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Re: Bush Bean Seedlings

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when you cook them they turn green    Ed  Flynn

CynMob@aol.com wrote:
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> all right, silly newbie question.  Don't anyone laugh.
> This is my first year with a garden.  I bought bean seedlings at Home Depot
> and planted them.  The little picture on the planting stake shows nice big
> bushy bean plants with green bean pods.  My plants aren't getting very big
> but they have lots of bean pods.  PURPLE ones.
> I picked one and nibbled on it.  Tastes fine.  But they're PURPLE.
> Will they turn green?  Are there purple beans in the world?  Pick them or
> wait?  The leaves are sort of dark green with a purplish hue, so I'm thinking
> maybe they're supposed to be purple.
> Next garden, I go to a real nursery for seeds and plants.  All I know is this
> little plastic tag has a picture of bushes and green bean pods and it says
> "Beans, bush."
> Stop laughing.
> Cyn
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