PT113

San Ignacio

PT113

Phaseolus acutifolius. Collected from a Sonoran farmer who maintains a treasure trove of traditional crops in secluded "secret garden" orchard plots. This tepary came from his flood-plain field on the Rio Magdalena in northern Sonora. From our Seed-Bank Collection.

Origin: Low Desert
Habit: some twining but not a vigorous climber
Approx. 7g/50 seeds per packet.
Please do not order more than 3 packets of any one variety, and no more than 30 packets total.

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Grows well in Silicon Valley CA

I planted black, white, and blue speckled Tepary beans in front of a large south-facing, full-sun, trellised wall on the edge of a bed getting minimal once a week drip irrigation. There is no rain in the San Francisco Bay Area typically between May and October so the beans were entirely dependent on provided water. 2020 was an extra-hot-for-us summer too. The beans struggled at first with just the drip, but when I started hand-watering once every 10-14 days during July-August, they went crazy. I got an impressive harvest from just 10 black and white bean plants; the blue speckled beans struggled in this environment.

San Ignacio

PT113

San Ignacio

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