Topic: barlotto bean question

[manicscousers]

the beans are going great, how long do we leave them on ?  ;D

[tim]

Those look SO healthy - are they indoors?

Looking back, it would seem that they are just ripe for drying?

[asbean]

Pick 'em quick and eat them quicker  :P :P :P :P :P

[chrispea27]

you could leave them on till they fully ripen and then store the beans and use in stews in deepest winter- delicious
but they look too good to keep!

[saddad]

Mine are still hanging on... I have some Dwarf French.. which I planted at the end of July which are cropping well...
 ;D

[legendaryone]

I will be leaving mine on till the foliage starts to die off, first time for me growing them this year and really looking forward to having them in stews  :)

[manicscousers]

they're outside, tim..it is a good bed  :) ..we've eaten lots, frozen lots, so, I think I'll keep them on the plant to dry..these are courtesy of two friends on this site, thank you both
the other 6 on another wigwam are not so good, they still have some pods on but the plants are dying so we're eating them first...so, loads of beans for winter soups and stews  ;D

[Svea]

may i suggest not drying, but shelling and freezing?
my dried lot two years ago were infested with bean weevil (unbeknownst to me) so they happily multiplied inside the jar until one day -...yuck!

therefore i decided to freeze shelled beans for stew use rather than dry and store. the advantage is they need less cooking time as they dont need to soak.

[manicscousers]

bean weevil  :o :o :o
might just find a bit more room in the freezer, thanks, svea  ;D

[ksia]

I fancy drying them because the freezers are filled with lots of other goodies and it's a less energy using conserving method.
Do you think I could dry them, then give them a short stay in the freezer (say 24 or 48 hours) to kill off any nasties, then bottle them up?

[tim]

Cannot believe that a freeze-up would kill anything?

[Robert_Brenchley]

48 hours in a freezer will kill wax moth. I can't vouch for anything else.