getting a jump on pole beans this year - Page 3

kath · May 27, 2012

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Originally Posted by johnnytwofingers

From the package, my beans are: Bean (Bush) Tendergreen Improved

I'll attach a picture of how I have them planted.....

Wish I could attach a picture, but I have the same variety planted in the end of a long planter that is 8'x2'. The soil is about 10" deep and the seeds were sown at 4" spacing in all directions in the last 2' of the box. The rest of the box is filled with early carrots. These seeds were sown early with the help of glass storm windows placed over the planter to hold in the heat and protect from frost so that we are harvesting baby carrots now to thin out the rows and the beans are about 2' high with very tiny beans appearing now. The point is that everything is growing well and happy in this container bed.

There have been threads about growing onions and other vegetables in "clumps" instead of singly and I think that with your beans already started and the size they are now it would be safer to plant the clump and not separate. Beans aren't heavy feeders. jmo

kath

Tracydr · May 27, 2012

Just noticed that I have flowers on my Rattlesnake beans. This is the first year that I've had beans actually grow! Maybe, just maybe we'll get to eat some beans besides just long beans!
I hope I planted enough. Not thinking they would grow after several years of bean failure, I only planted about a 3 foot section.

kath · May 27, 2012

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Originally Posted by Tracydr

Just noticed that I have flowers on my Rattlesnake beans. This is the first year that I've had beans actually grow! Maybe, just maybe we'll get to eat some beans besides just long beans!
I hope I planted enough. Not thinking they would grow after several years of bean failure, I only planted about a 3 foot section.

I trialed a bunch of pole beans last year and only had 2 plants of Rattlesnake which were only about 2" apart and only about 8" from their neighbor yet we had lots of them. They were our favorite of the varieties we tried. Pretty, tender, prolific and yummy!

kath

Timbotide · May 27, 2012

Anyone ever grown the varieties Juanita Smith or Grandma Roberts Purple pole beans?
I planted my Juanita Smith beans this weekend and may plant some of the Grandma Roberts beans tomorrow.

Fusion_power · May 27, 2012

I'm the O.S. for Grandma Roberts Purple Pole. My Grandma grew several different old heirloom beans in her garden in Payne's Cove, TN. The purple pole beans are a vigorous and cool soil tolerant variety that produces heavy crops of purple snap beans. They are relatively low for insect damage which is typical of purple beans. Flavor is pretty good and they are the right texture for canning.

DarJones

johnnytwofingers · May 29, 2012

Does anyone know if there's something wrong with my bean plants? Several of the leaves are starting to get a very white, washed out color to them. They still seem to feel the same as the healthier looking green ones, but they don't look healthy.

They are Bean (Bush) Tendergreen Improved, and I recently transplanted them into large pots and moved them outside where they get lots of sunshine (when it isn't raining, that is).

kath · May 29, 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnytwofingers

Does anyone know if there's something wrong with my bean plants? Several of the leaves are starting to get a very white, washed out color to them. They still seem to feel the same as the healthier looking green ones, but they don't look healthy.

They are Bean (Bush) Tendergreen Improved, and I recently transplanted them into large pots and moved them outside where they get lots of sunshine (when it isn't raining, that is).

If they've never been in direct sunlight until the transplant, they would need some time to adjust to being out in full sun all day or they could get really washed out looking. There is a glare in the pics that makes it hard for me to see much.

rxkeith · June 10, 2012

finally got the beans in,
i misplaced the hand trowel, we have two somewhere, so had to use a large serving spoon to dig holes.
in the pole bean category i have
uncle steves
grandma roberts purple
grandmas black
grandmas brown
grandma ginas
musica
waterloo county mennonite pole bean
mr tungs
vassie mae
meraviglia di venezia
tuscarora half runner bread bean
ralphs pole bean
johns purple polish
johns yellow

also planted pencil pod wax bush bean,
ukrainian comrades
an italian romano bush bean, seeds were at least 10 years old. 16 out of 20 sprouted.

dry bean i am trying dutch brown this year.

peas i have planted
sugar snap
sugar ann
oregon sugar pod

growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. same with peppers, squash, melons etc etc

keith

greenthumbomaha · June 19, 2012

The bunnies ate my pole beans down to about half. They were planted out from purchased transplants about 3 weeks ago and grew to almost a foot before being eaten at the main stem. Is there any hope they will grow out and produce.

habitat_gardener · June 20, 2012

[QUOTE=rxkeith;281787...growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. ...[/QUOTE]

Me too! I've planted (mostly pole beans)

absolute favorites
La Vigneronne
Helda Romano
Waterloo County Mennonite

new to me
Asparagus Pea (bush)
Red Noodle
Chinese Long Bean
Christmas Lima
Purple Podded
Purple Peacock
Brockton
Sultan's Green Crescent
Climbing French
KY Wonder Yellow Wax
Anasazi (bush)
Gila River
Blue Coco

have grown before
Trionfo Violetto
Jembo Polish
Rattlesnake
KY Wonder
McCaslan 42
Scarlet Runner

and I didn't even buy new ones this year. If I'd known for sure this spring that I'd have enough garden space, I would have ordered a few more varieties from Sand Hill. It's the first page I turn to when I get the catalog.

This year I'm going to make sure my saved seed is dry enough before storing it in jars! And once it's all dry, I'm planning to find freezer space I can borrow for a few days to kill any weevil eggs. I had weevil damage to several varieties of saved seed. Also, the ones that were not dry enough (crushed rather than shattered when hit by a hammer) had low germination.

Zeedman · June 20, 2012

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growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. same with peppers, squash, melons etc etc

Ditto on that.

I've got bean fever bad, especially since work kept me from planting anything last year, and I'm trying to make up for lost time. It's been a great Spring this year, the weather was cooperative during planting time & I got everything in. These are the beans & other legumes I am growing this year. Most are heirloom preservation seed crops, although I have planted enough to eat plenty.

Beans
Bird Egg #3 - pole, shelly
Champagne - pole, green snap
Clem & Sarah's - bush, shelly/dry
Czechoslovakian - pole, purple snap
Dolloff - pole, shelly/dry
Fortex - pole, green snap
Isla - pole, shelly/dry
Light Brown Zebra - bush, dry
Poletschka - pole, not sure of usage yet
Portugal - pole, shelly
Schwarze Witwe - pole, wax
Soissons Vert - pole, shelly/dry
Uzice Porcelain - semi-pole, shelly/dry
Uzice Speckled Wax - pole, wax/shelly
Woods Mountain Crazy Bean - bush, green snap

Limas
Cave Dweller, Black Seed - bush
Mottled Sieva - pole

Runner
Bianco de Spagna (white seeded)
Gigandes (white seeded)

Cowpeas & Yardlongs
Bush Sitao Var. BS-3 - semi-bush, snap
Fagiolino Dolico Veneto - semi-bush, black-eye, dry
MN 157 - true bush, dry, purple-hull, calico
Galante - pole, yardlong
Sierra Madre - pole, yardlong
Yard & 1/2 - pole, yardlong
Yancheng Bush - true bush, yardlong

Peas
Black Eyed Susan - shelling
Bill Jump - soup
Golderbse - soup
Limestone - snow
Prebohaty - soup
Purple Pod Parsley - shelling, purple pods, breeding selection in progress
Vantana Matar - soup

Misc. legume
Adzuki, Buff - buff seeds
Adzuki, Takara Early - red seeds
Black Gram
Chickpea, Brown Popping

Soybeans
Edamame: Cha Kura Kake, Early Hakucho, Ezonishiki, Gardensoy 24, Kosodiguri Extra Early, Natsu Kurakake, Sapporo Midori, Tengamine,

Processing: Besarabka 724, DV-2371, Hei Pi Qing Rang, Hidatsa, Kong Fou Tseu, Krasnoarmejscaja, Mandarin A, Musan-1, Ohozyu, Pando, PI 427088 I, Rouest 13 A1 2, Sakamotowase, Selection No. 503, Seneca, T 239, Ta Li Tsao Shen Wu Tou, Ugra Saja, VIR 1501-40,

Kieth, I have been watching the weather radar... you really got pounded!

rxkeith · June 20, 2012

yah we got pounded alright.

managed to get some golf in early in the afternoon with the family, and then it started raining. boy did it pour. boomers, lightning, even had a tornado warning near by.
we needed rain, but looks like now we need a boat. some areas of the U.P. had some flooding, roads may have been closed. we are on high ground. one corner of the basement is damp. looking good so far.

keith

May 27, 2012	#32
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Just noticed that I have flowers on my Rattlesnake beans. This is the first year that I've had beans actually grow! Maybe, just maybe we'll get to eat some beans besides just long beans! I hope I planted enough. Not thinking they would grow after several years of bean failure, I only planted about a 3 foot section.

May 27, 2012	#34
Timbotide Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northport Alabama Posts: 304	Anyone ever grown the varieties Juanita Smith or Grandma Roberts Purple pole beans? I planted my Juanita Smith beans this weekend and may plant some of the Grandma Roberts beans tomorrow.

May 27, 2012	#35
Fusion_power Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,250	I'm the O.S. for Grandma Roberts Purple Pole. My Grandma grew several different old heirloom beans in her garden in Payne's Cove, TN. The purple pole beans are a vigorous and cool soil tolerant variety that produces heavy crops of purple snap beans. They are relatively low for insect damage which is typical of purple beans. Flavor is pretty good and they are the right texture for canning. DarJones

June 10, 2012	#38
rxkeith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Back in da U.P. Posts: 1,839	finally got the beans in, i misplaced the hand trowel, we have two somewhere, so had to use a large serving spoon to dig holes. in the pole bean category i have uncle steves grandma roberts purple grandmas black grandmas brown grandma ginas musica waterloo county mennonite pole bean mr tungs vassie mae meraviglia di venezia tuscarora half runner bread bean ralphs pole bean johns purple polish johns yellow also planted pencil pod wax bush bean, ukrainian comrades an italian romano bush bean, seeds were at least 10 years old. 16 out of 20 sprouted. dry bean i am trying dutch brown this year. peas i have planted sugar snap sugar ann oregon sugar pod growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. same with peppers, squash, melons etc etc keith

June 19, 2012	#39
greenthumbomaha Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Omaha Zone 5 Posts: 2,514	The bunnies ate my pole beans down to about half. They were planted out from purchased transplants about 3 weeks ago and grew to almost a foot before being eaten at the main stem. Is there any hope they will grow out and produce.

June 20, 2012	#40
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	[QUOTE=rxkeith;281787...growing beans is like tomatoes in the aspect, you keep finding another one you just gotta try. ...[/QUOTE] Me too! I've planted (mostly pole beans) absolute favorites La Vigneronne Helda Romano Waterloo County Mennonite new to me Asparagus Pea (bush) Red Noodle Chinese Long Bean Christmas Lima Purple Podded Purple Peacock Brockton Sultan's Green Crescent Climbing French KY Wonder Yellow Wax Anasazi (bush) Gila River Blue Coco have grown before Trionfo Violetto Jembo Polish Rattlesnake KY Wonder McCaslan 42 Scarlet Runner and I didn't even buy new ones this year. If I'd known for sure this spring that I'd have enough garden space, I would have ordered a few more varieties from Sand Hill. It's the first page I turn to when I get the catalog. This year I'm going to make sure my saved seed is dry enough before storing it in jars! And once it's all dry, I'm planning to find freezer space I can borrow for a few days to kill any weevil eggs. I had weevil damage to several varieties of saved seed. Also, the ones that were not dry enough (crushed rather than shattered when hit by a hammer) had low germination.