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I never liked green beans ... ;-D
What type of green beans do you plant?
Still too early here in NJ - normally plant mid April
to early May depending on weather.
I normally watch weather and wait until night temps dont
go below 40 F
Wintwer been real mild so may plant earlier around April 1
My favorites are the pinto beans, picked and cooked whole in the pod. VIrtually same thing as Italian green beens, and superior taste to pole or bush beans. Also produces faster, I think.
My dad just pulls out his almanac every year and follows it. He has a decent crop of everything he plants.
/mark
Thank you for posting this.
TOP CROP grow well around here. Tasty. Especially when cooked in bacon grease. Ya, I know. Watch out for the food police...
Anyone here save seeds? Just finished reading a book on seed saving and cannot believe how complicated it sounds!
Here’s a fun idea I thought I’d share. We have a gazebo on our second story deck and I was inspired to grow some ‘vines’ on the vertical supports. I got some large deep pots and planted pole beans in them and set the pots at the base of the supports. Those beans just took over the gazebo and everyone loved being able to pick the ‘beans in space’ as we sat at the outdoor table. Here in Minnesota, it will be a couple of months until I can try it again. Cant wait!
I’m ready to put in the entire garden after the 15th of March. Given the mild winter this year, that’s the safe planting date.
For Bush Beans I plant ‘Derby’ or ‘Jade’ (green) and I LOVE ‘Goldito’ for a skinny yellow filet bush bean.
For Pole Beans I like ‘Fortex’ and I usually plant ‘Hilda Romano’ for my pole Romano (flat) bean for fresh eating or drying.
Last year was terrible for beans, as our soil would NOT warm up. I had to re-seed 4x! But, I still had a huge crop and was picking beans well into October!
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Anybody gonna try Bush beans this year - for a little nostalgia?
Hopefully they won’t sprout a$$paper like the last batch did.
{badumpump}
Heh. Last year we planted pole beans with the sweat-corn and both did well. Gonna do it again this year.
It’s a mutually beneficial arrangement where the pole beans get something to climb on, and the nitrogen-hungry Corn benefits from the nitrate fixing legumes they’re hosting.
My grandmother taught me to plant. She planted by the signs. She always planted white half-runner beans and the best time was to plant them on Good Friday. If not, you planted them in the arms or leg signs on the horoscope man. In fact all plants that run or climb should be planted in those signs.
Potatoes should be planted in dark nights in March.
I’ve always planted that way and it’s always came out good.
Green beans already planted and sprouting. Onions are up. Asparagus doing great, yum. Tomatos and peppers about ready to be transplanted in the garden.
Those planting by the moon can check dates at the farmers almanac site. I’m trying it this year just to see if it works any better. Anything would work better than last year when everything burned up with the heat. Blah, it was even too hot for the green beans.