Dumb Question about dry beans/peas

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berrygirl Lakemont, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 18, 2006

I have wondered this for a long time but have been too ashamed to ask- until now- LOL!
The dry beans/peas you buy in the grocery store: can you plant them to grow more beans?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 18, 2006

yes

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berrygirl Lakemont, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 18, 2006

THANKS Farmerdill!!

So on a scale of 1 to 10, how stupid was my Q?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 18, 2006

Not dumb at all. I answered a similar question on a news group several years ago and a guy got extremely adamant about the dangers of planting hybrid seed. Fortunately there no commercially available hybrids of regular beans (P vulgaris), southern peas (V unguiculata or English peas (Pisum sativa). I use grocery store blackeye peas all the time.

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berrygirl Lakemont, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 18, 2006

Well, I know where I'll be getting my peas and beans from this year. Thanks again.

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Jan 18, 2006

Just remember these are NOT snap beans. The dry shelling beans are so cheap I never consider growing my own unless some exotic cultivar catches my eye.

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adkgardener Bloomingdale, NY(Zone 4a) Jan 20, 2006

I was about to order field peas seed for use as an early green manure crop on some of my planting beds where summer crops will go. Maybe I'll just get a few pounds of dried peas from the supermarket and save a bit of money?

Wayne

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