Thanks for this Scott. I needed something to feel good about today. I don't know of many things as hopeful as little bean plants pushing their way up through the surface of the soil. btw, running the empty dried pods through a pulse or two in a food processor makes a nice clean mulch.
This was pretty awesome. Certain things you get in the grocery store can be planted. Once, I bought heirloom tomatoes at a Safeway grocery store. They were very tasty. I kept some of the seeds, planted them, and ended up with some very tall plants, that gave me a lot of tasty tomatoes. Cheers, Scott! ✌️
Oh my goodness Gardner Scott. Those are my favorite beans to cook. I have often wondered if they would grow. So awesome thank you so much for answering my wonder ❤
I use these seeds from grocery stores or bulk food stores a lot. I also use mustard, coriander, poppy, lavender anything seedy really as it is fun to watch them come up. The germination rate is almost 100% and I think often better than a seed packet. I wish you had labelled your seeds as it would be very interesting to see which do best and what they are as you will never remember. They are perfect for cheap cover crops too. Now I know what chick pea looks like for example.
I have grown a few types of grocery store beans before. You can't count on them reliably being bush beans, though it looks like that did work out for you. My experience was pole beans for the pinto I tried, both bush and pole for large limas (different bags bought at different times), bush for red kidney beans, and bush with a small runner at maturity for small red and black beans. I've actually grown several types of black beans from different sources and they've all been in this semi-bush style, so that could possibly be a very common growth habit for black beans. For the most part, though, you don't know the cultivar with store bought beans--the name corresponds to a culinary style--and many types come in different cultivars. Best bet is to plant them once from the store, then save seeds if they turn out as you like. I don't care to eat them, but store bought blackeye peas make a pretty good warm season cover crop in the hot summer location where I live, so that's another potential use.
I just grew pink eye purple hull peas (despite the name, they are beans) for the first time. Definitely keepers 😋. I love the 15 bean mixes, never thought about planting them.
Great content Scott. So many things like this you can grow on in the garden. Did you soak those beans before planting them? It really helps with germination. Everyone should try this if they have some free garden space. Cheers!
That's so fun! I have had so much success growing beans on cattle panel trellises that I might try this. Thanks GS! 💚 But how do you know they're all bush beans? Couldn't they be mixed?
Thanks for this Scott. I needed something to feel good about today. I don't know of many things as hopeful as little bean plants pushing their way up through the surface of the soil. btw, running the empty dried pods through a pulse or two in a food processor makes a nice clean mulch.
This was pretty awesome. Certain things you get in the grocery store can be planted. Once, I bought heirloom tomatoes at a Safeway grocery store. They were very tasty. I kept some of the seeds, planted them, and ended up with some very tall plants, that gave me a lot of tasty tomatoes. Cheers, Scott! ✌️
Oh my goodness Gardner Scott. Those are my favorite beans to cook. I have often wondered if they would grow. So awesome thank you so much for answering my wonder ❤
Thank You for putting this all together, a long project..!! ❤
I use these seeds from grocery stores or bulk food stores a lot. I also use mustard, coriander, poppy, lavender anything seedy really as it is fun to watch them come up. The germination rate is almost 100% and I think often better than a seed packet. I wish you had labelled your seeds as it would be very interesting to see which do best and what they are as you will never remember. They are perfect for cheap cover crops too. Now I know what chick pea looks like for example.
Man i was dying for you to cook those delicious harvested BEANS.
I did cook some of them and they were very tasty.
@@GardenerScottThe cajun 15 bean mix is great with kielbasa 😋😋
What a great experiment
Hi gardener Scott. I planted green Lima beans this season. I too had a great harvest. The taste was awesome. This video was very informative. 😊
This is amazing Scott! I'm going to try this next year
Thank you Scott! I never knew you could plant beans that you buy in the store! I plan to try it next season.
I used black turtle beans from the store. They grew. This year I will plant lots of these next year.
What a fun experiment!
I have grown a few types of grocery store beans before. You can't count on them reliably being bush beans, though it looks like that did work out for you. My experience was pole beans for the pinto I tried, both bush and pole for large limas (different bags bought at different times), bush for red kidney beans, and bush with a small runner at maturity for small red and black beans. I've actually grown several types of black beans from different sources and they've all been in this semi-bush style, so that could possibly be a very common growth habit for black beans. For the most part, though, you don't know the cultivar with store bought beans--the name corresponds to a culinary style--and many types come in different cultivars. Best bet is to plant them once from the store, then save seeds if they turn out as you like.
I don't care to eat them, but store bought blackeye peas make a pretty good warm season cover crop in the hot summer location where I live, so that's another potential use.
I just grew pink eye purple hull peas (despite the name, they are beans) for the first time. Definitely keepers 😋. I love the 15 bean mixes, never thought about planting them.
Oh fab video and a really fun experiment, but here’s a question for you… how many different types of beans do you normally grow and what types?
"Assuming these are bush beans..."
3 months later: *_Amazon Rainforest_*
I love doing this!! I even use the exact same brand 😆
So cool!! Thank you!!
Great video! Thanks!
Great content Scott. So many things like this you can grow on in the garden.
Did you soak those beans before planting them? It really helps with germination.
Everyone should try this if they have some free garden space. Cheers!
That's so fun! I have had so much success growing beans on cattle panel trellises that I might try this. Thanks GS! 💚
But how do you know they're all bush beans? Couldn't they be mixed?
The size and growth pattern tells they are bush beans.
What were those small pods that didn’t look like a normal bean plant? Wondering how the garbanzo beans did as well.
They were lentils. The Garbanzo was one of the plants that didn't give me seeds.
@ thanks for the info. Interesting experiment.
Hi, I’d be interested to know if you tasted any of the pods when they were fresh. Are they good eating beans?
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How did you make that watering grid. I need that.
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Do they coat the beans with anything to prohibit growing?
It doesn't appear so.
I don’t think it would be food safe to dust the beans with anything to prevent growing because they have been specifically meant for consumption.
At 11:58, those look like either chickpeas or lentils to me.
Yes, they were lentils.
Seems like more than 15 beans if you ask me…
Can you grow fresh frozen peas?
No, I think they blanch them before freezing and the cooking kills the seed.
@@jeannamcgregor9967 yea that would make sense. Blanching holds the colour.