Can you recommend a seeds catalog or online resources? TIA!
I get them from different places. Kung seed, baker creek heirlooms, Lowe’s has them a lot and call them Asparagus beans (just another common name). So lots of options out there
I don’t really use a lot. I inoculate the seeds with rhizobia and that symbiotic relationship fixes all the nitrogen they need if healthy. After that when they begin to flower and fruit I water with a fertilizer called Medina Hasta-Gro that is high in phosphate for the flower and fruit production
I’m not sure if you still answer questions on here but I have one. I planted like 20 of them maybe more and they are climbing perfect and look perfect but they are not dropping beans and they are huge so I’m pretty sure they’ve had enough time to grow. I can’t upload a picture here but if you answer this and want to see them just let me know how to contact you. Thank you I appreciate it.
Aggie huh? Well, if you're still in the area, I've been growing these beans, but in this month's brutal heat, most dried up before I got to them. Do you think if I planted another bunch, they'd have time to grow and produce this season? Thanks! Glad to see a Texas gardener.
I’m in the north Texas area for the summer and will be headed back down there for one more semester here in a few week. It was dry for just about everything! It takes the beans around 60-75 days til harvest so down there where it stays warm longer it couldn’t hurt to try
Thanks. I never pay much attention to how long it takes 'em to produce when I throw them out in spring, but they're sooo done by now! We had rain here today, which is a blessing for this time of year, so, you're right.. couldn't hurt to try. Have a good fall semester; can't say I"m looking forward to the traffic when you Ags get back to town... LOL Just kidding... sort of!
I have grown both and think they both taste great, but After growing both I much prefer the Orient Wonder variety, they are slower to get mealy and tend to just be crunchier and more productive in my experience
To get seed for next year you have to let them get all the way brown and dry. Once the plant matures some pods though it stops producing. So if I get some over ripe ones I pull them off and give to the chickens so to keep the plant producing. Then at the end of the season you can let them dry for next year seed
hey, man. thanks for the informative video. i'm a fellow texan and am wondering whether it's too late to plant these guys. do you think i could get then going from seed and have some beans before the first frost (i live in east texas, so maybe November)?
My long beans gave a HUGE harvest. We got pounds and pounds for about 6 weeks. Then they stopped. Plants are alive but just sitting there. No aphids or disease that I can discern. But no new flowers. Can I cut them back to a foot tall and start over again?
Never grown them. Which variety is best? For sure need to plant them this season. I am thinking the ground needs to be very warm before planting, yes? Thank you!
My favorite variety is Orient Wonder, but there are many good ones out there. They do like warm weather, but you can get them in any time after you last frost date and probably be ok. If it wasn’t storming so much here I’d already be planting them and I’m in zone 7b/8a
Kali Kale technically yes, but I wouldn’t, they don’t produce as many mature peas as black eyed peas and other variety’s grown for the peas do. These are much better utilized as a green bean in my opinion. You get more food from them used that way
thank you for your selection of green bean. I have them, but I don't have the kind of fence you do, so how do I go about it? YOu said something about cattle ____ fence, I think. say it again. where to get them. I have to face the oposite of my wooden fence, bec the water will rott them, my husband wont let me face the fence. thanks.
veronica bui Howdy Veronica! Here where I live they are called cattle panels. I have included a link at the end of this comment that will show you a picture of what they look like. We have them at places such as feed stores where they sell livestock equipment. I get mine at a store called Tractor Supply Company. They 16 feet in length on average and make a convenient makeshift fence/trellis for vining plants. If these aren't available where you live any kind of wire type fencing will do, just make it the length you desire and support it with posts. All we're needing is anything for the beans to wrap around that will allow them to climb up. So feel free to be creative! They are not picky about what they climb up as long as they have something they are able to wrap their tendrils around. Hopefully this answers your question! If have any other questions or these aren't available I'll do my best to help you come up with another solution 😊 eattomorrow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cattle-panels.jpg
6996katmom here where I got them from www.territorialseed.com/product/orient-wonder-bean-seed/all_beans_seed Yes just snap them like into the size piece you’d like
Backyard Garden ants in the flowers aren’t usually a bad thing. Beans often have something called extrafloral nectaries. Pretty much nectar glads without a flower. They attract ants and their body guards of sorts. The only time ants are a bad thing in plants are if you find aphids under the leaves (ants herd/farm them like livestock) or if ants have made their mound in one of your potted plants, but in this case I would t worry about them unless you can see them damaging the beans themselves (usually not the case)
They do have tendrils. They might climb a tree but I don’t see them being able to cling well. They do better with some kind of trellis, like a fence, cattle panel, bamboo stakes, etc
@Arun Kripa ah true enough. Went out and looked and you are correct. I grow so many kinds of beans I forget these just wrap around the trellis rather than tendrils I like some of the others I have. Either way these will not climb a tree Etta May
I really don’t apply any. I inoculate my yard long beans with rhyzobia inoculate, which is a nitrogen fixing bacteria that has a symbiotic relationship with legumes (beans and peas), where the rhyzobia fix nitrogen for the bean plants. They do appreciate some good compost though
Hi! Where can I get the seeds? I bought some seeds on ebay and my long bean leaves look totaly different than yours. Also after watching some other videos, I thought long beans don't do well over 90 degree temperature.
+mark hunt I got these from territorial seed. I'll leave a link. The variety is "orient wonder". I can't speak for other long beans but these took the heat like a champ! We got well over 100 regularly and they were happy plants. They are in the cowpea family (which most thrive in warm weather). I was picking what you saw in the thumbnail of this video every day until spider mites decimated my garden X( I will definitely be growing these again! www.territorialseed.com/product/orient-wonder-bean-seed/all_beans_seed
In our area of Riverside, southern part of CA, where it gets extremely hot, those yardlong beans loved it. It's amazing that they get so productive when it is hot like hell.
Just every few days or just when the look like they meet it. The leaves will tilt down slightly when they need a drink. I go off that more than sticking to a schedule 😁
Hard to tell without seeing them, but it may just be the variety you have (there are quite a few). As long as the plants look healthy and they are producing well it’s not something I would be too concerned about 😊
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I plant mine 6" apart. I drop a string from the gutter of my house (10 ft) down to the ground for each plant and wrap it around the stem - it doesn't even need to be tied. The plant finds the string in no time and it's off to the races. I get 1/2 gallon every 3 days from 20 plants. They are delicious stir-fried with garlic.
Im an agroecological engineering student and We planted this In a school garden We made with the kids as part of our study plan. We are going to harvest this friday. We used some natural repellents to avoid white fly and mites and We used a lot of horse manure compost, liquid organic fertilizers were Also aplied. Keep it up with the vids, ill send you pics of the harvest with the kids.
Greetings from El Salvador
Kevin Gerardo Funes A great plant for school gardens! We use these in the gardens we design for schools as well. What's fun to do it to make a bean tunnel with theses using wire fence panels (I call them cattle panels here). The kids love it! Yes I am going to have to start taking action earlier with the mites are here. They usually were never bad, but have been awful the last few years! Yes that would be great. Find and like The More You Grow on Facebook and you can send the pictures on there. Would love to see them! Thanks for watching!
Been searching gardening videos about when to harvest long beans, finally a simple rule: Pencil shape! Thank you!!!
Amy Louck- Poier yep about as big around as a pencil, firm, and not feel any big beans inside and they will be perfect every time 😁
@@TheMoreYouGrow i need the seeds of this bean
I began planting and saving these seeds since 2018 off 10 yr old seeds my daughter gave to me. I love these beans.
Because of your video I installed 2 cattle panels in my "M" shaped garden and on one I planted Yard Long Beans on one side and lemon cucumber on the other side, I now have a 7 ft tall arch of shade to walk under and pick veggies from my garden, thank you for the advice and inspiration!
c4manke awesome! I’m really glad I could give you that inspiration ☺️😁
I grow these as well. I also eat the leaves as a spinach substitute. These and sweet potato leaves taste great
thanks for this video! it was very helpful w/your tip about the cattle panel (never heard of those) I planted Red Noodle beans and it's been fun to have something grow and harvest so quickly. It's a great plant for kids as there's not a huge wait for the beans to come to fruit.
Thanks for the tip on when to harvest - we haven't grown these before and have been letting ours get too mature.
Jessica Garrett yeah they get over mature fast. Gotta stay on top of these for sure
I've grown a lot of stuff before and I decided I was gonna try some new things this year since I got married and there are more mouths to feed...so this is one of them. So far I have had 1 or 2 failures, but I'm really hoping these succeed with the amount of rain and heavy summer heat we get in southeast VA. I went out of town last week for 3 days and all of my tomato plants tried to die on me because of a heatwave...so I brought em inside and watered the crap out of em and managed to save em all. Good info on your video!
I just plant my long beans and believe it or not they all are 2" long after two weeks. 😲👍🤠 .
I gave them direct sun and they did the rest . Blessings and more Blessings to you and your family
thanks for this information I grew some for the first time and had no idea to pick them that soon and now they are soft and puffy my husband said i picked them to late So i took beans out of hulls and will dry them for next year.
Texas here 👋 I’m gonna try these this year. Thanks for the video!
These are going to be the first things I plant in my garden plot :D
I grow these. Love them! Easy to grow in Texas, love the sun as you say.
My favorite all time bean!
This is my first time growing yard beans. Mine are called Asparagus yard beans. These beans are just fun to grow and watch them grow. Mine are just now getting to picking size. I can't wait to taste them. By the way I also subscribed. 😊😊
definitely like 'em! Thx for the video. Gonna see if i can get some growin this year!
Thank you for sharing. I plan on adding those to next years garden.
Love your video!
I grow yard long beans every year. Last summer I only planted 2 and there were enough beans to can, freeze, plus feed the neighbors. This is July in WV, and I still have enough frozen beans to last until this year's bean plants develope. Yikes, i have 7 and I'm sure I will have to pick all day, everyday, LOL
Yeah 7 is a lot!
this will be my first year growing them cant wait
Same here my first time growing all the vegetables that i love. Happy growing to us 😀👍
I tried these for the first time this year. You are right I pick them every day. I just wish I had planted more here in Tn,,,, nice vid thanks...
Thank for this video.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you soo much .. and lots of love from India 🇮🇳
Wish I had watched this video and grown these green beans years ago. I simply can not go back to eating the regular store bought green beans. These beans / orient wonder so easy to grow in the heat and has this good nutty aroma to it.
I so agree!
I grow them quite well here in the south. Prolific harvest!
Mantap.. hasil dari tanamanya sangat bagus...
Thanks for the video! We'll when I got my seeds they told me they were red noodle beans that the stems would be reddish colored .lol well I thought dang these are peas and haven't been putting them in the sun. Here in Ohio it's been like hell hot, so I guess by watching your video I need to go and attempt to untangle my yard beans and give them a big string to grow on...thanks so much I now know what they are and not confused as to why these peas which I thought they were not beans had long little things growing at the end. My first thought since this is the first time growing them something was eating the ends of them off...lol well now the mystery is solved.
I tried last year and it was so cold and wet ( Seattle) I'm trying again this year - thank you for posting
Yeah they may be a bit of a challenge in Seattle lol if you get enough warmth they should do fine though
I loved the beans leaves porridge more than the beans 😃
Good video. Will try these next spring! Most pole beans here start to fade in the Georgia heat.
Gets to 105-110 F here and they grow fine
Thanks. This was super informative!
absolutely delicious. we call it Bora
Im growing some now
Thanks for the video. This video was better than all the others I found about the snake beans. I live in Florida so I'm going to plant some this winter and see how it goes. Had to get the seeds from ebay though.
Thank you! I get my yardlong seeds from Territorial Seed. They are sold out right now, Johnny’s still has some available if you’re looking for seed from a seed company. I’m always a little hesitant with seeds from eBay lol
Here’s the link to Johnny’s
www.johnnyseeds.com/vegetables/beans/pole-beans/gita-bean-seed-2619.html
This is asian green beans i love that very good yummy
Great and simple video! Thank you!
Gig Em Aggies! 👍
Gig’em! 👍
They look like something called bodi that we have here in Trinidad, West indies
Karenagen it’s the same
I tried to grow some but did not know about the support they need. I will try again next year.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks these are the beans fron my youth. Love them do they need a nitrogen fertilizer more than other vegies ?
+David Brown I don't actually fertilize mine with nitrogen at all. Under the right conditions they will actually be able to produce their own nitrogen! Since they are considered legumes they can form a relationship with nitrogen-fixing soil microbes. The bacteria actually infect the roots and will form lumps on the roots called nodules, which the microbes will take up residence. In exchange for nutrients from the bean plant the microbes will produce nitrogen that they pull from the air, which is then used by the plants! Isn't nature handy? You can order these microbes as well to get a better inoculation. They come in a powder form and you lightly coat your seeds in it before you plant them. I can give you a link to a few places where I get mine if you would like. One 1lb bag can treat 50-100 lbs of seed so will last you for a long time if refrigerated. It is around just $10 I believe. I order it for my legume cover crops and black eyed peas so have it around for my yardlongs. You technically can give them nitrogen early on when they are 1' tall or so. If you do this though they will not form this relationship with the microbes. Kinda like why pay these guy with my hard earned nutrients for something I already have? Business savvy little guys haha! Just want to be careful to not give them too much or you'll end up with more vines than beans! I definitely love these beans as well! Was picking what you saw in the beginning of this video everyday if not 2x that many! Thanks for watching and for the comment! Let me know if you have any other questions! 😊
Beans actually add nitrogen to the soil if you let the roots stay in the ground over the winter. As the roots break down they add nitrogen and are great soil for tomatoes the next year.
Love ❤️ the video. Are the leaves edible? Like raw in salads or sautéed like spinach?
And, if you let the pods mature, can you harvest the seeds?
When the plants get over 9 or 10 feet tall trim the shoots. The shoots and young leaves are edible, just like sweet potato or chayote vines.
The seeds can be harvested but they are too small for anything but growing more plants.
Couldn’t have said it better myself
Great video, keep it up!
+ BeerGarden Boat thank you and thanks for watching!
Sorry this is a long one. I started 38 of these red an green in 3” starter pots 11 days ago from seed and most of them are already around 2-4” tall. I was thinking of having them in hanging pots cause there’s a lot of cats that hang around my house. Think that would be a good idea? And I don’t remember if you like rose bushes but I had 32 clippings of one that I have in my front yard that are already potted with rooting hormone agent to help. A few are starting to show some new growth if you would like a few for your class or home I’d be happy to bring some. Right now their in my greenhouse to keep them warm and out of the elements. I’d love to see how they do in the hands of a much more experienced grower. Be warned though it is a rather unique rose bush that does something very odd that I’m hoping the clippings will do too. But I’ll leave that a secret for now. Nothing better then a good mystery. And one last thing I planted 4 fruit tees in my yard that are spaced 15-18 feet apart. Do you think planting watermelons and cantaloupes between them would be a good idea in a slightly raised bed or would in ground be a better or worse idea? I’d like something for ground coverage between them to be honest. Something with bigger leafs.
Yummy.thank you.
Thanks I have some seeds, I guess a fence like yours is ok.. Nice video.. thank you
Pretty much anything they can climb on. Fence works great. If you don’t have a fence a cattle panel works really good
These yardlong beans make excellent pickles.
Can you please name a source for recipe/instruction if you have one .many thanks .
I loved your video, how do I get some of the seeds, or starter plants of the yard long beans, where did you get yours?
I think I got mine from Jung Seed, but I’ve seen them in the seed shelves at Lowes as well
Would I be able to sow these I'm in 6a Sabina OH and I do have a greenhouse. Also can you can these like green beans?
Have not canned them but yes they can grow in 6 a I believe
I learn a lot from you by the way how did the rambutan grow ?
Great video
Hi love the video, great job.
I planted mine and they really are climbers (about 2” a day). I built a trellis about 8’ tall. Is that tall enough? Feel like I need to extend it to allow more growth. Thanks in advance for the reply. Joe
Thank you so much for your video. I am new,to your channel so I don't know what,types,of videos you have. This one was very informative. I appreciate that you described in a way that was understandable and made sense. My beans are,growing! I hope they taste,good and not too much like blk I'd P's. 😉
Welcome to the channel! There’s videos here on a wide variety for topics so I hope you find plenty that pique your interest and I always appreciate suggestions for new videos! Sound like your beans are well on their way, and they won’t taste too much like black eyed peas, just a hit 😜. Thanks for watching!
Hi there, good afternoon. You said that you plant the yard long beans at 12 inches apart. How many plants do you have growing in one hole? How many holes of beans will produce one pound? Do you know the average.
One plant per 12 inches. Not sure on weight but from 10 plants I was getting sometimes 12-24 beans per day. More than I could reasonably manage. They are extremely prolific when they are happy haha
Loving your videos!! Wondering if you have tried using any natural insecticides, I read one of the comments that spider mites decimated your beans....have you tried spraying a dish soap water solution on your plants? I have heard that this works well..Thanks for your time and sharing your knowledge with us.
Yes they definitely demolished them last year. Thank goodness it was at the end of the season. Unfortunately they were so infested that I don’t think spraying them would have even mattered much. It was better to just remove the as to where they won’t infect everything else. Spider mites and scale insects seem to be my arch enemies in the garden. If it were something like a container plant I probably would have attempted it , but this was like a 20 ft row haha. Thanks for the suggestions though and thinks for watching!
Hi there. Can you grow these in pots? How big a pot per plant (use liters not inches to describe if possible)? How many sun hours is the minimum? Spacing? Any special soil requirements? Do you fertilize them at all? Watering?
A lot of questions, sorry...but thanks in advance.
Do you can them? Water bath or pressure canner? Do I process them the same as regular green beans? I’m new to canning so I’m not sure what to do. Thanks 😊
I’m not sure actually. I will have to try that!
I really like how informative you are and you have a very great video I just subscribe I'm also wondering could I possibly plant my green beans next to Sweet Peas on my fence
You can, but they may all grow together where they wouldn’t look as tidy haha
@@TheMoreYouGrow awesome thx I appreciate it😉😁
What pests do I need to know about? I just pulled (Nov 6 2022) my Fall Kentucky Wonder and blue Lake stringless beans, they produced pretty poorly, then got infested with caterpillars!
Only trouble I’ve had is with aphids! But they aren’t too hard to get rid of
I drop two seeds in one hole and when they both sprout I remove the worst one
Great video!!
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Do you freeze your yard long beans or can them. If freeze do you blanch. Thanks
Blanch and then freeze them is the best method I know.
How well do these grow in the desert southwest? I would love to try growing these!
Probably to dry. They grow a lot down in Florida. I think they are technically tropical. But you can always try.
its delicious raw...my childhood. we call it Bora
Absolutely! A lot of mine never makes it into the house lol
Trying to grow them for the first time, and had some flowers already. One major problem is the flowers drop easily. Any suggestion? Thank you!
Well if the flowers are dripping I may be a pollination issue. It could also be magnesium, but hard to say without seeing them
Hi! I was wondering how you do with the pests? Mine's been invested by aphids and leaf crawlers 😭. The leaves also started to turn yellow and there's some dark brown spots underneath. Do you think it's normal or it actually got some kind of virus? I'm concerned bcs i think the beans are starting to slow its production.
Great video. Where do you get your good seeds?
How deep to plant seeds, soak overnight? TY
What would you estimate the yield is per plant?
Mine are light green how do I get them greener. Am I picking them too late
Some varieties are light green. Are they mushy? That means you waited too long to pick them.
Finding your details and specifics helpful and inspiring. Thanks! Wondering where to buy the seeds to plant. Can you recommend a seeds catalog or online resources? TIA!
I get them from different places. Kung seed, baker creek heirlooms, Lowe’s has them a lot and call them Asparagus beans (just another common name). So lots of options out there
Premier seeds on line have these in stock very innexpensive i just bought some
Leaf is edible. just stir-fried with garlic.
Hello! What do you use for keeping pests off your garden?
What nutrients do you use for your yard long beans
I don’t really use a lot. I inoculate the seeds with rhizobia and that symbiotic relationship fixes all the nitrogen they need if healthy. After that when they begin to flower and fruit I water with a fertilizer called Medina Hasta-Gro that is high in phosphate for the flower and fruit production
I’m not sure if you still answer questions on here but I have one. I planted like 20 of them maybe more and they are climbing perfect and look perfect but they are not dropping beans and they are huge so I’m pretty sure they’ve had enough time to grow. I can’t upload a picture here but if you answer this and want to see them just let me know how to contact you. Thank you I appreciate it.
Are they flowering at all?
Aggie huh? Well, if you're still in the area, I've been growing these beans, but in this month's brutal heat, most dried up before I got to them. Do you think if I planted another bunch, they'd have time to grow and produce this season? Thanks! Glad to see a Texas gardener.
I’m in the north Texas area for the summer and will be headed back down there for one more semester here in a few week. It was dry for just about everything! It takes the beans around 60-75 days til harvest so down there where it stays warm longer it couldn’t hurt to try
Thanks. I never pay much attention to how long it takes 'em to produce when I throw them out in spring, but they're sooo done by now! We had rain here today, which is a blessing for this time of year, so, you're right.. couldn't hurt to try. Have a good fall semester; can't say I"m looking forward to the traffic when you Ags get back to town... LOL Just kidding... sort of!
Hahaha once I get back to campus I don’t leave unless I absolutely have to. Having 50,000 teenagers on the roads at once, What could go wrong? 🙄😑
I have the red variety any difference in taste?
I have grown both and think they both taste great, but After growing both I much prefer the Orient Wonder variety, they are slower to get mealy and tend to just be crunchier and more productive in my experience
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So if you find a soft bean, you can lick it and set it aside to dry to get seeds for next year, right ?
To get seed for next year you have to let them get all the way brown and dry. Once the plant matures some pods though it stops producing. So if I get some over ripe ones I pull them off and give to the chickens so to keep the plant producing. Then at the end of the season you can let them dry for next year seed
@@TheMoreYouGrow only if i can stop eating them 😁
Where can you get the seeds for these I know I’m late but I wanna try this
I’ve gotten them from Lowe’s before (another name for these is asparagus bean). I think I got these from Jung seeds
Are yard long beans self-pollinating?
Yes!
hey, man. thanks for the informative video. i'm a fellow texan and am wondering whether it's too late to plant these guys. do you think i could get then going from seed and have some beans before the first frost (i live in east texas, so maybe November)?
Yes I would say you have enough time. They need about 85 days to maturity.
My long beans gave a HUGE harvest. We got pounds and pounds for about 6 weeks. Then they stopped. Plants are alive but just sitting there. No aphids or disease that I can discern. But no new flowers. Can I cut them back to a foot tall and start over again?
They have probably exhausted themselves for this season. You can try cutting them back but they are probably just done.
@@TheMoreYouGrow I did try various things. They're done.
What fertilizer you use to grow?
just make a frame out of sticks
Never grown them. Which variety is best? For sure need to plant them this season. I am thinking the ground needs to be very warm before planting, yes? Thank you!
My favorite variety is Orient Wonder, but there are many good ones out there. They do like warm weather, but you can get them in any time after you last frost date and probably be ok. If it wasn’t storming so much here I’d already be planting them and I’m in zone 7b/8a
If they are related to peas, can you let them mature and eat the peas/seeds as well?
Kali Kale technically yes, but I wouldn’t, they don’t produce as many mature peas as black eyed peas and other variety’s grown for the peas do. These are much better utilized as a green bean in my opinion. You get more food from them used that way
I have those but mine are not look so good
thank you for your selection of green bean. I have them, but I don't have the kind of fence you do, so how do I go about it? YOu said something about cattle ____ fence, I think. say it again. where to get them. I have to face the oposite of my wooden fence, bec the water will rott them, my husband wont let me face the fence. thanks.
veronica bui Howdy Veronica! Here where I live they are called cattle panels. I have included a link at the end of this comment that will show you a picture of what they look like. We have them at places such as feed stores where they sell livestock equipment. I get mine at a store called Tractor Supply Company. They 16 feet in length on average and make a convenient makeshift fence/trellis for vining plants. If these aren't available where you live any kind of wire type fencing will do, just make it the length you desire and support it with posts. All we're needing is anything for the beans to wrap around that will allow them to climb up. So feel free to be creative! They are not picky about what they climb up as long as they have something they are able to wrap their tendrils around. Hopefully this answers your question! If have any other questions or these aren't available I'll do my best to help you come up with another solution 😊
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thank you for replying so soon, you are up so late? I love u tube and watch it all day and all night. thanks
veronica bui Not a problem! I wake up periodically during the night every night haha! Is it late at night where you live?
How big does the plant grow?
They can grow quite tall but do not really grow wide too much
Hopefully I can find some of the bean seeds for next year. Do you snap them like regular green beans? Thanks for the info.
6996katmom here where I got them from www.territorialseed.com/product/orient-wonder-bean-seed/all_beans_seed
Yes just snap them like into the size piece you’d like
Thanks
Hi how to prune these beans .
I personally don’t prune mine at all
Did you direct seed these? Thanks so much for the video :)
I did 😁 thank you for watching!
mine has an army of ants over the flowers, some said they are beneficial but I don’t think so. Any advice?
Backyard Garden ants in the flowers aren’t usually a bad thing. Beans often have something called extrafloral nectaries. Pretty much nectar glads without a flower. They attract ants and their body guards of sorts. The only time ants are a bad thing in plants are if you find aphids under the leaves (ants herd/farm them like livestock) or if ants have made their mound in one of your potted plants, but in this case I would t worry about them unless you can see them damaging the beans themselves (usually not the case)
do they have tendrils? Will they climb I tree?
They do have tendrils. They might climb a tree but I don’t see them being able to cling well. They do better with some kind of trellis, like a fence, cattle panel, bamboo stakes, etc
@Arun Kripa ah true enough. Went out and looked and you are correct. I grow so many kinds of beans I forget these just wrap around the trellis rather than tendrils I like some of the others I have. Either way these will not climb a tree Etta May
Just curious approximately how many beans will come from bean after planted?
Sheena Olson not sure if I could even begin to count. From about 10 plants I got more beans that I could even eat and gave away a lot to family
The More You Grow ok! That helps. I’ll start out with 2-3 plants 😊thanks for the quick response.
What kind of fertilizer. do you apply for yardlong bean?
I really don’t apply any. I inoculate my yard long beans with rhyzobia inoculate, which is a nitrogen fixing bacteria that has a symbiotic relationship with legumes (beans and peas), where the rhyzobia fix nitrogen for the bean plants. They do appreciate some good compost though
Hi! Where can I get the seeds? I bought some seeds on ebay and my long bean leaves look totaly different than yours. Also after watching some other videos, I thought long beans don't do well over 90 degree temperature.
+mark hunt I got these from territorial seed. I'll leave a link. The variety is "orient wonder". I can't speak for other long beans but these took the heat like a champ! We got well over 100 regularly and they were happy plants. They are in the cowpea family (which most thrive in warm weather). I was picking what you saw in the thumbnail of this video every day until spider mites decimated my garden X( I will definitely be growing these again!
www.territorialseed.com/product/orient-wonder-bean-seed/all_beans_seed
mark hunt They really need hot weather.
In our area of Riverside, southern part of CA, where it gets extremely hot, those yardlong beans loved it. It's amazing that they get so productive when it is hot like hell.
How often do you need to water them?
Just every few days or just when the look like they meet it. The leaves will tilt down slightly when they need a drink. I go off that more than sticking to a schedule 😁
@@TheMoreYouGrow Thank you for that great tip! it’s my first time to grow them! 👍👍
Mine has a reddish colour in the stem. Can anyone advise what that it about
Hard to tell without seeing them, but it may just be the variety you have (there are quite a few). As long as the plants look healthy and they are producing well it’s not something I would be too concerned about 😊
Where do you get the seeds please
There are many different places. Park seed is one, but just google orient wonder yardlong bean seeds and there are numerous sites 😁