What makes butterbeans different from lima beans?
btbarbara
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Comments (3)Colored limas have a much stronger flavor than white or green seeded limas. Willow leaf is a good white pole lima, but Carolina/Sieva has a much shorter growing season and is better suited for the mid Atlantic and points north. Some of the green seeded bush limas, have even better flavor for me, so my main crop is Cangreen, I grow Willow Leaf, Sieva , Calico, and King of the Garden, but I give them away and eat the Cangreen. Exception is the bush Dixie Butterpeas, Where I really like the speckled as a change of pace....See MoreSieva/Carolina Lima/ButterBean
Comments (123)Wertach, I mailed you thru the gardenweb. Hope it got thru to you. This morning I went out and picked a bucket of Harry's HTD speckle butterbeans. Had to use a ladder to pick some of them out of my orange tree. Had planted them at the edge of the tree so they wouldn't get full sun during the hot weather. They did not make during the hot weather but as soon as it cooled off they were very prolific. In the picture the hulls had four beans. Harry I don't remember what beans you crossed to develop this HTD bean but it is a winner. We were hoping it would make during the hot summer here in Florida but it wouldn't. I have a couple hundred seed I will mail out in 25 packs to anyone that wants to give them a try. E-mail me your mailing address and I will send them to you. Harry's HTD ButterBean Luther...See Morelima beans
Comments (27)Interesting, Bcnu. How long were you there? Did you have a chance to observe the performance of the vines over several years? While "7 Year" sounds worth growing, it should be noted that many limas will grow as perennials in tropical climates. San Diego doesn't always get a frost, and when that happened, my "King of the Garden" limas would winter over. However, while the yield the second year was very early, the quality was not as good as the first year from seed. It's been a bear of a year for me here; but the "Madagascar" limas that I mentioned earlier in the thread went in as planned, and survived the flooding that killed much of my garden. The vines, while not as vigorous as they should be, are blossoming & just beginning to form pods. As a rule, if I have blossoms by August 15th, I should get dry seed... so there is cause for optimism. The "Midwest monsoon" has finally broken, and the weather now is consistently 80's day/60's night - perfect bean weather. I'll post updates on this thread later in the season....See MoreBig Ole ButterBeans
Comments (5)There are TONS of different colors of lima beans. I've only heard of pale or black butter beans, but limas come in a million colors. If you have supports built for climbing limas they won't take over the universe, they will stay neatly on the supports. I use electrical conduit poles or bamboo poles at least 6' tall and strung with string as my trellis. I grow the limas "flat", not on a teepee shape or anything, and i use them as divisions in the garden where they won't cast shade over anything else. I also grow them on arches. Very abundant and if you go every few days and just loop the stray strands of vines back around the trellis they will eventually cling and climb away....See Moregirlgroupgirl
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