Pole Beans - Page 3

Ruth_10 · August 31, 2007

...Not to mention the Law of Unintended Consequences!

tjg911 · September 3, 2007

well along the vein of every cloud has a silver lining check this out.

apparently the outer fencing needed to mature and having shaded the inner fence very little was produced on that one. saturday i was amazed at the number of flowers about to open on the outer fence's vines. once these start it'll be bean heaven. unfortunately this will end in early october but better late than never. so all is not lost, just really late.

tom

Zana · September 3, 2007

If you're lucky you'll have a verrrrrrrry late running fall and be harvesting into November. Last year I was still do harvesting the Waterloo County Mennonite Pole Beans into mid November. They even survived some earlier light frosts. Although most of what I harvested in November I kept for seed.

The shade might be one factor, but if you're having similiar weather to what we're having in the Great Lakes Basin, with less intense heat, the flower production on my beans (and cukes, peppers and toms) has kicked into overdrive, it seems. A week ago some of my varieties of beans and peppers had little or no flowers or fruit. Now they're covered in flowers. Go figure, better late than never, I suppose.

Good luck with yours.

August 31, 2007	#31
Ruth_10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MO z6a near St. Louis Posts: 1,349	...Not to mention the Law of Unintended Consequences! __________________ --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.

September 3, 2007	#32
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	well along the vein of every cloud has a silver lining check this out. apparently the outer fencing needed to mature and having shaded the inner fence very little was produced on that one. saturday i was amazed at the number of flowers about to open on the outer fence's vines. once these start it'll be bean heaven. unfortunately this will end in early october but better late than never. so all is not lost, just really late. tom

September 3, 2007	#33
Zana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Southwestern Ontario, Canada Posts: 4,521	If you're lucky you'll have a verrrrrrrry late running fall and be harvesting into November. Last year I was still do harvesting the Waterloo County Mennonite Pole Beans into mid November. They even survived some earlier light frosts. Although most of what I harvested in November I kept for seed. The shade might be one factor, but if you're having similiar weather to what we're having in the Great Lakes Basin, with less intense heat, the flower production on my beans (and cukes, peppers and toms) has kicked into overdrive, it seems. A week ago some of my varieties of beans and peppers had little or no flowers or fruit. Now they're covered in flowers. Go figure, better late than never, I suppose. Good luck with yours.