VEGETABLES / YARD-LONG-BEAN
Grows 8"-9", purple flowers, no bugs so far, brown seed with white black-eye, 10-14 beans, 31 years organic (but not certified) soil, abundant aphids in '89 were sprayed with water. Leaves are good in lentil soup, Acquired in 1980 from ornithologist Eugene Morton working in Surinam. Major benefits: abundant productivity and very few pests. 2020 was the first year Mexican Bean Beetles did some damage.
$5
Listed In: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025