❗️Harvest Tip: Freeze your beans for at least 72 hrs before storing. ~ The nasty little bugs that chewed holes in these scarlet runner beans are bean weevils. As an experiment, we put these beans in a jar when we harvested them a month ago without freezing them first. 🪲 Bean weevil eggs are tiny and when you harvest dried beans there is no trace. However, the eggs will later hatch to enjoy your beans. ❄️ When you harvest dried beans, freezing them for 72 hrs will kill any weevil eggs or larvae

Scarlet runner bean is a perennial in mild climates! More info below. Have a good night!🌙💜💕Scarlet Runner (Phaseolus coccineus) is a tender plant from the legume family originating from Central America. It is said to have been cultivated in the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala. My family has been growing this beautiful herbaceous plant for nearly 20 years!💕🌱This vining plant can reach up to 15 feet in a warm climates. Some develop tubers which can be left in the ground to winter over and c