sowing 'food grade' beans and seeds

chimaera · « **on:** March 09, 2009, 08:48 »

Does anyone know if dried pulses, such as belotti beans and buckwheat that you buy in healthfood shops are viable to sow? It is just they are very cheap, and under Ł1/500g and would make them cheap enough to use a green manure even if they did not grow well enough to harvest.

Charlie

Salmo · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:14 »

No reason not to use them. They may have been dried at a high temperature and could have poor or nil germination. Try a few seeds and see if they germinate.

doubledug · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2009, 10:53 »

soak some of them in water for two or three days and see if they start to sprout.

chimaera · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2009, 12:11 »

I'll give it a try and get back to here if it works.
Charlie

zazen999 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2009, 14:13 »

I used shop bought pinto beans last year and got a good crop.

GrannieAnnie · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2009, 14:30 »

I tried shop bought dried butter beans, but they didn't do very well.

Stripey_cat · « **Reply #6 on:** March 10, 2009, 11:42 »

I've used shop bought lentils and fenugreek for sprouting seeds and they were fine. They might not be the best varieties to crop in our climate, but for green manure or baby plants it's OK. I'll have to try beans as an experiment for digging in.

woodburner · « **Reply #7 on:** March 11, 2009, 17:29 »

Quote from: doubledug on March 09, 2009, 10:53

soak some of them in water for two or three days and see if they start to sprout.

If you leave them under water for more than a few hours they will 'drown' and start to rot even if they were viable before.

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