First off, what varieties of beans are you growing? I'm growing:
Yellow Pencil Pod Wax Bush Bean
Dragon Tongue
Henderson's Black Valentine
Purple Podded Pole Bean
Blue Lake Pole
Rattlesnake
Any comments?
Also, can I start my beans indoors if I transplant them quickly, before they get too big?
Thanks!
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This is the first time I am trying beans and I planted Blue Lake Pole and Kentucky Blue pole beans.
I actually ended starting mine in pots (not inside so) because I had trouble direct sowing. Every time the seeds germinated snails and slugs would eat them over night. After going through that 3 or 4 times I got frustrated, planted the beans in 4 inch pots and let them grow until they had a few leaves. Then I transplanted them. They still got nippled at but not destroyed, and are growing nicely. The first set (I planted 4 sets, each 2 weeks apart) has already produced a couple handfuls of beans, the second set is starting to flower now and the last one was just put into the ground early last week. .
I actually ended starting mine in pots (not inside so) because I had trouble direct sowing. Every time the seeds germinated snails and slugs would eat them over night. After going through that 3 or 4 times I got frustrated, planted the beans in 4 inch pots and let them grow until they had a few leaves. Then I transplanted them. They still got nippled at but not destroyed, and are growing nicely. The first set (I planted 4 sets, each 2 weeks apart) has already produced a couple handfuls of beans, the second set is starting to flower now and the last one was just put into the ground early last week. .
Just two varieties right now. Purple Japanese Yard Longs and Dragon's Tongue, both pole beans. The yard longs are producing very well with the Dragon's Tongue just starting to bud flowers as they were planted a few weeks later.
I did just harvest a 5 gallon bucket full of soybeans from a 20 ft. long double planted row I use for Edamame last week. I replanted some of that area in more hot pepper plants and am considering planting some bush type beans to finish it off.
I did just harvest a 5 gallon bucket full of soybeans from a 20 ft. long double planted row I use for Edamame last week. I replanted some of that area in more hot pepper plants and am considering planting some bush type beans to finish it off.
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I am growing KW too this year. First time ever. The first batch of beans we planted only about half came up. So, I went out and bought more about 4 weeks later. I composted several pots and mixed with chicken manure and planted the entire new pack after soaking overnight in water. They all came up. When they were up and looking good and healthy I transplanted all of them into the missing spaces of the former beans. All in all we should have tons this year! I'm pretty excited!graham wrote:This is my first time. Did you like the KY Wonders?garden5 wrote:I grew kentucky wonder last year but want to try a stringless type this year.
I have seen that they are stringy and I have seen that they are not... which is it?
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some for dry beans, some for green...divided by species
provider - bush green beans
northeaster - pole flat green beans
vermont cranberry - pole dry beans
king of the garden lima - for 'shelly' beans, mostly, probably
gray-speckled palapye - for dry cowpeas
monkeytail - pole for dry cowpeas
red noodle bean - pole 'green' 'beans'
asian winged bean - for beans and greens
and 'moth' beans - an experiment, for drought-tolerant ground-cover dry beans
I likes me legumes.
got some (3 kinds) chickpeas (or garbanzo 'beans') going from early plantings, too...
provider - bush green beans
northeaster - pole flat green beans
vermont cranberry - pole dry beans
king of the garden lima - for 'shelly' beans, mostly, probably
gray-speckled palapye - for dry cowpeas
monkeytail - pole for dry cowpeas
red noodle bean - pole 'green' 'beans'
asian winged bean - for beans and greens
and 'moth' beans - an experiment, for drought-tolerant ground-cover dry beans
I likes me legumes.
got some (3 kinds) chickpeas (or garbanzo 'beans') going from early plantings, too...
I do the exact same thing for the exact same reason.Rogue11 wrote:This is the first time I am trying beans and I planted Blue Lake Pole and Kentucky Blue pole beans.
I actually ended starting mine in pots (not inside so) because I had trouble direct sowing. Every time the seeds germinated snails and slugs would eat them over night. After going through that 3 or 4 times I got frustrated, planted the beans in 4 inch pots and let them grow until they had a few leaves. Then I transplanted them. They still got nippled at but not destroyed, and are growing nicely. The first set (I planted 4 sets, each 2 weeks apart) has already produced a couple handfuls of beans, the second set is starting to flower now and the last one was just put into the ground early last week. .
I had terrible luck with Kentucky Wonder last year. So much so, that I really didn't pay attention to the bean variety I bought this year, as long as it was a bush variety I was happy. However, I did hear last year was a terrible year for beans around here, so it could have just been that.