Thank you very much. We love sharing what we learn with others and the channel is slowly growing. We appreciate your comment and your watching. We are excited to see how well the seeds that we saved grow this year.
Baked bean lover here! Good video. I did a similar experiment in my raised bed.Went very well. You did a lot! Mine climbed the bamboo up to 7 feet tall. Great job.
Excellent. We are definitely going to grow them again this year, but with supports. We were thinking of trying to get them to grow up baler twine some how since we have so much of it wasted on the farm. Thank you so much for watching.
Every year here on Vancouver Island the rains come before my dry beans are ready. I pick the plants clean of pods and allow them to dry in the garage on cardboard. It works just fine.
So im figuring 6 pods per plant and 4 seeds per pod yields 25 per plant. Didn't do the math but you're going to need to plant a large area. I fear that soon this will be the only choice. I soak my bush beans and sprout them. As soon as a root is visible plant root side down.
I have a very old package of Camellia blackeyed peas from 2016-17. I put a few in a wet paper towel inside a bag and some sprouted so they`re my seeds this year.
@@HickorycroftFarm I have some disabilities but wanted to at least try to work even though doctors told me in 2007 to apply for disability. In 2011 I could no longer work and had nothing. A food pantry gave me a box of food with white beans in it. So I planted 1/4 of the package in my garden and used broken tree limbs as support for the vines. I cooked the whole immature green pods and got a lot more extra food from that bag of beans.
Hi Chris & Steph! Great job on the experiment 🙌🏼 that was a pretty good germination rate considering they were store brought, and how good that they thrived on neglect, gotta love that!! I loved that you used the rocks to mark where you planted, great tip 👏 great job guys, you’re an inspiration!! Blessings Anita 🌻🐝
Thank you so much Anita, we appreciate that. For the amount that we didn't look after them, they produced very well I think and we will definitely be planting them all next year again.
Just an FYI. I had a few bean pods that didn't dry out on the vine and was concerned about the weather. I just brought them in a sat them on the kitchen counter. They're nice and dry. Love this experiment! Good job 💚
Good to see how things turned out. I purchased my navy beans from sprouts which is a organic grocery store in my area. I had 100% success but planted way too little plants. Like yourself, I had no idea what to expect. I started picking mine when they turned white instead of letting them dry on the vine and they seemed to produce more. I am planting this weekend so we will have to compare notes. I’ll mention you in the next video for reference. Happy planting ✅
Sounds like you learned a lot from your trials last season as well. More plants for sure.... some sort of trellis is what I found, they really favored climbing. I am curious to try picking them at first like you mentioned to see if they produce more. Could be a fun experiment. Pick from half and leave the others and see what happens.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiment with us. I'm going to try some red beans, as well as navy next year. I've already been growing trail of tears black pole beans. I have also discovered that snake pole beans dry to a good sized pinto bean.
Excellent! We are excited to switch to the trail of tears beans this year, and our rattlesnake beans are really taking off so I think they will do well. We grow the true red cranberry bean as a kidney bean replacement and really like that one. Although I am curious to do another experiment with some dry kidney beans from the grocery store. Thank you so much for watching.
have given much thought to socking bean in rain water for three days till 1/2 - 1 inch sprout, then planting sprouted bean only keep 4-5 inches apart ,......... have fun growing ............ we the north .......S
Great experiment! It's nice to know if we needed to rely on them it works. I've grown dried beans before but they never seem to finish up in time. This is good to know. We do like navy beans.
I was pleasantly surprised with how well these did. Can't wait to expand on it next year. We grow a lot of different dried beans. I am trying to get enough varieties that do well to start canning a 5 or 6 bean medley for chili and stuff like that. So far we have 4 that work great and a few more lined up to try next season.
I buy Goya brand dried beans of every kind.They are not irradiated and they grow well..I just plant the seeds as I would any other crop..Germination is over 90%..Only draw back is I never know if they going to be bush or pole beans..so I have to adjust for that..Dry them on the vine then bag them up for later consumption..
The nice part is with beans to if you keep them separated enough you can always save from those beans you grew from the grocery store. Then once you know if it's a pole bean or bush bean, you can keep them separate and keep propagating them virtually forever. Any of the common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are pretty easy and don't need much separation distance to keep pure.
Oh I cant wait to see your recipe. I made my first baked beans a couple of years ago and loved them!! I made a maple flavour with no pork. Do you add pork with yours?
I usually make mine with Bacon... everything is better with bacon, but since making the decision not to raise pork I am going to do my recipe that doesn't call for it. It calls for molasses, but I am going to do this recipe with a twist and try using the sorghum syrup we just made (spoiler alert for Friday's premiere lol)
It is a great question! Technically they are supposed to be a bush type bean but we did find they did put out tendrils that wrapped around weeds etc. and they grew to about 2.5-3 feet high. We didn't have a trellis for them but in the future would probably put them on a shorter trellis as I would say they are a bush bean with some pole bean tendencies. Was interesting to see though and since we have noticed the same thing in a couple other varieties of beans and peas.
well yes and no. We actually made a decision to grow only pole beans (common bean species at least) just because of space so as well as this did work we actually changed bean varieties. Think we have a video on that and why.
That’s pretty cool. I tried growing some store bought dry chick peas this year. I’ve sprouted the chick peas so I knew they would germinate, yet I didn’t have a single plant grow! Did you soak your beans first?
We also tried chick peas also this year, not store bought though, they were from a seed company. Plants grew, but no chick peas . Might give it another go next year, but we wonder if our season isn't quite long enough. We are in zone 5b in Ontario.
This video should have a million views and likes!
Thank you very much. We love sharing what we learn with others and the channel is slowly growing. We appreciate your comment and your watching. We are excited to see how well the seeds that we saved grow this year.
Nice to watching
Thank you so much 😃
Baked bean lover here! Good video. I did a similar experiment in my raised bed.Went very well. You did a lot! Mine climbed the bamboo up to 7 feet tall. Great job.
Excellent. We are definitely going to grow them again this year, but with supports. We were thinking of trying to get them to grow up baler twine some how since we have so much of it wasted on the farm. Thank you so much for watching.
Cranberry and mayocoba beans going good in July. Black eyed peas doing ok.
2023 i finally learned how to grow navy beans after much trial and error, i was so happy when i got it right.
I'm starting mine in those tiny peatmoss pots and letting them get a month head start. I'll put them in the ground right before memorial day.
Love the experiment. I didn't ever think to try growing from grocery store beans.
We were pleasantly surprised with the results and it was so much cheaper (a huge number of seeds for very little investment)
Every year here on Vancouver Island the rains come before my dry beans are ready. I pick the plants clean of pods and allow them to dry in the garage on cardboard. It works just fine.
Excellent! We are terrible for not getting to things in time lol. Hence the desire to change most of our beans that we grow to pole beans.
So im figuring 6 pods per plant and 4 seeds per pod yields 25 per plant. Didn't do the math but you're going to need to plant a large area. I fear that soon this will be the only choice. I soak my bush beans and sprout them. As soon as a root is visible plant root side down.
So happy it worked out.. Nice job! 🌱
Thanks so much. I am excited to try this again next year with some improvements.
Great experiment!
Thank you. We had fun with this one a d are excited to try again next year.
great video and experiment
Can't wait to grow a huge patch next year.
Great info! Thank you
Thank you so much for watching.
I have a very old package of Camellia blackeyed peas from 2016-17. I put a few in a wet paper towel inside a bag and some sprouted so they`re my seeds this year.
That is awesome! It is always good to test them like you did, but seeds can be very resilient. Happy planting.
@@HickorycroftFarm I have some disabilities but wanted to at least try to work even though doctors told me in 2007 to apply for disability. In 2011 I could no longer work and had nothing. A food pantry gave me a box of food with white beans in it. So I planted 1/4 of the package in my garden and used broken tree limbs as support for the vines. I cooked the whole immature green pods and got a lot more extra food from that bag of beans.
Hi Chris & Steph!
Great job on the experiment 🙌🏼 that was a pretty good germination rate considering they were store brought, and how good that they thrived on neglect, gotta love that!! I loved that you used the rocks to mark where you planted, great tip 👏 great job guys, you’re an inspiration!! Blessings Anita 🌻🐝
Thank you so much Anita, we appreciate that. For the amount that we didn't look after them, they produced very well I think and we will definitely be planting them all next year again.
Just an FYI. I had a few bean pods that didn't dry out on the vine and was concerned about the weather. I just brought them in a sat them on the kitchen counter. They're nice and dry. Love this experiment! Good job 💚
Glad you got your beans before the weather turned. We are excited to try this one again next year.
Hello from space coast Florida 👍 first time here. Thanks so much for sharing this. Very encouraging ☺️ God bless guys
Thanks for joining us! It was an interesting experiment that turned out pretty productive in the end!
Thank you for taking the time to do this experiment and record it.
It was such a great thing to try and to know the results. We are going to try the same experiment next year with mung beans.
hahah Why the heck not!!! glad it worked out!!! I have seen the big bags at the store and wonder why I buy them from seed companies ahah
I hope you will share making Boston beans with these or store bought. I need a good recipe!
Exactly. Such an inexpensive way to do it. I only planted a handful out of the bag as I we were not sure what to expect.
Good to see how things turned out. I purchased my navy beans from sprouts which is a organic grocery store in my area. I had 100% success but planted way too little plants. Like yourself, I had no idea what to expect. I started picking mine when they turned white instead of letting them dry on the vine and they seemed to produce more. I am planting this weekend so we will have to compare notes. I’ll mention you in the next video for reference.
Happy planting ✅
Sounds like you learned a lot from your trials last season as well. More plants for sure.... some sort of trellis is what I found, they really favored climbing. I am curious to try picking them at first like you mentioned to see if they produce more. Could be a fun experiment. Pick from half and leave the others and see what happens.
Thank you for sharing this info! I really appreciate the time you spent preparing this video showcasing the planting, growth, harvest, and outcome.
Thank you so much for watching! I am curious whether they do better this year using our own saved seeds ( beans)
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiment with us. I'm going to try some red beans, as well as navy next year. I've already been growing trail of tears black pole beans. I have also discovered that snake pole beans dry to a good sized pinto bean.
Excellent! We are excited to switch to the trail of tears beans this year, and our rattlesnake beans are really taking off so I think they will do well. We grow the true red cranberry bean as a kidney bean replacement and really like that one. Although I am curious to do another experiment with some dry kidney beans from the grocery store. Thank you so much for watching.
have given much thought to socking bean in rain water for three days till 1/2 - 1 inch sprout, then planting sprouted bean only keep 4-5 inches apart ,......... have fun growing ............ we the north .......S
That could certainly be worth trying. Now I am curious. Thanks so much for watching
@@HickorycroftFarm this method only allows healthy starters, no duds ........S
Great experiment! It's nice to know if we needed to rely on them it works. I've grown dried beans before but they never seem to finish up in time. This is good to know. We do like navy beans.
I was pleasantly surprised with how well these did. Can't wait to expand on it next year. We grow a lot of different dried beans. I am trying to get enough varieties that do well to start canning a 5 or 6 bean medley for chili and stuff like that. So far we have 4 that work great and a few more lined up to try next season.
@@HickorycroftFarm nice!! That's great! Which ones other ones do you find successful?
I buy Goya brand dried beans of every kind.They are not irradiated and they grow well..I just plant the seeds as I would any other crop..Germination is over 90%..Only draw back is I never know if they going to be bush or pole beans..so I have to adjust for that..Dry them on the vine then bag them up for later consumption..
The nice part is with beans to if you keep them separated enough you can always save from those beans you grew from the grocery store. Then once you know if it's a pole bean or bush bean, you can keep them separate and keep propagating them virtually forever. Any of the common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are pretty easy and don't need much separation distance to keep pure.
Did you use organic beans or any please ?
Oh I cant wait to see your recipe. I made my first baked beans a couple of years ago and loved them!! I made a maple flavour with no pork. Do you add pork with yours?
I usually make mine with Bacon... everything is better with bacon, but since making the decision not to raise pork I am going to do my recipe that doesn't call for it. It calls for molasses, but I am going to do this recipe with a twist and try using the sorghum syrup we just made (spoiler alert for Friday's premiere lol)
Any ideas about whether these navy beans are pole or bush plants ? Thanks in advance
It is a great question! Technically they are supposed to be a bush type bean but we did find they did put out tendrils that wrapped around weeds etc. and they grew to about 2.5-3 feet high. We didn't have a trellis for them but in the future would probably put them on a shorter trellis as I would say they are a bush bean with some pole bean tendencies. Was interesting to see though and since we have noticed the same thing in a couple other varieties of beans and peas.
Any update on how year 2 went?
well yes and no. We actually made a decision to grow only pole beans (common bean species at least) just because of space so as well as this did work we actually changed bean varieties. Think we have a video on that and why.
That’s pretty cool. I tried growing some store bought dry chick peas this year. I’ve sprouted the chick peas so I knew they would germinate, yet I didn’t have a single plant grow!
Did you soak your beans first?
We also tried chick peas also this year, not store bought though, they were from a seed company. Plants grew, but no chick peas . Might give it another go next year, but we wonder if our season isn't quite long enough. We are in zone 5b in Ontario.