We love long/snake beans. The ones that are the black seed variety. We cook them up and have them as salad. The brown seeded ones go soft, but the black seeded ones, when cooked about 7 minutes stay nice and crunchy. My problem is that I can't buy seeds anywhere around my area or where I looked in Townsville.

Years ago when I first started my veggie garden I bought organic seeds, but these days I use Yates. Good germination, but poor germination with organic or heirloom seeds.

Hence, the blacked seed long/snake bean seeds I bought are germinating at about 50%. I want a more relianble souce.

Anyone know where I can buy these lovely little gems. I've tried the interent but haven't come across a site yet.

Sharon_NQ

that's different that you should mention black seeded snake beans as most seem to give brown seeds once dried, there is no apparent difference while the seeds are green.

i started with snake beans before we moved to rural and they all gave brown seeds, then when we moved we kept planting them and collecting, then out of the blue some seeds presented as black, i thought it was just an anomily as we hadn't bought in any other seeds (once you have snake beans you have as many seeds as you ever need).

i spoke to another gardener at the time he suggested it just seems to happen because he has the same effect that is growing from brown seeds and getting some plack seed.

so will be interesting to hear if there are 2 varieties as such, me i've never seen it before not that i'm a snake bean expert, but this is the first time ever that a gardener has asked for black seeds as such.

so if you get or have more info' ie.,. varity names i'm very interested to know.

might get to see you over in the garden express forums sometime?

len