
Puerto Rican Black Vining Bean Seeds
Puerto Rican Black Bean Seeds - Pole or Vining Bean Heirloom Vegetable SeedsVigna unguiculataListing is for 1 packet of 15 seeds Puerto Rican black beans are part of the cowpea family. Vines are extremely vigorous, often reaching over 20FT in one growing season. Plus, it has a very high disease and pest resistance. After two years of growing this black bean, I have had no issues with pests or disease. In fact, the second year crop reseeded on its own. I did not water them or anything and it still produced loads of very long cowpea style pods that have numerous black beans inside. I just love it when edible things reseed in my garden and require zero effort! Puerto Rican black beans is a perennial plant in areas that barely get any cold. Otherwise, treat it as a long lived annual crop that will die once the cold arrives, but not before providing several flushes of harvestable beans. This vegetable is really meant to be grown as a drying or shelling bean. This is by far the best shelling