November 21, 2024

VIDEO: Harvesting Pinto Beans: How Much Do Dry Beans Yield?


If you want to grow dry beans in your garden, it helps to know approximately how many to plant to harvest what you need.

With an extra 20-foot row in my garden, I planted pinto beans. Though they were supposed to be bush beans, they did climb my tomato trellis a bit.

After 80 days, they were ready to harvest, and I harvested both shell beans (those not completely dry) and dry beans. Here’s how much a 20-foot row of pinto beans, planted approximately 3-6 inches apart, yielded at harvest.

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16 thoughts on “VIDEO: Harvesting Pinto Beans: How Much Do Dry Beans Yield?

  1. Your 2 minute video told me what 10 other 15 minute videos didn’t say. I wondered was it worth the ground space or would I be better off to plant something else. Thanks for showing yield vs space used

  2. Thank you wonderful lady. I'm eating chili beans for dinner tonight and I had no idea how pinto beans were harvested and dried. Now I know. Thank you

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