It is treated like a french bean. I sow mine in April and plant out after the frosts. As it's a bean grown for drying there isn't much point in greenhouse growing - you are taking up valuable space there. Leave the pods on the vine till they dry off a bit. Then I collect them and put them on newspaper on the grenhouse staging or by a window in the house until the pods are crisp. Then shell them and use like kidney beans in stews, chillies, casseroles etc. They need soaking overnight then cooking till just tender. By the way, don't salt beans until they are cooked - it just toughens the skins.
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