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Ingridkloet Rio Rancho, NM Aug 01, 2010

I like to know about the Wisteria, I found long beans in the wisteria, and took them off. Now I was searching what to do with those beans............and was planning to dry them in the Wisteria, can I dry them still now they are off the tree?
And what can I do with those beans?

Thank you so much.

All answers are welcome. We never had those beans , what does it means that we now have beans in the Wisteria?

Thanks again
Ingrid Kloet
New Mexico

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Tylersays Madison Heights, VA Aug 06, 2010

Well, I would guess it indicates the plant has matured and is producing seed from which to bear offspring. Now whether the seed will be true when/if it sprouts is another question. Wisteria has been around for a loooong time as a cultivated flower and I'm sure by now they've figured out how to sterilize the seed in the pod so you can't simply sprout the plant freely.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Aug 06, 2010

The "beans" are the seed pods. If they stayed on the plant long enough to mature then you can grow new wisterias from the seeds inside. But if they were removed from the plant before they'd had a chance to get ripe then they won't be able to germinate. However...the thing to be aware of with wisteria grown from seed is that they can take a REALLY long time (10 yrs or so) before they'll bloom (at least with the Asian wisterias which are the ones that most people have). So if you really want new wisteria plants you're better off taking cuttings instead--then you guarantee they'll be true to the parent and they'll also bloom much sooner.

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