variety selection - French beans (Green beans): Dwarf v. Climbing ...
[Translating, I think french beans are what we in the U.S. call green beans; dwarf is what we call bush; and climbing is what we call pole.] You're right that bush beans are a recent development: they make it so that mechanical harvesting is easier. In my opinion, pole beans taste better. Pole beans crop more heavily, or at least over a longer ...
Some of my bush beans are light green, is this a problem?
Great job! My wife has noticed the same pale green leaves on our bush beans and I just looked up causes. Your query eas the second one that I opened and the first for addressing our specific issue. Many thanks! All of our bush beans are in either pots or rollaway beds (HOA) rules about growing vegetables/fruit outside our pool cage.
Why are my French Cobra bean flowers not being pollinated?
2012年7月2日 · As Lisa pointed out, the cause of beans failing to pollinate is often caused by a lack of water. The plant cannot support a growing fruit with that low of a water level, and aborts the crop. Sweet corn will do the same thing.
More Than One Harvest from Beans?
2020年7月10日 · If you let the beans ripen before you pick them, the plant's life cycle is then over and it will die. If you have more beans than you want to eat, pick them and compost them instead of leaving them on the plants, so the plants will keep on trying to produce ripe seeds. If you want to save your own seed for next year, leave the pods on one or ...
vegetables - Harvesting beans to prolong cropping - but how …
2011年8月8日 · It is said that if you let your runner/french beans reach full maturity, the plant stops producing. So I harvest my beans (even if only to throw/give them away) regularly to prolong cropping. How thorough do I need to be? Is it sufficient to regularly pick most of the beans that are ready or do I have to ensure I catch every single bean pod?
Regrow beans from the garden - Gardening & Landscaping Stack …
2015年9月23日 · 6. Yes, you need to leave them on the plant longer. We eat green beans when they are still immature. To harvest for seed, leave the pods on the plant until they are dry and brittle. You can then crack the seed pods open to get the seeds out. Store them in a cool, dry place til next planting season. If possible, pull the seeds from at least 5-7 ...
nutrients - Is it really necessary to rotate runner beans?
2014年5月18日 · 10. A firm believer in 3-year crop rotation, I sow my runner beans in a different plot every year. After they crop, I dig their stems and roots into the soil, to replenish it with their captured nitrogen; I then dismantle the bamboo support frame and reconstruct it elsewhere. To avoid this hassle, several of my gardener friends dig in plenty of ...
support - What is the best method for trellising green beans ...
2014年5月18日 · The classic method for supporting beans is a line of A-Frames with horizontal poles across the top. Make the structure somewhat stronger than you think is going to be needed. Consider providing more canes/poles than you have bean plants for extra strength.
Can tepary beans cross-pollinate with common beans?
2019年10月5日 · As a practical example I have grown Cranberry beans about a hundred feet from Kentucky wonder (both P. vulgaris varieties, so somewhat likely to cross) and for about twenty years had no problems with crossing - the resulting dry beans are quite different, KW is a plain light or darker brown bean and the Cranberry is purplish with flecks.
support - Should I stop runner beans climbing too high?
2011年6月28日 · 14. I realise I've put runner beans close to an overhanging damson tree. The beans closest to the damson have scaled my supports and have bridged the gap between support and tree and started to climb on into the branches of the damson. Leaving aside unsuitability of growing vegetables close to trees (loss of light and nutrients), is there a ...