# \#beans **URL:** https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tag/beans/60.md [Latest](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Vegetable Meadow 2027](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vegetable-meadow-2027/5076)
**Author:** [@andyjwall](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/andyjwall)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/vegetable-meadow-2027/5076 "2026-10-14T11:26:20Z")
My I’ve just started planning for a section of allotment (South Wales). I’m calling it my vegetable meadow but it’s actually a herbaceous landrace polyculture of perennial and promiscuous vegetables. I’ll be specifically… --- ## [Landraces Garden in Switzerland 2026](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/landraces-garden-in-switzerland-2026/4688)
**Author:** [@Laura](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Laura)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 8:51am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/landraces-garden-in-switzerland-2026/4688 "2026-10-05T08:51:08Z")
I plan to document my whole garden in here and just crosspost the relevant info to the Focus crops threads. This year I have the following main landrace projects, the project that are also a focus crop are bolded: Con… --- ## [Tri-Species Bean Landrace Phaseolus?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tri-species-bean-landrace-phaseolus/4198)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tri-species-bean-landrace-phaseolus/4198 "2026-09-23T00:31:28Z")
Has anyone tried crossing Common Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) x Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) x Tepary Beans (Phaseolus acutifolius)? How epic would a tri-species landrace be? I’m thinking the high heat & drought tol… --- ## [2026 GTS Crop Species Grow Reports : Tepary Bean Mix (Phaseolus acutifolius)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-crop-species-grow-reports-tepary-bean-mix-phaseolus-acutifolius/4571)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2026-gts-crop-species-grow-reports-tepary-bean-mix-phaseolus-acutifolius/4571 "2026-09-18T15:03:32Z")
Hello everybody! I’m the seed steward for the 2026 Tepary Bean Crop Species Mix. This years mix includes varieties such as Blue Speckled, Black Tepary, White Tepary, Sacaton, Local Pueblo varieties, many of which were o… --- ## [Looking for tepary beans, offering dwarf bean grex](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/looking-for-tepary-beans-offering-dwarf-bean-grex/4969)
**Author:** [@WojciechG](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/WojciechG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 7:38am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/looking-for-tepary-beans-offering-dwarf-bean-grex/4969 "2026-08-18T07:38:58Z")
I would like to try growing tepary beans in my poor, dry soil due to temperatures getting higher every year. Wondering if they can be grown in my place. I have a nice grex of dwarf beans for a seed swap. If anyone from … --- ## [Lima Bean Landrace Project (Phaseolus lunatus)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lima-bean-landrace-project-phaseolus-lunatus/4217)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/lima-bean-landrace-project-phaseolus-lunatus/4217 "2026-07-01T06:13:00Z")
Anyone want to start a GoingToSeed Lima Bean Landrace? It’s hard to find lots of diversity for Lima Beans (Phaseolus lunatus) but maybe if we all pool our resources together, we might just create a similar diversity mix … --- ## [GTS Vigna seed mix for 2026? Not just cowpeas again?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gts-vigna-seed-mix-for-2026-not-just-cowpeas-again/4265)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gts-vigna-seed-mix-for-2026-not-just-cowpeas-again/4265 "2026-05-31T00:46:15Z")
Anyone growing Vigna spp. Beans or Cowpeas? I was hoping to get a seed mix started with Vigna beans. GTS did offer a “Not just cowpeas” seed mix in 2024, we skipped 2025 but I wonder if there’s enough interest to have … --- ## [Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) x Fava Beans (Vicia faba)?](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/common-vetch-vicia-sativa-x-fava-beans-vicia-faba/4724)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/common-vetch-vicia-sativa-x-fava-beans-vicia-faba/4724 "2026-04-18T18:53:48Z")
Has anyone tried crossing Vicia sativa x Vicia faba? I’m also wondering if we can Domesticate Vicia sativa for improved edibility as well. For Vicia sativa, the Leaves & tendrils are edible raw or cooked, the young ten… --- ## [My 1st Grex - Broad Beans, South Wales](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-1st-grex-broad-beans-south-wales/4603)
**Author:** [@andyjwall](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/andyjwall)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-1st-grex-broad-beans-south-wales/4603 "2026-03-15T08:54:49Z")
I’m planning on sowing a mix of these Aquadulce Claudia, Bunyards Exhibition, Witkiem, Karmazyn, Sutton Dwarf and Luz De Otono in a 1m by 2m bed, quite heavy clay. Probably 40-50 seeds direct sown. Hopefully within the w… --- ## [How to safely cook dried Lablab/Hyacinth Beans (Lablab purpureus)](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/how-to-safely-cook-dried-lablab-hyacinth-beans-lablab-purpureus/4260)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/how-to-safely-cook-dried-lablab-hyacinth-beans-lablab-purpureus/4260 "2026-02-01T23:39:27Z")
How do we safely boil & eat dried Lablab beans (Lablab purpureus)? I’ve read they require 2 changes of water & a long boiling time to destroy the toxic cyanogenic glucosides (How long?). How exactly do we effectively do… --- ## [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… --- ## [Heat Tolerant Scarlet Runner Beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/heat-tolerant-scarlet-runner-beans/915)
**Author:** [@homesteadculture](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/homesteadculture)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/heat-tolerant-scarlet-runner-beans/915 "2025-12-07T18:03:09Z")
I am in love with scarlet runner beans but it is hard to get a large harvest. The vines grow and flower like crazy in our zone 7 weather with long hot arid summers. But beans don’t start setting until very late in the se… --- ## [Making beans cross more easily](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/making-beans-cross-more-easily/4344)
**Author:** [@Lauren](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Lauren)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/making-beans-cross-more-easily/4344 "2025-12-04T10:32:00Z")
Is anyone working on convincing beans not to self pollinate so easily? For our purposes that would be a good thing, but for those trying to preserve an heirloom variety, not so much. I have an idea for a process, but I’… --- ## [Multiple Purpose Purple polebeans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/multiple-purpose-purple-polebeans/1257)
**Author:** [@Laura](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Laura)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/multiple-purpose-purple-polebeans/1257 "2025-11-21T05:44:20Z")
So, I have a polebean variety called Dasinger Blaue that I like very much. As the name implies, it is a purple variety. I love the dark veins on the leaves, the purple flowers and the fact that I actually find the beans … --- ## [It's possible to ID perennial vs annual beans at seedling stage!](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/its-possible-to-id-perennial-vs-annual-beans-at-seedling-stage/4251)
**Author:** [@VeggieSavage](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/VeggieSavage)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/its-possible-to-id-perennial-vs-annual-beans-at-seedling-stage/4251 "2025-09-23T19:50:36Z")
Seed Cotyledons germinating above ground vs below ground actually tell you if the bean plant makes tuberous/perennial roots or not. It applies to Phaseolus spp., Strophostyles spp. & even in the same species Lablab purpu… --- ## [Fruity Pebbles rainbow bush dry beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fruity-pebbles-rainbow-bush-dry-beans/3555)
**Author:** [@suffling](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/suffling)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/fruity-pebbles-rainbow-bush-dry-beans/3555 "2025-04-29T23:51:09Z")
Just wanted to share this population we’re working on that’s mostly for fun and joy. We pulled individuals out of our max diversity bush mix that had pretty shades, tending toward solid colors. We tracked down a few more… --- ## [Going to Seed is looking for growers!](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/going-to-seed-is-looking-for-growers/3702)
**Author:** [@DebbieA](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/DebbieA)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/going-to-seed-is-looking-for-growers/3702 "2025-03-27T16:55:49Z")
Going to Seed has a few small stipends for growers to produce grexes for us. If you have experience growing watermelons, muskmelons, or moschata squash, and have space in your farm or garden to grow a large patch this se… --- ## [My Fava beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-fava-beans/3593)
**Author:** [@James\_duxbury](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/James_duxbury)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/my-fava-beans/3593 "2025-03-03T23:17:25Z")
Ok folks here is where I am with my further Fava bean adventures. Yesterday I planted about 80 or so of our Windsor bean seeds (2023) in a row of un manicured richness. All I did was scrape the mulch from last years cov… --- ## [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… --- ## [I found a Haitian strain of Phaseolus dumosus](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/i-found-a-haitian-strain-of-phaseolus-dumosus/3044)
**Author:** [@rose\_in\_haiti](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/rose_in_haiti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/i-found-a-haitian-strain-of-phaseolus-dumosus/3044 "2024-10-18T11:09:39Z")
Hey all, I’m a hobby wannabe botanist. I like to document all the species I can find and add them as observations to the inaturalist. I recently discovered Phaseolus dumosus growing here on a remote mountain of Haiti. I… --- ## [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… --- ## [2024 Beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2024-beans/2904)
**Author:** [@MaartenFoubert](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MaartenFoubert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/2024-beans/2904 "2024-09-09T21:49:06Z")
Me: Some variety, please My racist soil: lol, no Planted bean variety: Harvested beans: --- ## [Spring 2024 Beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682)
**Author:** [@JinTX](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/JinTX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/spring-2024-beans/2682 "2024-07-06T18:11:54Z")
This is my entire harvest of beans from this spring. It was a mix of generations from previous seasons but also had some new varieties added. All bush beans. It is a good number of beans but pretty sad relative to th… --- ## [Tasty Hyacinth / lablab beans / Lablab purpureus](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tasty-hyacinth-lablab-beans-lablab-purpureus/2598)
**Author:** [@Tanjaeskildsen](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/Tanjaeskildsen)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/tasty-hyacinth-lablab-beans-lablab-purpureus/2598 "2024-06-27T13:50:41Z")
I discovered lablab beans happily self seeds in my garden and even over winters when we don’t have frost, so now I’m determined to find some tastier varieties of these, preferably with larger and more tender pods. Th… --- ## [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… --- ## [Creating and Discovering crosses in common beans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/creating-and-discovering-crosses-in-common-beans/1060)
**Author:** [@MarkReed](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/MarkReed)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/creating-and-discovering-crosses-in-common-beans/1060 "2024-05-23T11:36:53Z")
deleted --- ## [Gardeners Guide to Fava Bean Projects-- Booklet by Ianto Evans](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardeners-guide-to-fava-bean-projects-booklet-by-ianto-evans/2248)
**Author:** [@julia.dakin](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/julia.dakin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/gardeners-guide-to-fava-bean-projects-booklet-by-ianto-evans/2248 "2024-03-20T23:56:27Z")
Beautiful, folksy, hand drawn, almost lost/out of print booklet about Fava Beans. Shared by Nick Routledge. Look at those lovely recipes. Report back on what you cook! --- ## [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… --- ## [Runner Beans -- Grow reports](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/runner-beans-grow-reports/1505)
**Author:** [@H.B](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/H.B)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/runner-beans-grow-reports/1505 "2024-01-17T21:42:24Z")
This is a follow-up post to this one in the runner grow notes thread. I just didn’t want to overload it! If you grew runners from the GTS mix this season please consider sharing there :slightly\_smiling\_face: Basically … --- ## [Looking for MUCUNA PRURIENS VAR UTILIS](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/looking-for-mucuna-pruriens-var-utilis/1445)
**Author:** [@nodinesplants](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/u/nodinesplants)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/t/looking-for-mucuna-pruriens-var-utilis/1445 "2023-09-05T11:59:36Z")
I saw from David the good that this type of velvet bean is used as a cover crop in hot humid climates and I’d like to try it here in South Carolina. It’s very similar to kudzu which does extremely well here to say the le… [Next page](https://goingtoseed.discourse.group/tag/beans/60.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=beans)