# Legumes **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/c/projects/legumes/37.md [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [About the Legumes Category](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/about-the-legumes-category/219)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/about-the-legumes-category/219 "2022-12-16T02:14:04Z")
Tell us about your legume projects! --- ## [Wild Pea of Umbria](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/wild-pea-of-umbria/537)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/wild-pea-of-umbria/537 "2026-05-10T16:17:34Z")
There are a few seed companies that sell them if you do a general google search with Wild Pea of Umbria. I can send you some if you want, however, I would not be able to send you the black ones because I selected them ou… --- ## [My 2025 Peanut Grow-outs](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-2025-peanut-grow-outs/3952)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-2025-peanut-grow-outs/3952 "2026-04-17T13:40:36Z")
Last year, I was lucky enough to get a few accessions from GRIN to trial. Most were landraces, and one was breeding material created by an interspecific cross. I found 1 accession that did very well for me and one or tw… --- ## [2026 Peanuts](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-peanuts/4707)
**Author:** [@Joseph\_Lofthouse](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Joseph_Lofthouse)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-peanuts/4707 "2026-04-17T05:20:15Z")
I got seed from the Going To Seed seed swap. Thanks Lowell and Judith and whoever else shared… I don’t know anything about peanuts. Can they tolerate a bit of frost? Do they tolerate transplanting? How close should I … --- ## [Cajanus scarabaeoides](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cajanus-scarabaeoides/3058)
**Author:** [@JinTX](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JinTX)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 3:10am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/cajanus-scarabaeoides/3058 "2026-01-21T03:10:35Z")
Cajanus scarabaeoides is a wild relative of Pigeon Pea (Cajanus cajan). It is the closest related species and they can be easily crossed. According to available studies Cajanus scarabaeoides is more drought tolerant. It… --- ## [Fava Bean Projects](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-bean-projects/202)
**Author:** [@mtttthwww\_vdp](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/mtttthwww_vdp)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fava-bean-projects/202 "2026-01-21T00:44:21Z")
2022-02-09T08:00:00Z (UTC) Subarctic Vicia Faba Landrace (61.5°N / Dfc / Zone 5 / Finland) I’ll update this post with photos of the broad bean landrace that I will be managing. I was eagerly awaiting for the snow to me… --- ## [Pole bean trialing and potential crossing for milpa/3sisters growing](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pole-bean-trialing-and-potential-crossing-for-milpa-3sisters-growing/3277)
**Author:** [@MichaelFomhar](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MichaelFomhar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/pole-bean-trialing-and-potential-crossing-for-milpa-3sisters-growing/3277 "2024-12-20T05:46:48Z")
I have several bean accessions from the USDA GRIN Germplasm Bank, consisting of rare and otherwise commercially unavailable cultivars and landraces, to grow next season. I plan to trial these varieties under my condition… --- ## [Blue beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/blue-beans/1528)
**Author:** [@paul](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/paul)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/blue-beans/1528 "2024-10-03T19:35:40Z")
This year I planted ‘Sacre Bleu’ beans, which are highly selected for uniform blue kidney-shaped beans, and ‘Nonna Agnes Blue’, which are less uniform, both in color and shape. I have them vining together, and I hand po… --- ## [What ails my cowpeas?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-ails-my-cowpeas/2641)
**Author:** [@Logan\_zzz333](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Logan_zzz333)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/what-ails-my-cowpeas/2641 "2024-07-18T20:22:27Z")
I’m relatively new at everything gardening, so I really don’t have any idea what could be wrong. Meaning I’m not sure what to list out as possible factors. I’m not even certain something is wrong, the seeds just look sic… --- ## [Exserted stigmas on roveja population](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/exserted-stigmas-on-roveja-population/864)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/exserted-stigmas-on-roveja-population/864 "2024-07-05T01:30:52Z")
I have a lot of plants this year producing exserted stigmas on their flowers, which is not something I saw at all last year. The same plants will also produce normal flowers. It is only within the roveja population.… --- ## [Lentils](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lentils/1023)
**Author:** [@isabelle](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/isabelle)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lentils/1023 "2024-07-01T19:33:33Z")
Last year, I tried my first lentils crop. Only 2 sqmeters, one variety (did not yet know about landracing). I found them easy to grow, to harvest, and to store. Lentills seem to be immune to slug aren’t they ? So this … --- ## [Excited for the Vigna Mix?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/excited-for-the-vigna-mix/1718)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/excited-for-the-vigna-mix/1718 "2024-06-19T04:30:11Z")
The Vigna Mix this coming year will hold about 30 or so different phenotypes of several species of the genus Vigna, plus some pigeon peas :). Most of them are cowpeas, which make up the bulk of this exciting mix. I tried… --- ## [BBF Runner Bean Landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/bbf-runner-bean-landrace/223)
**Author:** [@RayS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/RayS)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/bbf-runner-bean-landrace/223 "2024-03-02T05:04:26Z")
Note: this first long post in this thread was brought over from the old forum which is why it is an agglomeration of multiple posts. We grow runners for the dry seed but our summers are often too hot with temps above 28… --- ## [Bush bean project](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/bush-bean-project/1498)
**Author:** [@isabelle](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/isabelle)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/bush-bean-project/1498 "2024-03-02T00:58:15Z")
My bush beans went better than the runners, so I got a nice harvest about a kilogram, with good diversity, similar to what I planted (unfortunately I did not take pictures before planting ). It is the first year of prom… --- ## [Crossing P. abyssinicum with pea of umbria](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/crossing-p-abyssinicum-with-pea-of-umbria/2149)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/crossing-p-abyssinicum-with-pea-of-umbria/2149 "2024-02-28T05:41:29Z")
A few crosses of P. abyssinicum with wild pea of umbria and possibly some garden peas are showing success. This is a very interesting pea. It is small, only about 2 ft tall with serrated leaves and single pretty pink flo… --- ## [Fall-planted lentils](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fall-planted-lentils/1974)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fall-planted-lentils/1974 "2024-02-01T06:52:12Z")
Inspired by this post and other forum chatter about the cold hardiness of lentils, I broadcast a bunch into newly mown grass in the fall. We hit at least -1 F recently and maybe as low as -4 F (-20 C) and many of them ar… --- ## [Lupine Seeds](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lupine-seeds/874)
**Author:** [@Anphlo](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Anphlo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lupine-seeds/874 "2024-01-30T01:14:14Z")
Here is the photo of some of my lupine that look very similar. --- ## [Interest in growing year-long bean, Phaseolus dumosus](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interest-in-growing-year-long-bean-phaseolus-dumosus/1121)
**Author:** [@Lowell\_McCampbell](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lowell_McCampbell)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/interest-in-growing-year-long-bean-phaseolus-dumosus/1121 "2023-11-08T22:49:21Z")
Is anyone interested in growing out some Phaseolus dumosus accessions from the USDA? They are said to originate in the highlands of Guatemala as a hybrid between P. vulgaris and P. coccineus with other possibly hybridiza… --- ## [Arachis](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/arachis/855)
**Author:** [@isabelle](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/isabelle)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/arachis/855 "2023-11-07T19:49:45Z")
As mentionned in the cowpeas thread, we had last summer in britanny a mediterranean-like climate. So I wonder if arachis would grow., even with small productivity. Has any of you aver cultivated arachis ? I would love… --- ## [Can you eat lentil leaves and pods?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/can-you-eat-lentil-leaves-and-pods/1508)
**Author:** [@UnicornEmily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/UnicornEmily)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/can-you-eat-lentil-leaves-and-pods/1508 "2023-10-07T15:43:05Z")
So, I’m planning to plant lentils as a winter crop this year, alongside peas and fava beans and brassicas. I may try to plant chickpeas, too. I know the entire pea plant can be eaten – seeds, pods, stems, leaves. And … --- ## [Soybean landrace](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/soybean-landrace/716)
**Author:** [@Justin](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Justin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/soybean-landrace/716 "2023-02-28T23:40:00Z")
My goal is to make tasty soybeans for growing in the UK using lazy organic methods, partly to make good soybeans easier for folk to grow here to support a more plant-based diet, and also specifically for local production…