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Christmas Lima Pole Bean

75-85 days. A gorgeous heirloom variety dating back to the 1840s, it originated in Peru and was quite popular in the early 1900s. Christmas Lima is a large-seeded Bean with 4″ to 6″ pods housing quarter-sized, white seeds with maroon spots. Able to withstand extreme heat, it grows on vigorous vines that stretch to 10′ tall. You will love its smooth, buttery texture. The versatile Bean can be used fresh as a green-shelled Bean or dried for cooking (it keeps its distinctive burgundy and white, batik-like marks). For fresh, green-shell use, pick the Beans once the pods have bulged and filled out or let the pods dry and thresh out the Beans for dry use. (OP.)

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    • A traditional favorite paired with Corn kernels in home-style succotash, these large-seeded Beans originated in Peru and were quite popular in the US in the early 1900s. Also known as Butter Beans in the south, Lima Beans are a terrific side dish with roasted meats and poultry and great in chilled salads. Sun-and warmth-loving Lima Beans are best direct-sown in well-draining, fertile, 60°F soil, well past the last spring frost date. Plant them so they can scamper over a twiggy teepee, a trellis or other fence-like structural support. Pick regularly when the meaty Beans are young and rather slim. Delicious all by themselves: bring water to a boil, simmer the freshly shelled Limas for 15 to 20 minutes and dress simply with extra-virgin olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon zest. Also great in chilled salads with seeded and diced Cucumber and Tomatoes, Corn, shrimp, Cilantro and Garlic croutons with a zingy lemon vinaigrette.

    Average seed life: 3 years.
  • Gardening Tips
    • Just because legumes are known to improve the soil in which they grow, it does not mean that they needn't be planted in good soil themselves. This is especially true of Beans. If you dig in well-rotted manure at the time of planting, your bean plants will grow better, be more free from disease and give you a better yield.

      Beans Sowing Instructions
      Planting Depth      : 1"
      Row Spacing: 18"-36"
      Seed Spacing: 3"-4"
      Days to Germination: 6-10 days
      Germination Temperature: 60°-80°F

      Beans love sun and well-draining, fertile soil. Plant Beans when the soil has warmed to 60°F and all danger of frost has passed. Amend the soil as needed with organic fertilizer, compost and/or well-aged manure. Cool, wet weather may necessitate a second planting: bean seeds rot in cold, damp soil. After planting, do not water until the sprouts emerge, unless it is very hot and dry. After emergence, and throughout the season, avoid watering the foliage. Water as needed by soaking the soil around the Beans and fertilize with kelp or fish emulsion as needed.

      For Pole Beans, provide support with rough poles, teepees, netting or a trellis. Harvest when the Beans are young, slim and on the small side for the best eating! It is vital to keep Beans picked regularly since seed formation slows and eventually halts production. Sow Bush Beans every 10 to 15 days until 2 months before the first frost date in the fall for continuous yields.

      A mainstay of the kitchen garden, homegrown Beans outshine those that are store-bought in their delicious, just-picked flavor, crisp-tender texture and rich vitamin content.

      Beans Show Their Colors
      My favorite use for purple-podded Beans is to pick them while slim and tender, along with green and yellow ones, and arrange all three on a platter with a hummus dip.

      Beans, Beans & More Beans

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A traditional favorite paired with Corn kernels in home-style succotash, these large-seeded Beans originated in Peru and were quite popular in the US in the early 1900s. Also known as Butter Beans in the south, Lima Beans are a terrific side dish with roasted meats and poultry and great in chilled salads. Sun-and warmth-loving Lima Beans are best direct-sown in well-draining, fertile, 60°F soil, well past the last spring frost date. Plant them so they can scamper over a twiggy teepee, a trellis or other fence-like structural support. Pick regularly when the meaty Beans are young and rather slim. Delicious all by themselves: bring water to a boil, simmer the freshly shelled Limas for 15 to 20 minutes and dress simply with extra-virgin olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon zest. Also great in chilled salads with seeded and diced Cucumber and Tomatoes, Corn, shrimp, Cilantro and Garlic croutons with a zingy lemon vinaigrette.

Average seed life: 3 years.
  • Just because legumes are known to improve the soil in which they grow, it does not mean that they needn't be planted in good soil themselves. This is especially true of Beans. If you dig in well-rotted manure at the time of planting, your bean plants will grow better, be more free from disease and give you a better yield.

    Beans Sowing Instructions
    Planting Depth    : 1"
    Row Spacing: 18"-36"
    Seed Spacing: 3"-4"
    Days to Germination: 6-10 days
    Germination Temperature: 60°-80°F

    Beans love sun and well-draining, fertile soil. Plant Beans when the soil has warmed to 60°F and all danger of frost has passed. Amend the soil as needed with organic fertilizer, compost and/or well-aged manure. Cool, wet weather may necessitate a second planting: bean seeds rot in cold, damp soil. After planting, do not water until the sprouts emerge, unless it is very hot and dry. After emergence, and throughout the season, avoid watering the foliage. Water as needed by soaking the soil around the Beans and fertilize with kelp or fish emulsion as needed.

    For Pole Beans, provide support with rough poles, teepees, netting or a trellis. Harvest when the Beans are young, slim and on the small side for the best eating! It is vital to keep Beans picked regularly since seed formation slows and eventually halts production. Sow Bush Beans every 10 to 15 days until 2 months before the first frost date in the fall for continuous yields.

    A mainstay of the kitchen garden, homegrown Beans outshine those that are store-bought in their delicious, just-picked flavor, crisp-tender texture and rich vitamin content.

    Beans Show Their Colors
    My favorite use for purple-podded Beans is to pick them while slim and tender, along with green and yellow ones, and arrange all three on a platter with a hummus dip.

    Beans, Beans & More Beans

    Shade Tolerance

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