HL-074
HL-074Phaseolus vulgaris · bush
ArikaraYellow
A tan-yellow bush bean grown by the Arikara on the Upper Missouri. Quick to dry, and forgiving in a short summer.
- Habit
- Bush
- Season
- Short — pods dry by mid-August
- Species
- Phaseolus vulgaris
- Accession
- HL-074
- Packets lent
- 46
- Came back
- 40 (87%)
Growing it out
- 01
Sow 3–4 cm deep, 10 cm apart, in rows 45 cm apart once the soil has warmed past 12 °C.
- 02
No cane needed — a few twigs keep heavy plants off wet soil.
- 03
Pods for seed ripen over a few weeks: pick each one as it turns papery.
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