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Bean subtraction problem
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Posted by vrkelley 7 outdoor (My Page) on Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 19:59
| If a bean plant can only produce 1-2 rounds of beans, and the bunnies chow down the first round before the beans and blossums got full size, are the nipped plants toast?
Does 2 - 1 = 1?
OR will the beans recover and re-try Round 1? I've covered the plants with screens should I do anything else to 'help my math'?? |
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RE: Bean subtraction problem
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- Posted by tapla z5b-6a MI (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 21:01
| All plants will continue to try to reproduce themselves (fruit) if the cultural conditions allow, which is why dead-heading is commonly employed to encourage plants to produce more blooms & fruits. I think that whether or not they will produce well will, in the end, be dependent on whether the high summer temps cause blooms/buds to abort and the effects of day-length, both/either of which can trump even the genetic will to reproduce in other than day-neutral plants. ... have to wait & see. Al |
RE: Bean subtraction problem
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| I think you need to cook up rabbit with your beans this year :) |
RE: Bean subtraction problem
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>>cook up rabbit with your beans this year :)
Sounds like tastey good math to me. Somebody set a few bunnies free and now there's an overabundance of them! I'll post the 'answer" in about a week. Stay tuned! |
RE: Bean subtraction problem
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| Ok it's been a week...just posting back. Yes the bean are blooming but not at the vigor of the first blush. Cooked rabbit is in order. We see 5-6 different ones all over the neighborhood. |
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| Strike is a bush bean variety I have found to produce heavily for a longer period than others I have tried. |
RE: Bean subtraction problem
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| Strike beans! Thanks JAG. |
RE: Bean subtraction problem
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| Strike beans! Thanks JAG. |
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