Dixie Speckled Butterpea Lima Bean Seeds | Untreated

Grow Dixie Speckled Butterpea lima bean seeds for speckled beans to shell and cook in comforting side dishes, soups, and stews. This is the speckled variety, not White Dixie Butterpea, and the supplied planting seed is untreated.

What you are ordering

This listing is for untreated planting seeds, not live plants or harvested beans. Untreated does not mean certified organic. Do not eat the supplied planting seed.

Crop details

• Variety: Dixie Speckled Butterpea.
• Crop: lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus.
• Distinguishing feature: speckled beans rather than the white-seeded variety.
• Season: warm-season vegetable.
• Seed treatment: untreated, as confirmed by Caribbean Garden Seed.

Planting

Direct sow after frost danger has passed and the soil is thoroughly warm. Choose full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Avoid cold, wet ground and repeated soaking, which can encourage seed rot.

Sow approximately 1 inch deep, allowing space for individual plants to develop without crowding. Keep the seedbed moderately moist during establishment. Follow any variety-specific spacing directions supplied with the seed.

Watering and feeding

Water consistently during flowering and pod development without leaving roots waterlogged. Apply water at soil level when possible. Keep weeds controlled while plants are young, and avoid disturbing established roots with deep cultivation. Feed according to soil-test recommendations or vegetable fertilizer directions rather than overapplying nitrogen.

Container care

Use a roomy container with drainage holes and well-drained potting mix. Allow enough root space for each plant and check moisture frequently in warm weather. Avoid standing water and crowded growth.

Harvesting and cooking

For fresh shelling beans, pick well-filled pods while the beans are still tender. Harvest regularly as pods develop. For dried beans, allow pods to mature and dry before shelling, then finish drying the beans thoroughly before storage.

Shell and thoroughly cook lima beans before eating. Do not eat raw lima beans. Refrigerate fresh shelled beans promptly, and store fully dried harvested beans in a cool, dry place.