CLIMBING BEAN – Lablab
(20 seeds)
$4.45
So pretty! Traditional African bean variety
167 in stock
Lablab beans, also known as Hyacinth Beans, are an African staple food. The climbing plants with their purple stems, purplish leaves, and bright flowers are so pretty, that many gardeners grow them as ornamentals. The beans themselves are - you guessed it - purple! When picked young, the beans are very tasty and don't require any special preparation, but if you choose to harvest and prepare mature, dried bean seeds, please be cautious. Toxins must first be cooked away and discarded with cooking water, and you need at least two cooking cycles to leach them out.
Days to Harvest
90 daysPosition/Sunlight
Full SunWatering
MediumPlant Spacing
10cmAdditional Features
Cuisine, Direct-Sow Seeds, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Soil Builder, Vines and ClimbersGrowing Information
How to Sow
Lablab beans are easy! Just be sure to keep the frost-free. Sow them right where they are to grow remembering that they will need something to climb on.
How to Harvest
Harvest young beans and prepare as you would green beans. If you decide to try for dried beans, remember to discard the cooking water three times to clear away toxic compounds common in dried beans.
Product Details
| Common Name: | CLIMBING BEAN - Lablab |
| Scientific Name: | Lablab purpureus |
| Seeds Per Packet: | Approx 20 |
| Germination Time: | 7-10 days |
| Days to Harvest: | 90 days |
| Position/Sunlight: | Full Sun |
| Watering: | Medium |
| Plant Spacing: | 10cm |
| Sow Depth: | 2-3cm |
| Row Spacing: | 40cm |
| Cool Sow: | Nov-Feb |
| Warm Sow: | Aug-Mar |
| Tropical Sow: | All Year |
| Additional Features: | Cuisine, Direct-Sow Seeds, Easy Care Plants, Edible, Soil Builder, Vines and Climbers |
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