Alabama Black Butterbeans - Starts shipping 10/22 -
Alabama Black Butterbean history is tied to a farmer named Sam Reid of Blount County, Alabama. He offered this seed in 1995 and placed an ad in the Alabama Farmers Bulletin. Bill Peters of Alabaster, Al answered the ad and obtained this cool seed. I lived in the neighboring town in the mid 2000's, Chelsea, Alabama and this is where I first tried and heard the name - Alabama Black Butterbeans.
I never did get any seeds as life gets crazy and years later I regretted it. It was always in the back of my mind to find these seeds. The seeds were found and amazingly hyper local as my friend Craig (of Hillsboro, WI) actually had this seed and shared some with me as he obtained seeds years prior. I grew my first crop in 2025 and boy did it ever flourish
We are lucky to have one of the rarest heirlooms in our collection.
Characteristics:
- Good for the North and Great for the South
- Rarear Popular Lima We Offer
- Pole Lima bean
- Medium sized black seeds
- 85 days for eating, 105 for dried
- 25 seeds or enough to do 10-12' of fence.
Instructions:
Lima beans thrive in hot temperatures. Sow seeds outdoors after the danger of frost has passed and soil and air temperatures have warmed. Seeds will germinate in 7-18 days. Limas prefer full sun.
Direct Seed 2-3" apart or 6" apart if you want to skip thinning. We hold a few seeds back in case we have any gaps.
Planting Depth 1"
Rows Apart: 48-72" or we just run them down our fence line.
Full Sun
