Beans are a very popular agricultural crop all over the world. Its undoubted advantages include unpretentiousness, high productivity and nutritional value.

Beans are highly digestible by the body and provide an alternative source of protein and essential amino acids. 1 kg. beans on nutritional value is equal to 700 g of meat. In addition, it is rich in easily digestible "fast" carbohydrates and vitamins. Those who follow a vegetarian diet or fast for religious reasons simply cannot live without it.

The main danger that awaits those who want to preserve their crops for the winter is a bug called a bean weevil. If you don't get rid of it ahead of time, it can wreak havoc on your inventory.

How to store beans? V fresh it is impossible to preserve it for a long time. Even in a refrigerator in a hermetically sealed container, the shelf life will not exceed a week.

Therefore, it is dried for the winter. In this form, it does not lose nutritional value and benefits.

Sort the crop thoroughly beforehand. One spoiled pod can destroy most of the stock. Throw away everything where you see even the slightest damage left by bugs. If in doubt, it is better to play it safe and throw it away too.

Bean pods prepared for storage for the winter should be of an even color, without spots and traces of yellowness, elastic and not wrinkled.

Best to dry naturally. Without removing the casings, lay them out on trays, a clean cloth or paper outdoors out of direct sunlight. A well-ventilated veranda or canopy will do. You can remember old way and hang the beans along with the tops on the fence, covering the pods with leaves.

When they turn yellow evenly, feel dry to the touch, and slightly crack along the flap line, the beans can be husked. How long will it take to dry? Depending on the weather - 4-7 days. In the process, inspect the beans again for damage.

It is undesirable to overdry the beans, then they will need a long heat treatment during cooking.

The beans themselves should lose even the slightest elasticity. Take a few pieces in your hands and shake them. You will hear a characteristic knock.

Frozen beans

The shelf life of frozen beans in freezer at temperature conditions from -18 ° C to -24 ° C is about six months. But you need to know how to store beans. If you simply put the pods in bags and put them in the freezer, they will be soft, unpleasantly slimy and turn black when thawed.

First, the tips are cut from each pod and cut into pieces 5-7 cm long. These pieces are dipped in lightly salted boiling water for 5-7 minutes. After removing them from the pan, the boiled beans are laid out on a clean cloth or paper napkins.

When they are cool and dry, they are packed in small cellophane or plastic bags, airtight plastic containers... Try to release air as much as possible from the bags and tie tightly; you do not need to make holes for ventilation. Focus on how many beans you need to cook at one time - you won't be able to re-freeze them.

If you want to store your beans in the freezer, you do not need to boil them. Wash, dry and place in containers.

Where and how to store to avoid bugs

The main danger when storing beans is the bean weevil. These bugs, which have started in it even in the garden, in the process of maturation, lay larvae in the beans. You won't see them, but if you neglect the recommended storage conditions, they will destroy most of the stock. Even expensive pesticides will not help to completely cope with the pest.

Therefore, beans, which tolerate small negative temperatures well, are stored in a cold room. The larvae that have wound up in it will definitely not survive this. An additional plus is that in such conditions, the beans do not germinate for a long time.

If you have a dry cellar, shed, pantry with a temperature not higher than 5 ° C, for beans it is perfect option... A glazed balcony or basement is somewhat less suitable (due to changes in humidity and poor ventilation). In this case, it is important to take care of the correct container in advance.

The beans selected for storage for the winter are scattered into small linen or canvas bags, paper bags. For prevention, it is recommended to dip them for a while in a saline solution (a tablespoon in a glass of water) and dry them.

If there are a lot of them, use carton boxes or wooden boxes with ventilation holes. It is imperative to do them, because beans with high humidity easily moldy and affected by fungus.

For those who plan to store crops for up to several years, glass jars can be advised. About half a handful of ash is poured into the bottom of each container, and filled with beans to the top. The container is closed with tin lids. In this form, the shelf life will be 3-5 years (depending on the variety), without loss useful properties and consumer qualities. These beans will no longer be able to germinate, they are only good for food.

Storage at room temperature

If you do not have a room suitable for all parameters, beans in winter can be stored at home, if room temperature... A refrigerator will work well, but more than 3-4 kilograms will not physically fit there.

What to do to get rid of bugs? The crop is preliminarily subjected to cold or heat treatment.

Place the beans in the freezer in a cellophane or plastic bag for 2-3 hours. Then dry as condensation will inevitably form.

Heat them in a slightly open oven on a baking sheet covered with baking paper at 50-70 ° C for 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. If the temperature is increased to 100-110 ° C, the time will be three times shorter. But here it is important to watch carefully so that the beans do not burn. Any heat treatment makes the beans unsuitable for planting.

How to store beans at home? It is scattered over the same linen bags or tin, ceramic, opaque plastic or glass containers with tight-fitting lids. Find a dry, dark place for them. Perfect fit Kitchen Cabinet with hermetically closing opaque doors, as far as possible from the stove and radiators.

To surely defeat the bug, toss a couple of pinches of dill, coriander seeds, a sprig of rosemary, a bay leaf, or a clove of garlic cut in half to the bottom of each container. The smell in the cooking process will go away.

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Beans are one of the most popular garden crops among Russians, because many hearty and healthy dishes can be prepared from it. It is successfully grown on garden plots... Those without vegetable gardens store legumes for the winter. But you need to store the beans correctly so that the bugs - weevils - do not start. To keep a legume crop at home, you need to follow a few guidelines.

How to prepare crops for storage

You should take care of the safety of the beans even at the stage of harvesting. To do this, you need to follow certain rules:

1. 1. Grains are plucked from the beds in pods.
2. 2. After harvesting, the crop must be dried in a ventilated, sunny place. To do this, the beans are laid out on a cloth or newspaper and left for 10-12 days.
3. 3. The readiness of the beans is determined by the state of the pod - it turns yellow and opens slightly. The grains themselves should be firm to the touch.
4. 4. The legumes can then be stored.

Before hiding the grains, they must be carefully sorted out and discarded damaged.

Where and how to keep beans

Even in an airtight container, beans can be damaged by the caryopsis. This beetle enters the pod even during the ripening of the plant or during storage in warehouses. Therefore, beans can already enter the house with an insect. The female pest lays about 50 larvae, which after a few weeks turn into adults. Such grains are not suitable for human consumption or planting.

The most important thing when storing legumes is to prevent harmful insects from breeding. This will be possible if the product is kept at low temperatures. From 0 to +10 degrees Celsius, the weevil is no longer capable of reproduction, and at temperatures below 0 it dies. Until the onset of frost, the crop can be stored on the balcony, and then transferred to the refrigerator.

It is allowed to keep beans in the conditions of an apartment, but in this case, two rules must be observed:

• Tightness of the container.
• Humidity not more than 50%.

You should first sterilize glass jars for storing legumes, put some ash on the bottom and only then pour the grains. The substance will protect the product from pest beetles.

In the container where the crop is stored, you can put a few chopped garlic cloves. Their pungent smell will scare away insects. Calendula, rosemary or dill are also suitable for this purpose.

A bountiful harvest can be folded into boxes or boxes, covering their walls with newspapers. The ink smell will also keep bugs away.

Beans should not be kept warm so that they do not germinate. The sprouts are not edible. Such specimens can be planted in the soil.

How to get rid of weevils

Even if the beans are in an airtight container, pest beetles can start in it. It will be possible to get rid of them with the help of high temperature. The beans are poured onto a baking sheet and placed in the oven, preheated to +100 degrees, for 5 minutes. Care must be taken so that the grains do not burst. Gardeners need to remember that these beans cannot be planted as they will not sprout.

Beans are the most common legume in many countries. Has a pleasant taste, quickly brings a feeling of fullness. A variety of dishes are prepared from it. Harvesting beans in the fall is not difficult, but not everyone knows how to preserve beans. You should not store beans in unsuitable conditions, otherwise it will not be possible to eat them by the middle of winter. To avoid this, you need to know the basic storage rules.

Bean harvest

How to store beans

To keep beans in winter period two prerequisites must be met:

• Relative humidity not higher than 50%;
• Temperature range up to +10 ºС.

REFERENCE: The best place to store legumes is in the refrigerator.

Storage preparation

How to prepare beans before storing:

• Dry. In dry and sunny weather, the pods are spread on a baking sheet and left in the sun. In the evening, the beans are harvested, and the next day they continue to dry;
• Make sure the legume is ready for storage. As soon as the pods are dry and dry, and the flaps open slightly, the beans are fully ripe;
• Place the beans removed from the pods in canvas bags or glass jars, hermetically sealed.
• Place in a cool place.

REFERENCE: Give preference to metal or glass lids. The tissue "container" is treated with a weak saline solution, and then dried;

Compliance correct preparation to bookmark will save the harvest for two years.

Convenient to store beans in glass jars

There is another way to help preserve legumes until next season. The beans are warming up:

• Grains without pods are spread on a baking sheet and placed in an oven for 10 minutes at a temperature of +90 ºС;
• After that, the beans are poured into an airtight container and stored in the refrigerator.

REFERENCE: The prepared beans can be stored for several years.

How to protect from bugs

There are several ways to protect beans from bugs and increase shelf life:

• When storing the beans in cloth bags, add a couple of garlic cloves. You can replace them with dill seeds. These crops secrete special substances that scare away grain beetles;
• Permanent storage of beans in the refrigerator will protect them from insect penetration. With the onset of winter, when the air is cooled to a temperature of up to 7-10 degrees, containers with grains are placed on a glazed loggia;
• Ash is added to the beans in a glass container, at the rate of 10-20 grams per 0.5 liter jar. The jar is closed with a metal lid.

REFERENCE: Since the air does not penetrate the beans, they can be stored even at room temperature;

• You can prevent bugs with ink. At a large number beans, they are placed in boxes or cardboard boxes, the bottom of which is covered with several layers of newspapers.

Storing beans is not easy and troublesome. If the storage rules are not followed, most bean harvest will become unusable by the middle of winter. This can only be avoided when the right conditions storage, and fresh and nutritious beans will delight until the next harvest.

Video: How to save beans

In autumn, beans are actively collected and stored so that in winter it would be possible to make excellent dishes from them. The beans are harvested when most of the beans are fully ripe. It is quite easy to determine this by the dried leaves and hardened grain. It should be borne in mind that the seeds of some varieties are ripe, keeping the green color of the valves.

How to get quality seed

Here we will talk about how to store beans after harvest. When harvesting beans, be careful about the appearance of the pods. Damaged specimens, as well as pods with discolored valves, should be discarded immediately, since it will be almost impossible to separate them in the total mass. To get the best quality seeds, the beans need to be harvested in a few days.

The suitable growing stage for harvesting depends on the expected quality of the product, especially if you plan to donate it to processing companies. A rich harvest of high-quality beans can be expected if you focus on the following indicators when harvesting: the ratio of the length of the beans to the distance between them inside the pod is in the range of 1: 1 - 1: 0.5.

Choosing seeds

Different varieties of beans differ in the size of the beans, pods, which also have different colors, as well as the ripening period. For planting and subsequent breeding, only quality material... The beans must be the right size, the right shape, with a smooth, shiny surface and, of course, free from the slightest trace of damage. The listed signs indicate the usefulness of seeds and provide not only high yield, but also excellent safety until the moment of planting.

Storing beans

We talked about the details of harvesting, now it is worth finding the answer to the question of what to do with the beans after harvesting. Having received quality seed material, do not rush to relax. It is necessary to provide it with suitable storage conditions.

If the winters are frosty, the beans in the pods are packed in bags and stored in a cool, dry room. Take the right amount of beans as needed. For storage in this way, the best specimens of seeds are selected. This storage method is well suited for small crops on small farms. Lossless beans are stored for several years. There is no need to be afraid of pests, because winter thaws, during which their larvae develop, are replaced by frosts that kill them. Thus, the beans are self-cleaning. You can also freeze the beans in the freezer. After such processing, the beans are stored for at least 6 months.

For the second storage method, ripe beans are thoroughly dried and husked. The beans are placed in canvas bags with dill seeds and chopped garlic cloves. This will keep the beans from mold or weevil larvae. These bags are stored in a cold room. In urban conditions, it can be a glazed loggia.

Finally

It is difficult to imagine a country garden without beans. Therefore, for everyone who has it, we talked about how to store beans after harvest. Choose the method that's right for you, and store your bean seeds hassle-free.

• Shelf life: 5 years
• Best before date: 5 years
• Shelf life in the refrigerator: not specified
• Freezer term: not specified

People have known about beans for many centuries. Peoples South America began to engage in this culture seven thousand years ago. Then she was already interested in Ancient egypt and Rome. Beans have both positive and negative properties. Due to its usefulness, it has been very well known for a long time. There are references to it even in ancient writings even before our era. This means that even then, people appreciated this culture. The Chinese and Peruvians used beans for cooking. But the ancient Romans and Greeks knew about it healing properties and was used as a medicine. In Russia, beans became known in the 11th century. This happened after the French brought her here. People at first only appreciated appearance as it looked beautiful when in bloom. And only over time, this culture began to be perceived as food.

Like all legumes, beans are healthy for their composition. It contains the necessary substances for the human body. These are amino acids, vitamins and proteins. This is important to know as well as the expiration date of the beans. Nutritionists advise this product for inclusion in the diet, as it is very useful for the normal functioning of the human body. People who have diabetes mellitus can cook from this type of legumes. This is because beans contain arginine. Thanks to him, you can lower your sugar level. This product is also often used for a variety of fasting diets, as it helps cleanse the human body. It's important to note that bean pods are also beneficial, not just bean seeds. The pods contain vitamins, amino acids, minerals, protein and sugar. Among the vitamins, the following are found: A, B, C, E, K and PP. Vitamin E is considered a natural antioxidant and improves the condition of hair, nails and skin. Due to the content of potassium, magnesium, iron, sodium and phosphorus, beans will be useful for many ailments. Especially with rheumatism, intestinal diseases and bronchial diseases. The presence of ash substances in the culture, citric acid, sulfur and fiber, will also have a good effect on the body if you introduce beans into your diet.

Various amino acids help the protein in beans to be well absorbed by the body. Vegetarians can and should pay attention to beans. This is because the protein in beans has similarities to animal proteins. According to its characteristics, it is second only to natural meat. By the way, beans are perfect for those people who are fasting. In case of kidney disease, it is worth starting to eat beans, as they have a diuretic effect. With nervous exhaustion, stress and overwork, a decoction of this type of legumes is useful. You can also help yourself with liver, gastrointestinal and heart problems. The introduction of this product into your diet will be very beneficial for the body. This is worth knowing, as well as the expiration date of the beans. It has antibacterial properties, which is excellent for oral diseases. It has been noticed that plaque does not form on the teeth when eating beans. This also applies to calculus. Many centuries ago, this type of legume was used to treat diseases of the chest and lungs.

Beans are also used in cosmetology. They knew about its miraculous properties even under Cleopatra. And she herself actively used beans. Masks from this culture are very beneficial for the skin. This is due to the fact that it contains vitamin B6. V Ancient rome the powder was made from beans. But, unfortunately, in addition to the beneficial qualities of this type of legume, there are also harmful ones. This is important to know, as well as the expiration date of the beans. But after all, every product has harmful qualities, so lovers of this culture should not be upset. For starters, it is important to know that raw seeds should never be eaten. They contain a lot of toxic substances. They can cause poisoning, disrupt the work of the digestive organs and damage the intestinal mucosa. In order not to be poisoned and not to harm your health, it is necessary to process the beans with heat. When this type of legume is boiled, then it will lose all harmful components. It is important to remember that you should not heat it dry. It won't help. To process beans thermally, you must definitely use water.

People who have problems with gastritis and peptic ulcer diseases should refuse such food. With diseases of the pancreas, pancreatitis and cholecystitis, you should not introduce beans into your diet. People with gout and nephritis can complicate their condition. This is worth knowing, as is the shelf life of the beans. To add positive qualities in favor of this product, it is worth noting that the beneficial substances do not disappear during heat treatment. The main thing is to learn how to properly cook beans, so as not to harm your body. It can be a wonderful addition to first and second courses, as well as various salads. Beans are included in the diet in many countries around the world. Dry beans have a shelf life of 5 to 6 years. It should be stored in a cool, dry place as its nutritional value begins to diminish over time. It is sometimes necessary to check it so that bugs do not start. Best before date canned beans is equal to 2 years. It should be stored in a dark place away from sunlight.