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coco de paimpol
hennyz
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Good mornng. I am new here and hope someone can help. I am searching for seeds of haricot beans known as coco de paimpol.They are used semi dry and are very popular in France. I could buy them from Bauxmaux france direct but the cost, in particular the delivery charge make it prohibitive. I have searched lots of speciality seed sites with no luck. Can you help?
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Are they treated before they are eaten i.e heat or just dried? If they are just dried and untreated try a whole food supplier.
There are import restrictions on seeds purchased from abroad including the EU, so you may have real difficulty importing them.
I may be barking up the wrong tree, but I suspect that coco de paimpol beans are so called because of the regions in France where they are harvested. Having done a wee bit of searching they are referred to as coco de paimpol AOP which is a French designation that relates to 85 regions in Brittany.
So is it possible they are just haricot beans that are harvested in Brittany and have certain attributes due to where they were grown?
I haven't read it all, but take a look here http://www.cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/White_bean
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coco de paimpol are harvested about september when the pods have dried somewhat.They are sold in enormous net bags.The French shell them, use some fresh and conserve the rest in airtight containers for later use."just haricot beans" quelle horreur! Anyway,Bauxmaux sell them, along with thousands of other seeds (over 80 types of tomato and over 100 lettuce varieties) but at €7.10 for 200g and €13 for delivery per order I'm back at square one.
BTW, you don't have to worry about importing seeds, it's the exporter that does the work. I've bought seeds from Europe quite a few times. If
BTW, you don't have to worry about importing seeds, it's the exporter that does the work. I've bought seeds from Europe quite a few times. If you
BTW, you don't have to worry about importing seeds, it's the exporter that does the work. I've bought seeds from Europe quite a few times. If you do get some then save some seeds for next time.
Ooh, sorry about that my computer was doing very odd things there.
I have the beans I've started 2 beans in pots and they are growing I'm just iterested in high they grow anybody know??
Unless they're a dwarf variety they could grow 7 - 8 ft plus, just like ordinary runner and French beans and will need a wigwam or something sturdy to climb up.
You'll need to plant them outside and it's far too early at the moment.
Start the rest off in April and plant out in early June after the last frosts.
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Thanks philippe smith2& dove from above having reached a young age of 83 &growing all types of beans for the last 70 years &never to old to learn ; as I said the 2 beans started to grow just before I left for a holiday in Egypt now ; that was just to see what % germination was likely and I think it seems good , the reason for asking about the height is I have a very small garden & I have to fit everything in ; I think the wig wam idea is not my best I do the opposite ; the crop is far easier to harvest the beans hang & grow straighter because much more air can circulate arround &don't get tangled ; I still very much like to know the height ;anyone out there know
I've found a picture of Cocos de Paimpol being harvested - don't know whether it helps or not
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.