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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Palustris on October 09, 2003, 23:08:21

Title: Manteca beans
Post by: Palustris on October 09, 2003, 23:08:21

Anyone ever grown these?  Lots of stuff on the Web, but mostly American. T.i.a.

Title: Re: Manteca beans
Post by: john_miller on October 10, 2003, 02:01:34

An advanced search on google using the exact phrase 'manteca beans' brought up a couple of testimonials from UK gardeners on the TKG forum. It produced less than a dozen references so not much searching is involved. As these are about 6 months old this may be a quicker route than searching their archives.

Title: Re: Manteca beans
Post by: tim on October 10, 2003, 20:40:53

Never done it, but isn't it a lot of hassle to grow beans for drying when there are so many on the shelves?

Or is it  'the wind' you're thinking of? - Tim

Title: Re: Manteca beans
Post by: Palustris on October 10, 2003, 21:58:12

Thank-you We will Google later.

Title: Re: Manteca beans
Post by: Hyacinth on October 10, 2003, 22:37:07

I've just been looking at them in the Marshalls catalogue, Eric. See that 'Prim' is "non-flatulent"...name like that, it would be, wouldn't it?