A pastor from Haiti asks about teetotal noodle varieties for the tropics :
“ lately , I was contacted by a little chemical group of farmers who have secured acre of solid ground in Haiti and are diligently working to get a variety of crops – utilize a cooperative of Haitian Fannie Merritt Farmer and growers to produce Plantain and Peanuts .
The minister further informed me that they are look for teetotal bean motley , not unripe bonce . retrieve storable protein .
Pigeon Peas
I commend pigeon pea and he write further :
“ I have been reading about the pigeon peas and ordered the source today to arrive in meter to take with me . ”
So that ’s good – pigeon peas can take a lot of hotness and humidity and bring on crop for at least two yr , provided wind damage does n’t take them down .
Southern Peas
Another thought I had was the classic “ blackened - eyed pea ” or “ zipper peas , ” also address “ crowder pea , ” “ moo-cow peas ” and “ Southern pea . ”
Their Latin name isVigna unguiculata .
They take hotness , pitiable soil , humidity and downhearted rain and still grow crops .
We had heavy succeeder with them in teetotal and wet circumstance and high heat .
Baker Creek Heirloom Seedshas quite a few potpourri for sale .
Kebarika Bean
There is also the Kebarika bonce from Kenya that’savailable from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange .
We raise those in a hot and showery summer in Florida and they were one of the few bean plant that bring forth ironic beans for us .
The flavour is flat but the plants were strong .
LabLab
The minister of religion mention lablab ( Lablab purpureus ) in one of his emails – that could be another dependable choice , though I have not grown them much myself .
ViaTropical Forages :
“ Lablab is a three-fold - purposelegume . It is traditionally grow as a pulse harvest for human consumption in S and southeast Asia and eastern Africa . flush and unripe fuel pod also used as a vegetable . It is also used as a fodderlegumesown for pasture andconservationin broad - acre agricultural system in tropical surroundings with a summerrainfall . Also used asgreen manure , cover cropand in cutting - and - comport system and as a dressed ore feed . It can be incorporated into cereal cropping systems as alegumeley to addresssoil fertilitydecline and is used as an intercrop specie with Indian corn to provide betterlegume / stoverfeed quality . As a duple role ( human food and animal feed)legume , it is sown as a monoculture or in intercrop systems . ”
Worth trying .
Winged Bean
Winged bean plant are a Swiss Army Knife noodle specie . Edible leaves , green pods , roots and juiceless beans .
InfoGalactic report :
“ wing bean thrives in hot weather condition and favor humidity , but it is an adaptable plant . It is reported that the winged dome can line up to the mood of the equatorial tropics.[1]Winged bean production is optimum in humidness , but the species is susceptible to moisture stress and waterlogging . ”
I have see that dry wing beans need plenty of cooking to become balmy and digestible but have not assay them as dry beans myself – they are on the leaning of trial crops for us .
Final Thoughts on Dry Bean Varieties for the Tropics
If this were my project , I would cumulate a all-encompassing range of bean varieties and examine them all over a few years to see which did the best . Sometimes a eccentric will work that you thought would n’t – or a certain - fire variety just does n’t do well under local conditions .
Experiment , experimentation , experimentation . If you have bed space , definitely grab some southerly peas , lablab , winged beans , pigeon pea and Kebarika … and then gyrate out from there .
Pintos may do well , or some diverseness of Roma edible bean from Italy – you do n’t know until you try . I pray you obtain heavy winner .
If there ’s something you ’ve grown that worked great in the heat and humidness , divvy up it . allow ’s facilitate this pastor have winner with his gardening experimentation !
- Kebarika bean range viaSouthern Exposure Seed Exchange .
