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An easy to grow, bush variety of Val Papdi producing 4-5” long beans. The plants are 2-3 feet tall and produce towering shoots of bright white flowers followed by the beans. Harvest when the beans are still young and immature.
Seeds can be direct seeded or started indoors and trasplanted out once soil temperatures have warmed. We recommend planting at least 3 plants 12” apart from eachother to be able to harvest enough beans to cook with at a time. No trellising required!
Known as hyacinth beans in English.
Minimum 20 seeds per packet.
Bottle gourd, also known as Doodhi, Lauki, and Opo, is a versatile vegetable used similarly to zucchini, with a slightly sweeter flavor and firmer texture. This variety produces light green fruit, 1 to 1.5 feet long, and uniformly oval. Bottle gourd is a vigorous trailing or climbing plant with white flowers that open at night. Beneficial insects, especially bumblebees, are extremely attracted to the flowers. Just one thriving plant can grow over 12 ft, so it is essential to plant with a solid support and space to grow!
In our nursery, many of our customers have told us that this variety produces so many fruits they were having to give them away to friends and family in the height of the season!
As fruit thickens, the flavor becomes more diluted. It is best to harvest when the fruit is still young. If left on the vine, the outer skin will harden and fruit can be made into birdhouses, cooking utensils, or as is often done in South Asia, musical instruments.
These seeds were originally gifted to us by our friend Hetal whose family has been stewarding this variety for the past 6 generations in the Nesadi Village of Gujarat, India. These seeds have personnal importance as they are also from the same region as my own matriarchal ancestry. We have been stewarding this variety for the past 3 years.
Packet includes 10 seeds.
These seeds were gifted to us by one of our customers who brought them back from Karachi, Pakistan. The fruits have a hint of pinapple and vanilla, extremely delicious and not too sweet! We love snacking on them during our farm days.
This plant can grow to up to 5 feet wide and 3 feet tall. They are a perennial in regions without a frost and tend to die back and return the following Spring in regions with a frost.
In South Asia we make a chutney with the fruits, although each plant can produce hundreds of berries so there is always plenty leftover to snack on as well.
This fruit has cultural significance in regions all around the world. Just the sheer number of names these plants go by is a testament to this: Cape goodberry, Poha berry, Rasbhari, Ground Cherry, Uvilla, etc.
25 seeds per packet.
A prolific producer of the tender, light green bean known as Gawar. This plant can grow up to 4 feet tall and may require staking. Harvesting often will encourage the production of more beans. Gawar is typically cooked with onions and spices in South Asia. The dried bean is crushed and used as the primary ingredient in Guar Gum.
Gawar thrives in warm temperatures. The plant can be slow growing at first. It’s best to plant when the temperatures are steadily warm (night time temps steadily above 50 degrees). They are sensitive to transplant shock so take extra care if starting indoors and planting outside. It's possible to direct sow the seeds but wait until the nighttime temperatures are above 50 degrees before seeding outside.
Provide consistant irrigation when the plants are first planted to allow the roots to develop. Once plants are larger, they can handle less frequent waterings. Avoid watering leaves and provide a stake if plants begin falling over.
Our seeds were originally gifted to us from one of our customers who brought them back from the Sindh province of Pakistan. This is our first year stewarding this variety on our farm.
20 seeds per packet.