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Post by wally on Jul 17, 2019 1:54:02 GMT
Thank god, my beans were still producing but I was not impressed with the quality. Tonight the plants with bean pods were pulled and hit the compost pile..I have enough seeds left to think about a fall crop
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Post by feather on Jul 17, 2019 2:20:40 GMT
Good going Wally. What kind are you growing? We just put in contender/bush and then a mishmosh of older beans seeds, which will be a surprise.
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Post by Weed on Jul 17, 2019 2:34:42 GMT
Same here Wally, I got two earlier pickings from the Contenders before pulling them today. Almost three full five gallon buckets worth from two double rows...all washed and ready to can tomorrow. Nice to be able to pull them and take them into the shade to pick em!
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Post by oxankle2 on Jul 17, 2019 3:03:39 GMT
I plant Ky Wonder pole beans. The crop this year is disappointing---plentiful but stringy and not at all uniform. I wonder if different seed houses are running different strains of this bean?
I am almost certain that different seed suppliers have different strains of the Brandywine tomato---the one I have this year is not at all as productive as those in previous years, more misshapen, more splits, not as branched. Just now turning, so I have no taste test yet.
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Post by Weed on Jul 17, 2019 3:37:25 GMT
I plant Ky Wonder pole beans. The crop this year is disappointing---plentiful but stringy and not at all uniform. I wonder if different seed houses are running different strains of this bean? I am almost certain that different seed suppliers have different strains of the Brandywine tomato---the one I have this year is not at all as productive as those in previous years, more misshapen, more splits, not as branched. Just now turning, so I have no taste test yet. Not sure about beans but even with all the variables (soil, weather etc...) aside, I'm convinced that different seed suppliers are selling different strains of many varieties...not just Brandywine. I'm more tuned to growing hybrids these days because they hold up better to blight and diseases and they grow fairly consistent year-year. If there are any subtle changes, I blame myself or the weather. Nice thing about those old heirlooms though is you can save the seed from the good ones and get the same consistently year-year (after you find a good one you're satisfied with).
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Post by Weed on Jul 17, 2019 3:39:50 GMT
Does anyone have any knowledge about,or experience growing pink tip greasy beans?
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Post by wally on Jul 17, 2019 9:40:00 GMT
Feather, I has contender. And provider this year. I also applied 20.20.20 with epsom salt this year. The yield was absolutely amazing
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Post by Jolly on Jul 17, 2019 11:42:44 GMT
This year, I had to replant some green beans three times, thanks to the deer and our crazy weather. A hotwire took care of the deer, I could do nothing about the weather. I finally wound up with a row of Providers, two rows of Contenders, one row of Blue Lakes and a row of Roma II. All were bush beans. I have planted rattlesnake pole beans in the past, but I've gone to all bush.
My MIL and I have a long-running joke about the Providers and the Contenders. She says the Providers are better tasting and make more beans. I scoff at the notion they make more beans, and point out the Contenders handle the hot weather better. Ain't nether of us budged in twenty years.π
I won't plant the Blue Lakes again, as the production was not that of the other beans and they were a bit too stringy. It was the first year for the Romas, and they did very well. I think I may plant a few Providers this fall. It will make MIL happy and I'll have a little fresh eating...
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Post by MeandTK on Jul 17, 2019 17:44:34 GMT
I planted white limas last week, and zipper cream peas. No success on green beans, so I plan to try mid August.
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Post by dustawaits on Jul 17, 2019 22:11:13 GMT
I love greasy beans but have not had the pink tipped white. Interesting look . My greasy beans were very heavy producers.
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Post by Weed on Jul 18, 2019 1:59:10 GMT
I love greasy beans but have not had the pink tipped white. Interesting look . My greasy beans were very heavy producers. dustawaits, the only backstory I have on those beans is they're an old Appalachian Heirloom variety that have been grown by kin down in Tennessee for many, many decades. Definitely the best tasting bean I've ever eaten...fresh or canned. My cousin gave me a small bag of seed and told me they were a bush variety and I coulda swore he told me to plant them as I would the Contenders. Should have got my instructions before he broke out the moonshine! I planted them as I do the Contenders, and turns out they are a vining type that need a fence or Trellis! Before I go back and get even, I was hoping for some further input from anyone else that may have grown them.
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Post by Jolly on Jul 18, 2019 14:17:37 GMT
I planted white limas last week, and zipper cream peas. No success on green beans, so I plan to try mid August. Ah, zipper peas... Folks, if y'all ain't had them, you're missing something...
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Post by dustawaits on Jul 18, 2019 14:20:43 GMT
Weed, my greasy beans were called half runners. I planted them near the fence and they ran! I believe 18 ft was what I measured. I have not gotten beans planted this year but would have planted them on my porch. I take that back I did plant some Greasiest, They areon the west side behind the sunflowers. Soil is not good there and it can get hot!! But beans like hot weather. I think I have 6 varieties that came from Sandhills. They were given to him when the owner died. They are supposed to be mainly from the eastern mountains. I would love to trade with you.
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Post by Weed on Jul 18, 2019 21:20:36 GMT
dustawaits, I swayed away from the pole varieties of beans & removed the 2 - 60' trellises last fall. Now that I figured out these pink tips run, I'll set one of them back up dedicated for the pink tips and whatever variety it is that you have & like best...I'll be happy to trade with you!
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Post by dustawaits on Jul 18, 2019 22:25:02 GMT
I will get mine out I think maybe 6 varieties.... Greasy beans just have a different flavor... the need to be in a different category from green beans. But I donβt exactly call them pole beans. Runners yes and should not be without support.
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Post by Weed on Jul 20, 2019 3:23:42 GMT
Still in production mode here but I'm not liking the fact these are are sprawled out across the mulch vs hanging on a fence or Trellis... they've spread across the walking paths. Do the runners continue growing until they get frosted in the fall, like pole bean varieties do?
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Post by dustawaits on Jul 20, 2019 21:44:42 GMT
Because the bean is shiny and has a greasy look to it. Most beans are not shiny.
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Post by dustawaits on Jul 20, 2019 21:45:46 GMT
Greasy beans run until you stop them.....π
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Post by Weed on Sept 24, 2019 17:08:20 GMT
dustawaits, I just finished threshing the beans I saved from the Pink Tips...If you send me a PM with your address and qty needed I'll get them mailed off to you soon I sowed a 32 count tray today to check the germ rate %, should know how viable they are in a few days
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Post by dustawaits on Sept 26, 2019 16:52:09 GMT
Weed
I have not forgotten you . I finally found the seeds in the freezer this morning... almost in the bottom! I have yet to go through them. Once I go through them I will get back with you.
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Post by Tim Horton on Sept 26, 2019 19:41:48 GMT
Some time last summer Sweetie got a big box of garden seeds. All from a garage sale, or given to her from somewhere. No telling how old some of the packages were.
So this spring she just started pounding them into the raised beds and see what happens. Evidently it was wet enough this summer all did well. We had 4 pickings of peas, 3-4 green beans. Standard type bean, yellow, and purple. All seemed to do well and she canned 20 or more liters.
Tomatoes in green house and outside did somewhat as usual. A few meals of red ripe fruit and enough green fruit to make a years supply of Chow-Chow.
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Post by dustawaits on Sept 28, 2019 14:50:43 GMT
I only have three, Weed, all are organic. I have Tennessee Greasy Striped Greasy Cutshort Blue Greasy Grit. The Blues were what I planted this year and were so good. I shared with a friend and she said the taste was out of this world. She saved the dry ones to plant next year. I know of myself green beans lost their taste once I ate my first greasy.
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