Red Yard Long Beans – 5 Seeds
(Vigna sesquipedalis)
R30.00
Red Noodle yard long beans have an unusual purple-red color and are a well-known variety in southern China.
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.
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Red Yard Long Beans – Seeds. Yard long beans are sometimes called Asparagus beans or Chinese Long beans. Red Noodle yard long beans have an unusual purple-red color and are a well-known variety in southern China. They can grow up to 22″ long. The bean will lose its red color when cooked. This vigorous plant is heat tolerant.
Growing Red Yard Long Bean
Indoor Sowing: Not Recommended.
Direct Sowing: Spring and Summer.
- All types of beans should be sown after the danger of frost has passed and the soil has warmed to at least 10 C.
- Sow all beans except cowpea, yard-long and lima beans 2.5 cm deep in heavy soil or 4 cm deep in light soil.
- The other three types of beans (cowpea, yard-long and lima) should be planted 1 cm deep in heavy soil and 2.5 cm deep in light soil.
- Cover the seeds with sand, peat, vermiculite or aged compost to prevent soil crusting.
- Plant bush bean seeds 5-10 cm apart in rows that are 61-91 cm apart.
- Plant pole beans in either rows or hills with seeds 15-25 cm apart in rows that approximately 1m apart. Provide support for pole beans as well.
- Growing beans, regardless of type, do not need supplemental fertilizer but they do need consistent irrigation, especially while budding and on into setting pods.
- Water bean plants with an inch of water per week depending upon weather conditions. Water in the morning so the plants can dry rapidly and avoid fungal disease.
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