But has anyone actually EATEN hyacinth beans?
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Comments (6)Hi, check , my trade list and my last post, Wanted: jasmines to see what I have for trade for these. I don't know how to update my trade list yet, lol!...See MoreHyacinth beans
Comments (32)hmmmn... stumbled onto this thread because i have some "bataw" that i grew in my garden this year (the seeds came from my dad, who has been growing it from years; he originally got the seeds from someone in the philippines). i've eaten these beans since i was a child, with no adverse reactions whatsoever. i'm thinking it may have been misidentified as "hyacinth bean". nevertheless, the following links present varying information: Swallowtail Garden Seeds Gardenweb Discussion #1 Gardenweb Discussion #2 See Note about toxicity Another view "Fruit edible", from the Kemper Center in St. Louis My beans have green pods with a purple/magenta edge. The stem is the same color as the ones shown in the links above, but the leaves on mine are a lighter green. And here's my favorite way of cooking it: coconut milk the beans, washed and trimmed an inch of ginger, flattened with knife salt to taste, or shrimp paste a hot chili or two if desired bring everything to a boil in a pot, then simmer for 10 minutes or so until beans are as tender as you would like. sometimes i like them crisp-tender, sometimes i like them really mushy. yum! the purple-pod ones look a bit scary to me though. if "my" hyacinth beans (or whatever they are) grow well this year, i'll be happy to trade seeds next spring:) stef...See MoreHyacinth Bean Vine- OK on a wooden step ladder??
Comments (6)Orcascove, You may also want to start the seed indoors a bit before your last freeze date. They won't sprout in cool soil if you plant them out, mine wait until early july when the soil warms to sprout if I plant them directly. I usually pot a few up in early April for Memorial day planting, even those tend to stall until the ground warms, expect flowers very late August through first frost unless you start them indoors....See MoreHyacinth beans still growing
Comments (3)My white ones took over my front hedge all summer.And crawled up my front porch posts, that hold up the front porch,and started to get into the rafters! I finally had to cut them all down. I picked about 100 pods that were dry and had hard peas in them.I still need to get the seeds out of the pods. Like you, I had very poor performance from my purple hyacinth vine. I got 1 flower on a single 4 foot long vine that grew from my seeds that I planted. Only 1 lived. The 4 foot long vine is covered in aphids and so it the seed pod. No matter what I spray on it, I cant kill these pests! I have 1 sad seed pod covered in aphids, trying to make seeds. It was a BIG let down. But the white ones went wild! And they actually smelled like hyacinths...lightly. I was surprised at that! Your vine looks as big and robust as mine was...I bet you will get flowers VERY soon on those bloom spikes that you showed....See Morekatzeyes75
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