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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mrs greenjeans on September 25, 2006, 19:54:44

Title: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: Mrs greenjeans on September 25, 2006, 19:54:44
As a long-time transplanted Yank, I am wondering whether I can find seeds for the yellow, mild wax beans I ate in salads as a kid. They were tinned but very tasty.

Garden Organic has a yellow bean in its catalogue, which I'll probably try for next year - it's a dwarf french.

Just wondering if anyone has grown them.
thanks
Title: Re: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: supersprout on September 25, 2006, 19:58:39
Dwarf Bean Sonesta should fit the bill greenjeans, it's rounded, firm, tender, tasty, and prolific - I grew it for the first time this year and it's gonna be a regular :)
Second box down on the left!

(http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e220/supersprout/IMG_0207.jpg)
Title: Re: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: Multiveg on September 26, 2006, 13:38:51
Wow, great piccie ss. What you going to do with it all?

Title: Re: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: supersprout on September 26, 2006, 13:51:43
thank you multiveg - this was taken about four weeks ago so it's all been podded, passata'd and pickled!  ;)
Title: Re: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: Mrs greenjeans on September 27, 2006, 09:10:16
thanks supersprout! they look wonderful.
Title: Re: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: SueK on September 27, 2006, 13:24:38
We grew a yellow waxpod from Seeds of Italy this year - Meraviglia di Venezia - and have been pleased with the results as they have been quite prolific.  The only down side has been the timing, as they are a later variety, but then, being in the north of England in the first place, we were pleased to see results from an Italian variety at all.  Apparently there is also a dwarf variety.

http://www.seedsofitaly.com/catalogue/9 (http://www.seedsofitaly.com/catalogue/9)

Regards,
Sue
Title: Re: Anyone know anything about Wax Beans?
Post by: Mrs Ava on September 28, 2006, 22:32:22
I grow long yellow wax, bargain seeds from Lidls!!