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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 30, 2022 14:05:26 GMT -6
I am trying a new variety of Vigna Unguiculata this year. I’ve not grown yardlong beans for snaps before, but I’ve read that Red Noodle Beans make excellent dilly beans. That is a favorite for my children, and our heat and drought this summer have meant that we have not had enough cucumbers to make one single jar of pickles. A jar of cold dilly beans would be a treat. We also tend to eat friend rice dishes fairly regularly, and I thought these would go well in that sort of meal. I received seeds from Sand Hill Preservation on Thursday afternoon. I soaked them only briefly before planting them out in two short rows around an arched cattle panel trellis. I’ve been watering evening and morning since then, and am hopeful that they will start sprouting soon. These are the seeds I did not plant. I like to keep a backup of a new variety just in case it doesn’t work the first time.
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Post by hmoosek on Jul 30, 2022 14:39:25 GMT -6
I’ve not grown the red noodle before. I grow Sierra Madre and then I have one that a friend of mine sent to me. I believe It’s called Mrs Step, but I just call it South Texas Bean as that’s where the family lives.
They both do well here…I don’t grow them regularly for snaps because…Well I guess what I’m trying to say is I much prefer Appalachian Beans as snaps, but there’s nothing wrong with them exactly. They are more suited for stir fry’s than say a big bowl of beans, potatoes and cornbread. That’s just my own personal opinion. I grow them enough to keep my seeds viable and I’ve thought about making leather britches, I just haven’t done it.
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Post by triffid on Jul 30, 2022 15:25:37 GMT -6
Good luck, I bet they look so pretty in a jar! Do you prefer to use the dill leaves or flowers in your pickles?
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Post by rdback on Jul 31, 2022 10:48:00 GMT -6
chrysanthemum, you might remember HMK mentioning Chris ( zeedman). I got some "Chinese Red Noodle" seeds from him and grew them in 2011. My guess is they're the same as what you're growing. I thought you might like his description:
Plants are very reluctant climbers, and will need a considerable amount of training, compared to other pole beans. But once they get started, they will fill the trellis. I plant mine 12-15" apart. Unlike purple snap beans, the purple pods of "Chinese Red Noodle" do not turn green when cooked. They might turn a little grayish, but a dash of vinegar added after cooking will restore their color. They are really eye-catching as a side dish.
I really enjoyed them in stir-fries. Hopefully y'all will as well.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 31, 2022 11:46:28 GMT -6
chrysanthemum , you might remember HMK mentioning Chris ( zeedman ). I got some "Chinese Red Noodle" seeds from him and grew them in 2011. My guess is they're the same as what you're growing. I thought you might like his description:
Plants are very reluctant climbers, and will need a considerable amount of training, compared to other pole beans. But once they get started, they will fill the trellis. I plant mine 12-15" apart. Unlike purple snap beans, the purple pods of "Chinese Red Noodle" do not turn green when cooked. They might turn a little grayish, but a dash of vinegar added after cooking will restore their color. They are really eye-catching as a side dish.
I really enjoyed them in stir-fries. Hopefully y'all will as well.
Thanks, @rdback. I appreciate your chiming in since I know you have lots of experience with beans. I think it was actually a post of zeedman’s over on Tomatoville where I read occasionally but don’t post that gave me the dilly bean idea. I started some dill inside (it’s too hot outside right now) in hopes of having some ready by the time the beans come in.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Jul 31, 2022 11:49:35 GMT -6
Good luck, I bet they look so pretty in a jar! Do you prefer to use the dill leaves or flowers in your pickles? My recipes for pickles call for flowering heads, so I use them if I have them available, but I also use plenty of the leaves. I really love the flavor of dill weed, especially as a little add in to garden salad. Dill won’t grow in my area in the summer. It’s a spring and fall crop so all my dill has already gone to seed. I let it self seed, but I haven’t been very successful with it as a self-sown crop (in part because I keep my gardens heavily mulched). I’ve just started six clumps inside in the hopes of getting some this fall to go along with red noodle beans. We’ll see if I get either.
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Post by june on Jul 31, 2022 12:26:59 GMT -6
Do the Chinese Red Long bean keep their color when cooked? Sounds so pretty. These are my plain green yard longs that I left to go to seed. Hanging from cattle panel hoop house.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 1, 2022 10:55:48 GMT -6
Do the Chinese Red Long bean keep their color when cooked? Sounds so pretty. These are my plain green yard longs that I left to go to seed. Hanging from cattle panel hoop house.
Reports are that they do keep their color. I’ll report back if I get to harvest any. I have mine planted along side two cattle panel arches. I have hopes to grow a planting like yours. When I went out to water after sundown last night, I saw my first sprouts on the Yardlongs. More than half of them were up this morning when I went out to water again.
(Those are my amaranth leaves in the front of the bed.)
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 11, 2022 18:22:13 GMT -6
Here’s a picture of the Red Noodle Yardlong Beans as of yesterday evening. They’re getting tall enough that I can put them near the trellis for practice with where they’re supposed to go in the end. To the left in the picture there is a volunteer sweet potato. It’s doing quite well so there may be competition for space on the trellis. I’ll trim the sweet potato vine if I need to. To the right of the picture is part of the bed where my beans didn’t come up. I had 14 out of 18 come up, but the ones that didn’t sprout were all in the same area. I wonder if it’s coincidence or something about that spot.
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Post by chrysanthemum on Aug 20, 2022 15:15:43 GMT -6
The red noodle beans are getting taller, and some are learning to climb all by themselves now. (I’m sorry that it’s not the best picture. It was too bright and sunny for me to be able to see well, but I wanted to grab a shot while I had the camera out.)
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Post by chrysanthemum on Sept 1, 2022 20:11:37 GMT -6
I think I’m getting closer to blooms on my Red Noodle Beans. The ones on the western side of the arched trellis are all taller than I am. The ones on the eastern side get shaded more by tomatoes and eggplants in front of them and by the plants on the western side, too, so they are shorter but still look healthy. Part of the growth in this picture (the western side) is volunteer sweet potato. So far I’ve been able to keep it contained, and the beans are all sticking to their one wire so far. They’re very tall and thin right now. Here’s my attempt at the bud, but I had a really hard time getting a close-up to be in focus. This was the best I could do. I’m really interested to see what color it will be when it opens.
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Post by hmoosek on Sept 1, 2022 20:15:17 GMT -6
That’s good news! chrysanthemum It looks like you put them in a good spot too!
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Post by woodeye on Sept 2, 2022 6:59:25 GMT -6
chrysanthemum, A lot of growth from your Red Noodle Beans between the August 11 photo above, and the photo from yesterday. They really shot up there fast and are looking great...
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Post by chrysanthemum on Sept 2, 2022 9:30:57 GMT -6
That is a nice thing about posting photos on the forum, woodeye . It’s kind of a visual record. Seeing the day-to-day changes makes it hard to remember without going back and comparing photos like that. I was excited to go out this morning to see what yesterday’s bud had done. It was just opening when I was first out, but it didn’t take long for it really to bloom. I even got a good photo without too much trouble. The blooms remind me very much of the blooms on my Whippoorwill cowpeas, yellow on the outside, lilac on the inside. I love that, so I’m delighted that these have those same colors. This really just made my morning, so I’m stealing a little moment while my six year old is working on his handwriting to share my excitement here.
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Post by woodeye on Sept 2, 2022 10:46:39 GMT -6
That is a beautiful bloom chrysanthemum , it's very nice to see a pretty photo like that. Cool...
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