[Arid_gardener] black turtle beans

[Linda Drew]

Did a quick search of the web. Did not find any mention
iof harvesting green and freezing, but it might work
since you were successful with the pinto beans. Seems
they are usually dried, but in a home garden you have
the option to harvest at any time.


Turtle Beans
This is a small black bean with a particularly rich and full flavor. It is a 
favorite in southern Mexico, South America and the Caribbean.

Black Beans are sweet tasting with an almost mushroom-like flavor and soft 
floury texture. These beans are medium sized, oval, with a matt black color. 
They are the most popular beans in the Costa Rica and Cuba.
http://www.foodreference.com/html/fblackturtlebeans.html

Growing and Harvest
Black beans grow best at temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees F. They are 
a warm season crop, requiring up to 120 days to reach maturity and dry. The 
beans are left on the plants to dry, so humidity and heat can cause damage 
to the beans as they are drying on the plant, and rain can be a problem 
during the drying and curing process.
http://www.foodreference.com/html/artblackbeans.html

"These two black beans have very brittle pods when fully ripe so my advice 
is to pick when they are still not totally dried on the bush...the pods dry 
very quickly when picked"
>From: elsie at iocnet.net
>To: <arid_gardener at Ag.arizona.edu>
>Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page
>Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 08:14:17 -0700 (MST)
>
>Elsie Fisher
>28001
>elsie at iocnet.net
>
>I live in North Carolina and recently planted black beans sometimes called 
>turtle beans.  I know they can be dried or canned but I would like to know 
>if they are picked before they are matured for drying, can they be frozen.  
>If they can, what is the process?  I have grown pintos in the past and 
>picked them while green and the were delicious frozen.
>
>
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