Borlotti Beans

[longpod]

Thanks All,

I am growing the beans to dry, will follow the advice and recipe given by Alan.

longpod

[alan refail]

Fagiolo nano = Dwarf bean. Vigevano can be very prolific. They will not climg but may make bushes over 30-40 cm high so may benefit from some support to keep the pods off the ground.
Thanks for your faith in my suggestions.


Pob lwc - Best of luck

Alan

[alan refail]

Reviving an old topic.

I have just harvested the first of my borlotti this morning. They are a climbing variety Sanguigno (=bloody) from Seeds of Italy. They were sown on 11 May, planted out beginning of June and left to fend for themselves through this awful summer. They have had no attention whatsoever.

Here are some of the pods:



and here are the beans (the 2pence piece is not my wages, but to show the size of the beans - up to 7 or 8 per pod):



These will now be frozen - unblanched - and used later according to my recipe suggestion earlier in this thread.

Alan (bean there - done it!)

[Colin_M]

Nice one Alan.

Excellent beans and a really good photo too (love the red on blue!).


Colin

[Granny]

Alan, I picked my first few borlotti beans too early and found the beans were still pale green. I shelled and froze them anyway. Was this a mistake - by which I mean can I still eat them or might they be poisonous if under ripe?
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Granny

[alan refail]

Granny

No problem. If I hadn't chosen carefully for the photo, you'd have seen a few of mine were still green. They are just as good, if a little smaller. Enjoy them

Alan

[Granny]

Thank you, Alan
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Granny