Yard long bean is grown throughout the tropics.
Trellis for yard long beans.
Sink a metal or wooden fencepost at each of the planned row and attach the panel to the post with wire or stout twine.
Despite the common name the pods are actually only about half a yard long.
Just make adjustments accordingly.
Yardlong or asparagus beans are a favorite on our homestead.
Most are about 12 to 16 feet long and four or five feet tall.
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The subspecies name sesquipedalis one and a half foot long.
I also put in a tree branch as i was not sure just.
I used some heavy duty wire fencing and rebar to build the trellis.
Sesquipedalis are related to black eyed peas subsp.
Unguiculata and they go by many names including chinese long beans asparagus beans pea beans and snake beans yardlong beans live up to their name often growing up to 3.
Learn how to grow asparagus beans with these 5 tips.
Yard long bean is use as a green vegetable just like green beans.
No matter what you call them asparagus beans yardlong beans snake beans or chinese long beans one thing is the same they thrive in the heat and love producing all summer long.
I only had to pick it ever 3 or 4 days in.
Yardlong beans are a subspecies of the cowpea vigna unguiculata an annual legume that is an important crop in many warm regions of the world yardlong beans subsp.
Not only that these beans are high in protein vitamin b iron and calcium and are easy to grow.
The trellis allows you to harvest your beans while standing upright.
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One of the easiest ways to supply a pole bean with a trellis is to use metal fencing panels.
There is another good reason for building a trellis.
The pods can be eaten fresh or cooked in a variety of dishes.
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Yardlong bean is a tropical type of bean and is related.
In this video you show how to make a string trellis for them to grow on.
Just like other climbing bean varieties chinese long beans need support so plant them along a fence or give them a trellis or poles to climb up.
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So take some of the pressure off your knees and back and build that trellis.
Chinese yard long beans mature rapidly and you may need to harvest the beans daily.