Questions about Beans - Page 2

saltmarsh · February 16, 2015

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Originally Posted by Starlight

Very nice set-up Claud and some nice looking bean plants you had growing there. Appreciate you explaining how you set up your rows too.

Yours look so good, I should send you all my bean seed to grow for me.

Ha. But then you'd miss all the fun.

AlittleSalt · February 16, 2015

Very impressive setup saltmarsh.

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Jean, welcome to Tomatoville.

Kentucky Wonder Bush
Tendergreen Green Beans [Bush bean]
Kentucky Wonder [Pole]
Rattlesnake [Pole]
Sultan's Crescent Green [Pole]

All are really nice varieties. I'm going to grow a lot of Top Crop bush beans this year. They are speckled and the pods have a smooth feel to-the-tongue raw and when cooked. Something that some tomato growers try to stay away from is planting tomatoes where beans/legumes were grown the year before. Legumes produce nitrogen as stated in above posts.

Adding too much nitrogen - but at a still safe level can cause tomato plants to grow larger than usual with tons of leaves and very few tomatoes. So, basically, don't plant tomatoes and beans as companion plants, side-by-side, and try not to plant tomatoes where legumes grew the year before.

bird-watcher · February 18, 2015

Thanks for all the info everyone. Really appreciate it.

Starlight · February 18, 2015

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Ha. But then you'd miss all the fun.

How you figure that Claud? I'll send you my seeds, you plant them, tend them, water and fertilize them, suffer through bugs and any other problems and than....

after you harvest them all, you send the beans to me and I have the fun of eating them without all the work.

saltmarsh · February 18, 2015

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Originally Posted by Starlight

How you figure that Claud? I'll send you my seeds, you plant them, tend them, water and fertilize them, suffer through bugs and any other problems and than....

after you harvest them all, you send the beans to me and I have the fun of eating them without all the work.

Now you are starting to sound like one of my customers. Last year I didn't have time to pick the beans before market. A lady wanted some beans. I offered to let her have them if she would go pick them. She looked at me like I was crazy. She said she didn't want to pick beans, she wanted to buy them. Needless to say she didn't get any beans. Claud

Starlight · February 19, 2015

Claud.... It amazes me the number of folks you offer free fresh veggies to if they just come pick it themselves that say they just don't have the time. Yet, they will go to grocery store and spend a longer amount of time than what picking garden fresh would take to pick through piles of old, dried so called "fresh beans."

I've offered free tomato and pepper plants to folks to grow in their yards to help feed their families and get the same thing. Too busy to water and feed a plant. They'll wait til the fruits are available or go to grocery store and buy.

I just don't get how folks can walk away from help yourself, free fresh veggies. Ya won't see me turning town any offers for sure.

Heck I have even gone and picked through seconds and thirds that were offered free and came back and helped clean up after harvest in exchange.

Starlight · February 19, 2015

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Originally Posted by AlittleSalt

Adding too much nitrogen - but at a still safe level can cause tomato plants to grow larger than usual with tons of leaves and very few tomatoes. So, basically, don't plant tomatoes and beans as companion plants, side-by-side, and try not to plant tomatoes where legumes grew the year before.

Thank you for that advice as that is exactly where I had been planting a bunch of beans. I don't have a whole lot of beans per say, but have a lot of new ones I haven't grown before and have enough seed to make at least three hills of each type to taste fresh and than save seeds from hopefully.

I'm anxious to see how the ones I got do down here in heat, humidity.

linuxmoose · March 27, 2015

I plant Jackson Wonder, which is supposed to be a bush bean, but it does put on a few runners, so I just plant in double rows on either side of a 2ft high run of wire. I always try to rotate the location, so that other plants can benefit from any nitrogen added to the soil by the beans.

February 16, 2015	#17
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Very impressive setup saltmarsh.. Jean, welcome to Tomatoville. Kentucky Wonder Bush Tendergreen Green Beans [Bush bean] Kentucky Wonder [Pole] Rattlesnake [Pole] Sultan's Crescent Green [Pole] All are really nice varieties. I'm going to grow a lot of Top Crop bush beans this year. They are speckled and the pods have a smooth feel to-the-tongue raw and when cooked. Something that some tomato growers try to stay away from is planting tomatoes where beans/legumes were grown the year before. Legumes produce nitrogen as stated in above posts. Adding too much nitrogen - but at a still safe level can cause tomato plants to grow larger than usual with tons of leaves and very few tomatoes. So, basically, don't plant tomatoes and beans as companion plants, side-by-side, and try not to plant tomatoes where legumes grew the year before.

February 18, 2015	#18
bird-watcher Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wisconsin Zone 4b/5a Posts: 14	Thanks for all the info everyone. Really appreciate it.

February 19, 2015	#21
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Claud.... It amazes me the number of folks you offer free fresh veggies to if they just come pick it themselves that say they just don't have the time. Yet, they will go to grocery store and spend a longer amount of time than what picking garden fresh would take to pick through piles of old, dried so called "fresh beans." I've offered free tomato and pepper plants to folks to grow in their yards to help feed their families and get the same thing. Too busy to water and feed a plant. They'll wait til the fruits are available or go to grocery store and buy. I just don't get how folks can walk away from help yourself, free fresh veggies. Ya won't see me turning town any offers for sure. Heck I have even gone and picked through seconds and thirds that were offered free and came back and helped clean up after harvest in exchange.

March 27, 2015	#23
linuxmoose Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Northport, Alabama Posts: 25	I plant Jackson Wonder, which is supposed to be a bush bean, but it does put on a few runners, so I just plant in double rows on either side of a 2ft high run of wire. I always try to rotate the location, so that other plants can benefit from any nitrogen added to the soil by the beans.