Tepary Bean, Sonoran White

Tepary Bean, Sonoran White

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  • $6.50

Quick facts

  • *Heat/Drought ALERT* Adapted to thrive in tough conditions, heat, and drought 

    *Low Impact Food ALERT* No energy intensive food processing necessary for winter eating

    *Marginal Soils ALERT* Bloom where you’re planted! This crop is resilient and adapted to thrive on marginal soils with low fertility.

    *Low Impact Food ALERT* This crop gets by on less. It needs less water and nutrient inputs than other foods. 

    *Diverse Population ALERT* Grow this population as is or use for your at home plant breeding project. It’s crop adaptation made simple- select those plants that grow best for you, save seeds, plant them next year, and repeat.

    *Saving Kitchen Garden Traditions ALERT* This is a culturally significant variety traditionally grown for a specific culinary purpose.

  • Small, plump white beans
  • Drought and heat adapted

Phaseolus acutifolius

Bush habit. Sonoran white tepary beans range in color from white to minty green.  Plants grow in a bush habit and seeds are easy to separate from pods at harvest and cleaning.  We harvest the plants when the seed pods are dry and let the plant material and seed pods dry down on a tarp.  We then stomp on the tarps to release the seeds from the plant material, and use a fan to winnow.  The heavy seeds fall into a bucket and the light, dry plant material blows away.  

How to grow it:

Germ Temp

Indoor Start

Germ Days

Frost Tolerant

Sun

Seed Depth

Plant/Row Spacing

75-85

Not rec.

6-17 d.

No

Full

1-1.5”

3-6”/8-10”
Tepary beans are native to the Sonoran Desert in North America and are heat and drought tolerant. Plant 1" deep and 6" apart after all danger of frost has passed. Plants are not tolerant of much shade. Do not over water and stop watering completely once the seed pods are mature and begin to dry down. Bush plants will not climb a trellis. Harvest dry plants and shake in a bag to free beans from pods. Use a fan to blow off chaff.

Seed specs:  Packet size:  1/4 oz., 50 min.