Any changes next year?

Ruth_10 · November 22, 2008

Any changes next year as to how you're growing one of your main crop items or how much you grow?

I'm going to plant fewer pole beans of my main variety next summer. Not fewer varieties over all, though. My main crop is Blue Lake. I plant them against cattle panels set up on end so their tops are about 8 ft. high. I had a 20 ft. long row seeded on both sides and with the generous rain we had this year, the plants grew to the top and then back down again. It was one big mass of foliage and was hard to see, let alone pick the bean pods.

So next year: a little shorter row of Blue Lake and seeded on only one side.

I'll probably try to get in more Sugar Snap peas. I have never had too many of those.

November 22, 2008	#1
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	Any changes next year? Any changes next year as to how you're growing one of your main crop items or how much you grow? I'm going to plant fewer pole beans of my main variety next summer. Not fewer varieties over all, though. My main crop is Blue Lake. I plant them against cattle panels set up on end so their tops are about 8 ft. high. I had a 20 ft. long row seeded on both sides and with the generous rain we had this year, the plants grew to the top and then back down again. It was one big mass of foliage and was hard to see, let alone pick the bean pods. So next year: a little shorter row of Blue Lake and seeded on only one side. I'll probably try to get in more Sugar Snap peas. I have never had too many of those. __________________ --Ruth Some say the glass half-full. Others say the glass is half-empty. To an engineer, it’s twice as big as it needs to be.