Lima beans come in bush or pole varieties and can be suited to vegetable gardens of all sizes. The beans can be picked fresh or dried for many culinary uses and are high in protein and fiber ...

The beans are typically larger and take a longer time to mature. Lima beans are almost always cooked. If you buy dried beans, you will need to soak them first. Before soaking beans, spread them on a ...

Pods eventually become dry and shrivel. Pods and racemes located anywhere on ... Oospores will germinate and infect lima bean when environmental conditions are favorable, usually occurring during the ...

Irrigation research for baby lima beans will be performed on the University of Delaware ... Plots will be harvested as close to ten percent dry pods as possible. Plants will be cut off at soil level ...