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    i have purple queen beans at about 6 inches in length but there are still green and showing no signs of turning purple. should i just pick them or leave thm a little longer.
    my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

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  • #2
    Up to you really. They should start turning purple soon but it is a gradual process. I presume that like other purple beans they go green on cooking too so if you'd like a feed of very young beans (Yum! Slurp!) try them. Also if you pick they should continue to flower and produce beans so that may be your answer.
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    • #3
      Most purple beans start off a mucky dark-ish greeny-purple (if that's not too technical!) and go purple by the time they are a couple of inches long. I'd just eat them.
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      • #4
        Sounds ominous to me, they should be well and truly purple by now. I recon that if they are 6" in length, then it's possible that the manufacturer has stuck the wrong seeds in the packet
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        • #5
          my teepee purple french beans are purple but the ones that arent getting as much light are mucky green still yummy though!!

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          • #6
            does anyone have a picture of there purple queen beans then i can see if thats what i actually have
            my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

            hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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            • #7
              I have 8 purple dwarf beans growing on my plot that I bought as plugs from organicplants. All are producing lovely beans that I am picking frequently. One of these plants is in the shade of my Runner Beans slightly and all the beans are green. So I think Gourd may be right.

              They taste beautiful just the same and once cooked are all green.

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              • #8
                Check this out Hawthorns
                http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nner_9203.html
                "He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart"

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                • #9
                  Haven't grown them this year, I find PQ's very good as an early crop ...strong quick plants but slightly tough beans, there are more tender varieties for mid summer picking.

                  As I recall the beans are purple pretty much from the start....certainly they should be deep purple at six inches..I suggest the seed is not true. I find this strange as I have often saved seed from PQ with no problems.

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                  • #10
                    You haven't got Purple Queen then.
                    They are dark purple almost from the off. I save my own seed every year (have done since 2003) and they are always purple.

                    French Beans don't readily cross with each other, so maybe your labels got mixed up?
                    Last edited by Two_Sheds; 31-07-2008, 08:14 AM.
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                    • #11
                      I have some purple french beans - Purple Teepee I think. They are greenish purple to start and as they mature are progressively 'purpler'! I have been a little disappointed - the flavour is very good but the beans are very short and bent. Mind you, this could be me - I may have under/over watered or just 'nurtured' them too much.

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                      • #12
                        thanks veg nut. it goes to prove that what ive got is def not purple queen. thanks all
                        my plot march 2013http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvzqRS0_hbQ

                        hindsight is a wonderful thing but foresight is a whole lot better

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by susieq100 View Post
                          I have some purple french beans - Purple Teepee I think. They are greenish purple to start and as they mature are progressively 'purpler'! I have been a little disappointed - the flavour is very good but the beans are very short and bent. Mind you, this could be me - I may have under/over watered or just 'nurtured' them too much.
                          Ive grown purple teepee for the first time this year and Im not impressed short bent and ageing very quickly I shall stick to safari next year there going great guns

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                          • #14
                            purple teepee (all dwarves in fact) do tend to touch the ground, leaving them prey to slugs, woodlice and rot.

                            If you want something in-between a dwarf & a climber, try Mr Brooks Blue ... it gets to about 3 ft tall. I got mine from Beans and Herbs
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                            • #15
                              these are my Purple Teepee (more pix in my album)
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