General information and discussion about cultivating beans, peas, peanuts, clover and vetch.
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May 27, 2012 | #31 | |
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There have been threads about growing onions and other vegetables in "clumps" instead of singly and I think that with your beans already started and the size they are now it would be safer to plant the clump and not separate. Beans aren't heavy feeders. jmo kath |
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May 27, 2012 | #32 |
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Just noticed that I have flowers on my Rattlesnake beans. This is the first year that I've had beans actually grow! Maybe, just maybe we'll get to eat some beans besides just long beans!
I hope I planted enough. Not thinking they would grow after several years of bean failure, I only planted about a 3 foot section. |
May 27, 2012 | #33 | |
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May 27, 2012 | #34 |
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Anyone ever grown the varieties Juanita Smith or Grandma Roberts Purple pole beans?
I planted my Juanita Smith beans this weekend and may plant some of the Grandma Roberts beans tomorrow. |
May 27, 2012 | #35 |
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I'm the O.S. for Grandma Roberts Purple Pole. My Grandma grew several different old heirloom beans in her garden in Payne's Cove, TN. The purple pole beans are a vigorous and cool soil tolerant variety that produces heavy crops of purple snap beans. They are relatively low for insect damage which is typical of purple beans. Flavor is pretty good and they are the right texture for canning.
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May 29, 2012 | #36 |
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Does anyone know if there's something wrong with my bean plants? Several of the leaves are starting to get a very white, washed out color to them. They still seem to feel the same as the healthier looking green ones, but they don't look healthy.
They are Bean (Bush) Tendergreen Improved, and I recently transplanted them into large pots and moved them outside where they get lots of sunshine (when it isn't raining, that is). |
May 29, 2012 | #37 | |
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June 10, 2012 | #38 |
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finally got the beans in,
i misplaced the hand trowel, we have two somewhere, so had to use a large serving spoon to dig holes. in the pole bean category i have uncle steves grandma roberts purple grandmas black grandmas brown grandma ginas musica waterloo county mennonite pole bean mr tungs vassie mae meraviglia di venezia tuscarora half runner bread bean ralphs pole bean johns purple polish johns yellow also planted pencil pod wax bush bean, ukrainian comrades an italian romano bush bean, seeds were at least 10 years old. 16 out of 20 sprouted. dry bean i am trying dutch brown this year. peas i have planted sugar snap sugar ann oregon sugar pod growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. same with peppers, squash, melons etc etc keith |
June 19, 2012 | #39 |
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The bunnies ate my pole beans down to about half. They were planted out from purchased transplants about 3 weeks ago and grew to almost a foot before being eaten at the main stem. Is there any hope they will grow out and produce.
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June 20, 2012 | #40 |
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[QUOTE=rxkeith;281787...growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. ...[/QUOTE]
Me too! I've planted (mostly pole beans) absolute favorites La Vigneronne Helda Romano Waterloo County Mennonite new to me Asparagus Pea (bush) Red Noodle Chinese Long Bean Christmas Lima Purple Podded Purple Peacock Brockton Sultan's Green Crescent Climbing French KY Wonder Yellow Wax Anasazi (bush) Gila River Blue Coco have grown before Trionfo Violetto Jembo Polish Rattlesnake KY Wonder McCaslan 42 Scarlet Runner and I didn't even buy new ones this year. If I'd known for sure this spring that I'd have enough garden space, I would have ordered a few more varieties from Sand Hill. It's the first page I turn to when I get the catalog. This year I'm going to make sure my saved seed is dry enough before storing it in jars! And once it's all dry, I'm planning to find freezer space I can borrow for a few days to kill any weevil eggs. I had weevil damage to several varieties of saved seed. Also, the ones that were not dry enough (crushed rather than shattered when hit by a hammer) had low germination. |
June 20, 2012 | #41 | |
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Beans Bird Egg #3 - pole, shelly Champagne - pole, green snap Clem & Sarah's - bush, shelly/dry Czechoslovakian - pole, purple snap Dolloff - pole, shelly/dry Fortex - pole, green snap Isla - pole, shelly/dry Light Brown Zebra - bush, dry Poletschka - pole, not sure of usage yet Portugal - pole, shelly Schwarze Witwe - pole, wax Soissons Vert - pole, shelly/dry Uzice Porcelain - semi-pole, shelly/dry Uzice Speckled Wax - pole, wax/shelly Woods Mountain Crazy Bean - bush, green snap Limas Cave Dweller, Black Seed - bush Mottled Sieva - pole Runner Bianco de Spagna (white seeded) Gigandes (white seeded) Cowpeas & Yardlongs Bush Sitao Var. BS-3 - semi-bush, snap Fagiolino Dolico Veneto - semi-bush, black-eye, dry MN 157 - true bush, dry, purple-hull, calico Galante - pole, yardlong Sierra Madre - pole, yardlong Yard & 1/2 - pole, yardlong Yancheng Bush - true bush, yardlong Peas Black Eyed Susan - shelling Bill Jump - soup Golderbse - soup Limestone - snow Prebohaty - soup Purple Pod Parsley - shelling, purple pods, breeding selection in progress Vantana Matar - soup Misc. legume Adzuki, Buff - buff seeds Adzuki, Takara Early - red seeds Black Gram Chickpea, Brown Popping Soybeans Edamame: Cha Kura Kake, Early Hakucho, Ezonishiki, Gardensoy 24, Kosodiguri Extra Early, Natsu Kurakake, Sapporo Midori, Tengamine, Processing: Besarabka 724, DV-2371, Hei Pi Qing Rang, Hidatsa, Kong Fou Tseu, Krasnoarmejscaja, Mandarin A, Musan-1, Ohozyu, Pando, PI 427088 I, Rouest 13 A1 2, Sakamotowase, Selection No. 503, Seneca, T 239, Ta Li Tsao Shen Wu Tou, Ugra Saja, VIR 1501-40, Kieth, I have been watching the weather radar... you really got pounded! Last edited by Zeedman; June 20, 2012 at 02:34 AM. |
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June 20, 2012 | #42 |
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yah we got pounded alright.
managed to get some golf in early in the afternoon with the family, and then it started raining. boy did it pour. boomers, lightning, even had a tornado warning near by. we needed rain, but looks like now we need a boat. some areas of the U.P. had some flooding, roads may have been closed. we are on high ground. one corner of the basement is damp. looking good so far. keith |
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