Puerto Rican Black Vining Bean Seeds

Puerto Rican Black Bean Seeds - Pole or Vining Bean Heirloom Vegetable Seeds
Vigna unguiculata
Listing is for 1 packet of 15 seeds

Puerto Rican black beans are part of the cowpea family. Vines are extremely vigorous, often reaching over 20FT in one growing season. Plus, it has a very high disease and pest resistance. After two years of growing this black bean, I have had no issues with pests or disease. In fact, the second year crop reseeded on its own. I did not water them or anything and it still produced loads of very long cowpea style pods that have numerous black beans inside. I just love it when edible things reseed in my garden and require zero effort! Puerto Rican black beans is a perennial plant in areas that barely get any cold. Otherwise, treat it as a long lived annual crop that will die once the cold arrives, but not before providing several flushes of harvestable beans. This vegetable is really meant to be grown as a drying or shelling bean. This is by far the best shelling for the purpose of drying black bean cultivar I have ever grown. It is a must for those looking to add edible plants to their permaculture or food forest type setups. It is important to note that Puerto Rican black beans are day light sensitive, meaning they are triggered to start flowering and producing beans once the day light hours start to shorten in fall. So it it best to direct sow seeds in early summer so they are nice big plants by fall time. Also, I cannot stress how big these vines get. The last picture shows how the vines climbed up one of my orange trees and totally took over. Give it a nice large trellis and it will reward you with a ton of black beans. 

Follow me on social media because I talk a lot about the same seed varieties I sell here in my shop and gardening tips. IG, YT, and TikTok: jerrasgarden. 

PLANTING
Germination: 4-10 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures are 70-85ºF

Seed Sowing Depth: 1” deep 

Sowing: Direct sowing is preferred in early summer.

Harvest: Wait until the pods have dried out and turned brown before harvesting. Shell out the black beans and out them in a dry, dark, cool spot for long term storage. 

Terms and conditions READ THIS PLEASE:
- Seeds will be shipped with no planting instructions to keep seed costs low to the buyer. Germination and plant care information is included in the description. I encourage each gardener to research specifics on how to be successful growing them. I also have lots of information on my TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channel all under the account name jerrasgarden. I started this shop to share my love of certain seed varieties and spread the knowledge of gardening. Please contact me if you cant find information or have additional questions.

- No returns or refunds once shipped. I am not responsible for lost or damaged packages caused by USPS. Since there are so many factors that affect germination and growing success, no refunds or exchanges are allowed once seeds have shipped. These are the same seeds I use in my personal garden so I can attest to their viability. Seeds are fresh season to season.

- Availability of seed in this shop varies depending on what I have decided to grow that season. With that said, please be advised that seeds are available in limited quantities. Once sold out they may or may not be available again.