<p>(85 days) This is the authentic bean for hearty minestrone soup made famous in the Tuscany region of Italy. A bush strain, one of the earlier maturing Cannellini types available. Delicate white seeds should not be soaked for more than 1 hour before planting. Approx. 85 white seeds/oz.</p><p>CULTURE: Beans for drying are grown like bush beans. Mid-May sowings are the most likely to mature well. <p>INSECTS: Bean weevils in your stored dried seeds may be eliminated by freezing the seed at -20 C (0 F) for 2 weeks. <p>HARVEST: You can eat the seeds before they dry fully, or wait until 90% of the leaves have yellowed, then pull the plant up by the roots and hang out of the rain to dry.(1) Shell pods individually by hand. (2) Hold plants by the roots and bash back and forth in a barrel. (3) Beat small piles of plants with a flail. <p>PRESERVE: Make sure beans are fully dry and store in a cool place. <p>SEEDSPEC: Minimum germination standard: 80%. Days to emergence: 8-16 depending on soil warmth. Days to maturity: from direct sowing. One ounce (28g) sows approx. 3-6m (10-20 ft.) of row. Usual seed life: 2-3 years.</p><p>Dry beans are basically bush beans with good tasting, rapidly developing seeds which provide you with nourishing, high-protein meals. All our varieties are selected for early maturity essential when rains start in September!</p>
