What do you SEED in this picture?

Look Very Very Closely!

Photo by: TheRedeemedGardener

Photo by: TheRedeemedGardener

  

  

  Pardon the use of words there but I couldn't resist (SEED)! What I see is next years "Blue lake" Pole Beans SEEDS! Yes its the end of the growing season but you still can think of next year as you clean up the garden beds for the winter. That is if you do not year round garden. Saving seeds from your beans is much easier than you may think and here is how.

Saving Bean seeds:

1) Let the Bean Fully mature on the plant.

2) Either let the beans totally dry out on the plant or pick the biggest filled pods from the plant string them on some string and hang them in a warm/dry place to dry out.

3) When the pods are as dry as a "popcorn fart", just crumble the bean pods in your hand to remove the bean itself.

4) As with any other seed you save. Put the beans in an airtight/dry container or plastic baggy.

5) Store them with the rest of your seeds for next year in a dry place.

6) Next season when you are ready to plant, remember to soak your bean seeds in water for 24 hours before planting. This will help germination!

If you didn't catch my post on saving Tomato Seeds, here it is as well! "Saving Tomato Seeds, for next year".

Tips for Saving Beans:

•  Choose beans from plants that are strong, prolific, and disease-free. Remember: healthy plants = healthy seeds = healthy plants next year.
•  Only save those dry beans that are large in size, smooth, and whole. Don't save seeds that are smaller than the others, wrinkly, or broken.
•  Only save seeds from heirloom, open-pollinated beans. Hybrids won't come true from seed.

 

Mark 4:30  Then He said, “To what shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what parable shall we picture it? ³¹ It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds on earth; ³² but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade.”

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