[blackberryjam]

Anyone tried Yin Yang  beans, thinking of trying them this year.

[surbie100]

Yes - I found them to be a bit slow to produce pods, but the pods are really tasty. Am growing again this year.

[Christine]

I found them to need well nourished soil, sun and water. Given that, quite productive.

[Asherweef]

They look fab - never seen them before!

[snowdrops]

I bought a packet in the wyevale 50% off sale this year or last, can't remember which. Either way I hope to have a go at them this year, so advice would be helpful if they are temperamental ?

[surbie100]

I didn't find them temperamental, just slow. But thinking back this was in my first year and they were in a slightly shady bed. The pods did go stringy when the beans were swelling in them. I'd like to try them as a dry bean as well as fresh pods.

[BabbyAnn]

They are a dwarf bean and I found them to start producing pods about the same time as the others that went in.  I didn't find them as productive as say the Borlotti beans grown in the same bed, but then I wasn't picking them for the pods which were flatter and fatter.

[Salmo]

Other names for these dwarf beans are Orka beans and calypso beans. From a totally different family to runners, french or borlotti. Pods are good to eat but soon go stringy. Dried beams keep well and are very decorative.

The other beans in the same family are "pea beans" which are climbers. The beans are slightly smaller with chestnut markings instead of black.