More tomatoes and assorted other stuff

GoDawgs · July 8, 2020

Today was a day of first pickings. There were a few more Porters, Rosellas and BATs to get and one Super Sioux. The others seem to be taking their time ripening.

I pulled the first four ears of Silver Queen corn, got a handful of the Alabama blackeye butterbeans, a box of Cherokee Trail of Tears beans in the shelly stage and the first bell pepper. There were also more jalapenos and Gypsy peppers, the first bell pepper, some yard long beans and the first two cukes from the new trellised plant. "Somebody" had already grabbed up the beans and cut them up before the pic was taken.

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GreenThumbGal_07 · July 9, 2020

The Cherokee Trail of Tears beans look very nice. What was the seed source?

GoDawgs · July 9, 2020

They originally came from Baker Creek. I've been using saved seed since 2017.

KathyDC · July 9, 2020

Now that's a beautiful basket. Actually I like the basket too. Is that repurposed cardboard?

Also how much room/what kind of sun/support do you need to grow beans? I've never done it, but may try some next year.

GoDawgs · July 9, 2020

About four years ago that basket was full of peaches I bought at an orchard. I have no idea if it was made with recycled cardboard or not. I have four of them that I keep in the garden shed for picking stuff. Never let a good basket go to waste!

If you grow pole beans instead of bush beans you can save a lot of space. And space-wise you can get more on a trellis than you can a tri-pod or quad-pod tepee. Pole beans will grow up to the moon but I make the trellises only as tall as I can reach to pick. The beans will run to the top and then start running down again.

I plant bush and pole beans about 2-3" apart. Real bushy bush beans sometimes get planted 4" apart (air flow concerns). You can get away with pole beans 2" apart because, as you can see above, the foliage is thin at the bottom, which will give you 6 plants per row foot.

Beans will grow in full sun but can appreciate a bit of shade during the hottest part of the day. These CTOTs will do fine in the all day sun.

GreenThumbGal_07 · July 10, 2020

Beautiful beans! I like the pole type also. More beans per vine and easier to pick.

July 8, 2020	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	More tomatoes and assorted other stuff Today was a day of first pickings. There were a few more Porters, Rosellas and BATs to get and one Super Sioux. The others seem to be taking their time ripening. I pulled the first four ears of Silver Queen corn, got a handful of the Alabama blackeye butterbeans, a box of Cherokee Trail of Tears beans in the shelly stage and the first bell pepper. There were also more jalapenos and Gypsy peppers, the first bell pepper, some yard long beans and the first two cukes from the new trellised plant. "Somebody" had already grabbed up the beans and cut them up before the pic was taken. :

July 9, 2020	#2
GreenThumbGal_07 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 300	The Cherokee Trail of Tears beans look very nice. What was the seed source?

July 9, 2020	#4
KathyDC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Suburban Washington, DC (Zone 7A) Posts: 347	Now that's a beautiful basket. Actually I like the basket too. Is that repurposed cardboard? Also how much room/what kind of sun/support do you need to grow beans? I've never done it, but may try some next year.

July 10, 2020	#6
GreenThumbGal_07 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern California Posts: 300	Beautiful beans! I like the pole type also. More beans per vine and easier to pick.