Topic: supermarket beans

[trinity]

Is there any reason why dried beans from the supermarket would not grow ???
just thinking as I have a bag of borloti beans from Morison's (79p for 500g) in my shopping bag to eat in soup tomorrow and have not bought any borloti beans as seeds yet. not to worried about knowing the variety as I intend on only growing I type. am I being silly or could I plant them and get a crop :-\

Ps think I spelt borloty wrong an its not on the spellcheck :-[

[star]

Ah don't worry, we all know what you mean. :D

Try a few on some damp kitchen roll, if they germinate you're in business. If they dont......more soup ;D ;)

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

they should germinate fine, and it only takes a few days to find out. You won't know whether they're bush or climbers without growing them on for a bit ~ I bet they're all climbers though ~ bigger crop

[thegreatgardener]

I bet the they bush beans since they produce all at same time and make machine harvesting easier.

[asbean]

I grew a few borlotties from the health food shop and they germinated.  They weren't climbers, tho.  I thought they would be and put the canes in place.  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)  Looked a bit daft.

[trinity]

I think I will have a go ;D I have a few more supermarket been variety's in the cupboard so I now have rose coco (borlotties), butter beans, black turtle beans and from a mix bag Brown beans?, red kidney beans, black eye beans, cannllini beans and baby green lima beans sat on the window sill on wet kitchen towel to see if they germinate ;D

[Hyacinth]

(sit them on the norty step) ;)

TGG's got a point about them being a bush variety. I did this one year, and they were. Actually preferred them with the space I'd got, cos I fitted them in amongst the flowers in the garden 8)

[amberleaf]

Not only do the beans work. The peas do too. And the coriander & fennel  seeds.

Mung beans on paper towels for bean shoots.

Pepper seeds from the red, yellow, orange fruit (not green).

The squash seeds (from pumpkins, butternut and melons).

Plant soaked ginger root and sweet potato.

Seeds from dates figs, pips from oranges lemons grapefruit and limes, grapes even apples.

Even, yes I know it is heresy, tomatoes.

Tops from pineapples,

Cuttings taken from tomato 'side shoots' will give extra plants too.

Dare I say, even shop bought potatoes?

[trinity]

The black eye peas and the cannllini beans have germinated some of the others look like they may as well  ;D I will keep you all posted

[dtw]

I've grown satsumas, dragon fruit (cactus), lychee, avocado and many more.
The dragon fruit cactus is a very quick grower once it gets established.
The only ones which had a very low germination rate were the beans that Gillian McKeith is always going on about, I can't remember the name.

The only reason why they wouldn't grow is if they have been irradiated.
I'm not sure if that's illegal in this country, but they could have been irradiated abroad before being imported though.

[Bean_Queen]

Yes, they should germinate.  I've grown all the different beans from those dried packs, with varying success.  Borlotti should be fine - they grow well in UK, so long as you start them off fairly early (in pots, in April. Plant outside after your last frost).
Interestingly, all the red & white kidney beans in the pack were bush plants, not climbers.
It isn't warm enough in UK to grow soya beans or chick peas well.  I never got a crop from black eyed peas either.

[Kea]

If you want to grow alfalfa/lucerne for green manure they grow from the supermarket ones too (well obviously as they're sold for sprouting!) but doesn't mean you can't use another way.

[lillian]

My dad use to sow Batchelors Quicksoak dried peas minus the quicksoak tablet! ;D They produced the biggest bestest peas you'd ever seem :)