I want to grow delicious tender green beans. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Something flavorful and tender. Thanks.
Also, are wax beans as nutritous as green beans?
2007-02-15 08:59:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Well it depends on what you are looking for, there are two schools on green beans, those that eat haricot verts, and then there are southerners. In the south were they are cooked till they loose all of their crunch or texture I prefer the flat roma beans, they don't have strings, they are very prolific, have a great flavor, and hold up well to excessive cooking or canning. I prefer the contender or blue lake to pick young and saute lightly, leaving slightly crunchy, though if you let them get larger they can also hold up to canning, though they seem to lose more of their flavor.
To solve the problem, plant both. Unless you are saving them for seed, they won't cross
2007-02-16 01:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
TopCrop, Tendercrop, and Contender are all very common and should be easy to find. I've tried them all and have good luck with them. There' just no way a store-bought bean can compare with a just-picked young bean.
As far as taste, they are pretty much the same. If you want to try something "meatier" go for a Kentucky Blue or Romano (italian style) pole bean.
2007-02-15 10:29:05 · answer #2 · answered by Jallaway 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
green bush snap beans are a great green bean i plant some every summer becouse they are a good tasting bean the good thing is you dont have to stick them and they just keep coming back i guess i mean they are hardy this means you can cann 4 times more beans oh i guess the mane thing is they do grow like a small bush easy to take care of take it from a old garden-er hope i have helped you
2016-05-24 04:31:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you buy a couple of kinds, plant them and judge for yourself? You can use the leftover seeds next year, and the kind you didn't like, pass on to a friend. By the way, Kentucky Wonder is a huge favorite of mine, but it is a pole bean that gets out of control if you don't like green beans that well. They are a prolific producer long after the bushes are gone.
2007-02-15 22:27:59 · answer #4 · answered by saaanen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue Lake and Kentucky Wonder are two of the best. They are the only ones my family has ever grown. They do well. As for wax beans, they are almost the same as a green bean. The only difference I ever noticed was the color.
2007-02-15 12:40:32 · answer #5 · answered by mamapig_57 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like the royal burgandy bush bean. it's a dark purple on the bush but turns a rich green when cooked or blanched in hot water. this is a compact plant with beans that bunch under the leaves to offer some protection from the sun. the plants are open enough that the beans are easy to see and pick. they are delicious very yound and small but are as good when bigger as well, and are nearly stringless and tender unless allowed to overgrow.
2007-02-15 10:30:46 · answer #6 · answered by northcountry57 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue Lake is a good bush bean. Pick when young to avoid getting strings.
2007-02-15 09:43:02 · answer #7 · answered by diturtlelady2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contender is one of the best, plus it's an heirloom. Heat and mildew resistant to boot. If you want a French bean, try Tavera. Very tender - yum.
2007-02-15 09:21:12 · answer #8 · answered by flowergirljg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-15 09:16:04 · answer #9 · answered by Samantha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋