Purple Mart Yard Long Bean Seeds – Purple Climbing Pods

Bring striking purple pods to your garden and flavorful beans to your stir-fries with Purple Mart yard long bean seeds. This heat-loving climber produces long, slender pods that are tender when picked young. Train the vines up a sturdy support, then enjoy regular pickings for garlic-and-chili stir-fries, soups, and cooked side dishes.

Variety Highlights

• Variety: Purple Mart.
• Botanical name: Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis.
• Habit: Vigorous annual climbing vines; support required.
• Pods: Deep purple, described in the existing variety information as reaching approximately 20 inches.
• Texture: Tender with a small seed cavity when harvested young.
• Season: Warm-weather growing with full sun.

Pod length and yield vary with conditions. Purple coloring can change during cooking; no specific cooked color is guaranteed.

Available Seed Sizes

• Small packet of 10 seeds
• Packet of 25 seeds
• 1 oz
• 1/4 lb
• 1 lb

Select your preferred quantity before adding to cart. Weight-based packs are sold by weight; seed counts vary. This listing is for planting seeds, not live plants or harvested beans.

Planting

Direct sow after frost danger has passed and the soil is reliably warm. Choose full sun and fertile, well-drained soil. Sow approximately 1 inch deep and 3 inches apart, allowing approximately 4 feet between rows for access and vine growth. Thin or adjust spacing as needed for your support system.

Support and Care

Install a sturdy trellis, mesh fence, or pole structure before vines become difficult to handle. Guide young vines toward the support. Keep soil consistently moist without waterlogging it, especially during flowering and pod development. Feed according to soil needs and fertilizer directions.

Harvesting

Pick pods while they are young and tender, before seeds inside become noticeably swollen. Check vines frequently and harvest gently to avoid damaging stems. Regular picking helps maintain a usable harvest. Exact maturity timing is not supplied for this seed lot.

Kitchen Uses and Storage

Wash harvested pods and cook before eating. Cut into short sections for stir-fries, try Szechwan-style dry-fried beans, or use in soups and steamed sides. Cooking time and texture may differ from common green beans.

Refrigerate harvested pods and use promptly for best quality. Follow a tested recipe when preserving. Do not eat the planting seeds supplied in the packet.