Mature pole beans cut off near bottom
lingon
12 years ago
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Comments (1)I am having the SAME issue with my pole beans. In fact, not only are they turning yellow, but sometimes have brown crinkly spots. Usually, just yellow though. I just made a post about it. Anyone else have thoughts? How long have your tomatoes been yellowing at the bottom? I have a terrible problem with early blight every year. It usually starts in May very subtle. It starts on the bottom and moves up. The leaves turn yellowish and get brown crispy spots and then eventually just shrivel up. It moves up throughout the year and eventually most of the plant will be yellow. So, even though it's called "early blight" (because it STARTS early in the season, as opposed to late blight), it does most of its damage later in the year. Mine get it every year. This year I used daconil and it helps. Take a look at my previous posting from earlier today. I have a pic of my beans. Is that what you're having too?...See MoreBlack-seeded pole beans for soup, pls
Comments (23)No Gautam, I haven't noticed that. However, it was pretty common knowledge, wherever we lived in Mexico, that beans that were more recently harvested cooked more easily. They don't have to boil in order to soften. One way we've cooked beans, when not in any hurry is to bring them up to boiling, cover, turn off the heat, and let them set for about a hour. Then we'd turn the heat back on and cook. I can't remember just how much longer we'd cook them. But they cooked up as if they had been on the heat even for that hour, when in fact they weren't. Also, for anyone who doesn't know it. The best way I know, to tell if a bean is properly done, is to spoon it out of the pot hot, and blow on it. If the bean's skin splits, it's done to perfection! Some people in the USA have told me that they can't cook beans; that they've tried, but that they never get soft. More often than not it's not their fault. They got hold of old beans which may have sat on the shelf for a long time. Those beans sometimes won't soften properly, not matter how long one cooks them. I don't know how well it works. But some Mexican friends have told me that such old beans can be softened if you hang'em in a sack, under the drip line of your house's roof and let them absorb water a day or two before you try cooking them. George PS. Tlatlauqui is at 7500 feet altitude. The place receives about 11 feet of precipitation a year because it is on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Madre Oriente mountains, at just the right place to catch the warm moist air coming off the Veracruz coast. Everything is green and beautiful, especially when the sun comes out. But there were definitely challenges for gardening and for human health....See MoreDo pole beans taste better than bush beans?
Comments (12)I think your limitations in space warrant you starting with pole beans. The above postings are right in that everyone has their own taste. I started with strictly pole beans & have some experience with them. "Emerite" is the best pole filet bean, yields are very good and early in my northeast PA garden (get from Pinetree Garden Seeds). I also like the purple-pdded varietes, and have great luck with "Trionfo Violetto" (get them from Pinetree Garden Seeds). I am also heavy shell bean grower/eater. I grow "Wren's Egg" (from Heirloom Seeds), "True Cranberry" (from Seed Savers Exchange), and when i can find them cannellini and borlotto pole beans (Gourmet Seeds International). I also grow bush beans for shelling & drying, "Dutch Brown", "Flagrano" flageolet (the most tasty shell bean in my opinion), and "Black Turtle" beans, which have amazing yields for cuban black bean soup. For recipes, see the thread here called "How do you cook your beans?" Folks have posted some nice ones there. Well this should get you going. Happy gardening! Here is a link that might be useful: Pinetree Garden Seeds, perfect for small gardens...See MorePole Bean Tepee and seed spacing
Comments (3)There are many ways to trellis pole beans. Just keep in mind that they can grow taller than six feet and that they will be bushier at the top than at the bottom. What you describe will no doubt work. The vines will grow off the tops of the tepees then flop over (unless you prune them). I'm not sure if pruning will cause side branching. I haven't done it. There will be some crowding at the top where all the poles converge. I wouldn't expect any of this to result in serious problems, even if it isn't optimal. If you want a height of six feet, perhaps you should use eight foot poles to compensate for the slant, the overlap where they connect and for the part which will be stuck into the ground. Eight foot poles will probably make six foot tepees. I have been using eight foot poles stuck in the ground vertically on three foot spacing. I plant a circle of six seeds around the base of each pole. I'm planning to try a different scheme this year. Remember that, when the vines and foliage are fully grown, they offer a lot of wind resistance. If they aren't well anchored, the will get blown over. Jim...See Morelingon
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