Green beans still edible?
PatsyPanda
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in Fruit & veg
It's our first season on our allotment. We planted beans and over the three weeks we were away, they grew with a vengeance. I suspect they've gone past the ideal stage. Some have become mottled reddish and the beans inside are blue. Can they still be eaten or should I leave them on the plant now to dry out?
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Try some and see.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Are they the runner bean the dwarf beans,if they are the runner bean you can use the beans as pulses in soups or in stews or you could save some dry out for next years seed i have done both hope that will help. Regards Peter.
They're a climbing French bean - Fasold.
I expect we'll end up experimenting a bit.
Yep, try a few and if too tough when cooked normally you can leave them to ripen and dry on the plants then save some as seed and store the rest for use as pulses. As long as you soak them for 24h and drain before cooking they can be added to stews, chilli con carne etc.
Whatever they are - pick them - leaving them on the plants will encourage the plants to think their job is done ... pick them and they'll produce more for you
If you go on the web and and put in www.frenchbeansfasold you will be able to find out,youcan dry them and use them as haricot beans. Regards Peter
Smashing, thanks for all the advice.