anyone know the days to maturity for these?

[tjg911]

these are pole beans.

mr. tung
uncle steve's
maria amazilitei

keithrx i don't know if you have internet at home yet and iirc you only went once a month to the library. if you read this these are the ones you sent to me.

tom

[janezee]

Mr. Tung is listed in my datebase as 65 days for green beans. Source for info was Googled recently, IIRC. I think it's usually about 30 more until dry.

j

[habitat_gardener]

Sandhill lists this one
Uncle Steve's Italian Pole: 70 days. Unique, variegated green with purple stripes pole bean. Beans are slightly curved at the end.

[fortyonenorth]

Last, my first year growing it, Maria Amazilitei's Giant Red came it at 85 days.

Ooops! Disregard my post, Tom. I thought you were referring to the tomato.

[Tormato]

Tom,

I haven't tried Mr Tung.

Maria Amazilitei's was 65-70 days , for me. This is for the yellow curved bean. (there are more than one Maria Amazilitei's)

Uncle Steve's was 70-75 days.

Gary

[rxkeith]

hi tom,

uncle steve when planted around the first week of june starts producing early august, so 70-75 days is right on. mr tung, and marie amailitei, (the yellow #6 shape one) i only grew once or twice in the thumb area of the state, and were pretty close to uncle steve, maybe a bit earlier. i usually start some seeds indoors due to erratic late spring weather, and cooler than desired soil. uncle steve takes its time coming up, so don't worry if they aren't up right away. they'll get there. most years, uncle steve gets to the leathery stage here which is good enough for seed saving. last year was pretty much a no bean year for me. right after planting we had 3 or 4 days of rainy 50 degree weather that kept them from sprouting.

we have internet at the farm now, yaaay.


keith

[janezee]

Wow, keith, you just blew my mind. I had to go back and think how long I've had internet, and be really grateful for having had it for so long. I've had a few intervals of travel or moving when I had to use the library.
I had forgotten how much I take it for granted, and how I use the computer/internet every single day. And I haven't been working anymore most of those years. (15)
Welcome to the world of incredible time drain! Fascinating, but potentially addictive.

jane

[tjg911]

thanks. seems pole beans are 65-70 regardless of variety.

i'll be starting my pole beans inside under lights for the 1st time ever to get a jump start on the season. thanks to tormato (gary) for the info on how he does it.

tom

[rxkeith]

tom,

cars work for a rolling greenhouse. one year i started some beans in a strawberry flat, and put it on the back shelf of the impala we had. do cars even have a shelf in the back anymore? it worked really well. i was picking beans 2 weeks earlier that year. this was in detroit probably in the late 70s. on warm days, you would prolly need to crack a window to avoid cooking them. back end of a station wagon would work too with windows on 3 sides.


keith

[Sherry_AK]

Originally Posted by rxkeith

tom,

cars work for a rolling greenhouse. one year i started some beans in a strawberry flat, and put it on the back shelf of the impala we had. do cars even have a shelf in the back anymore? it worked really well. i was picking beans 2 weeks earlier that year. this was in detroit probably in the late 70s. on warm days, you would prolly need to crack a window to avoid cooking them. back end of a station wagon would work too with windows on 3 sides.


keith

Off topic, but I used to use the bed of a pick-up truck to harden off tomatoes. I could just move it around as necessary to stay in the shade, or expose to the sun gradually. Then right back in the garage on a chilly night! It worked really well.

Sherry

[tjg911]

creative ideas, lots of knowledge at tomatoville.

tom

[Tormato]

Originally Posted by tjg911

thanks. seems pole beans are 65-70 regardless of variety.

i'll be starting my pole beans inside under lights for the 1st time ever to get a jump start on the season. thanks to tormato (gary) for the info on how he does it.

tom

Tom,

The vast majority of pole beans I've tried are 64-75 dtm. I've yet to try Early Riser and Northeaster, which are said to be in the 50-55 day range.

I had two bean crosses last year, in my garden. One was 44 dtm (unknown if it was an edible pod). The other one was about 105 days. This one had 20 foot vines, that didn't start producing until about the 13 foot mark.

Gary

[kath]

Originally Posted by Sherry_AK

Off topic, but I used to use the bed of a pick-up truck to harden off tomatoes. I could just move it around as necessary to stay in the shade, or expose to the sun gradually. Then right back in the garage on a chilly night! It worked really well.

Sherry

I LOVE this idea...the bed even provides some wind protection and keeps the deer away. We don't have a garage, so I'll still have to bring the flats in and out of the house each day but this is genius! Thanks for posting this.

Kath