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Re: on hyacinth beans

Windy,  I'm not sure what part of the country you live in, but here in
Houston I just leave them on the vine until they dry. I have not tried to
take them off and dry them.  They sure are beautiful.  I can't help you with
the insects as nothing in my yard seems to like them, but could it be
snails?

-----Original Message-----
From: Windy <Saxmanbc@bellsouth.net>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 11:01 AM
Subject: on hyacinth beans


>A friend gave me a few hyacinths beans last year and I planted them and
>now have a huge amount of purple flowers and beans.
> How do I go about drying these.
> Something has also been chewing into the beans. I have a lot of
>hummingbirds and butterflies frequenting them so I can't really poison
>them. I have so many that I think the bugs will be full of them and I
>will still have ample seeds to dry.
> I have opened up some of the chewed pods that looked mature, but the
>beans inside are still not seed dry. They are green and have the white
>streak but not dry. Do I leave them in the pod on the fence until they
>dry? Do I bring them into the dry garage when the vine dies?
> I have never dried anything so big and fleshy before. HELP!
> Windy
>
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