They make this pretty little flower, and when the flower falls off, there is a teeny tiny little green bean.
It's amazing that they start out this small and (overnight it seems!) they grow into inch long beans....
... and progress to semi-long beans....
... and finish as really long beans. I need to time them, but I'm pretty sure it took less than a week from the time the flower fell off until harvest.
That looks like a really fun bean to grow with kids - I'll have to try it next year!
ReplyDeleteI'm still planning on growing some Asparagus Beans, so this post was of special interest to me. How tall did the vines grow?
ReplyDeleteThe vines have grown over 5 feet and are still trying to climb higher! We used a bamboo teepee setup. I think next year we'll have to get taller sticks.
ReplyDeleteWow. I want to try some of those.
ReplyDeletecool! i wish we had some- our beans are wilting away.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what happened to our chinese green noodle beans....they were doing great then *poof* - one day they started looking terrible. Now there's nothing left. :o(
ReplyDeleteNice photogrraphy!
ReplyDeleteWe just planted some this year - only 10 days ago did it start to set pods. The leaves have been big and healthy and we added manure when planting. Could it be too much rain (we are in the northeast)? Anyway, thankfully we now have 8 pods growing quickly so far!
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