Bean Development

How are tepary beans grown? Here’s an inside look at the growth cycle of the drought resistant and tasty Tepary Bean.  The bean fields pictured here are in Maricopa, just south of Phoenix, Arizona.

Bean Pod	One month old bean field
Mature bean pods on green plants. Green plants can not be harvested with the combine, so the plants are “knifed” (cut below the soil level) and left to dry in the field.
Pre-harvest Field Operations
Tepary Beans before “Knifing”	Tepary Beans after “Knifing”