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Posted by
lucille Houston (
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Tue, May 20, 14 at 9:06
I planted some this year and am harvesting enough to have a nice big bowl of them at dinner every few days, they grow fast!!
These fresh picked (cooked until tender, a little salt, pepper and butter) are amazingly tastier than any string bean I've bought at a store. I'm thinking that some people who haven't really learned to appreciate veggies just have not eaten them fresh and cooked right. |
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RE: Pole beans
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| I agree Lucille, Everything home grown tastes better! |
RE: Pole beans
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Last year was the first year we ever grew Scarlet Runners. Wish it hadn't taken us 30 years to try them! We just love them, too.
Happy gardening (and eating!!)
Edie |
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| We are still usually producing pole beans at the start of the school year, it was a great feeling when my daughter came home from kindergarten last year talking about how she shared her beans with her friends at lunch bc they had never seen/tried them before. Pole beans out of the garden are SOOO good, much better than anything you get at the grocery store (and they don't even compare to canned green beans, blech!). And fresh garden peas... YUM, we can barely get enough for a meal because my kids pick them and eat them right in the garden! This year the beans and peas each get their own trellis :-) |
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| It was fresh picked green beans out of a friends garden that convinced me to try this gardening thing! I always tell me family the first evening with beans from the garden with dinner is a celebration each year! |
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| Quite often in the midst of summer, I'll take a knife and a bowl of clean water out to the garden and have lunch in the garden! Green beans, tomatoes, peppers, a stray sprig of asparagus.MMMMMMMMMM I think EVERYTHING tastes better out of the garden! Nancy |
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| Agreed. :) We're still picking pole beans when most everyone in the neighbourhood is doing end-of-season clean-up and tilling. Emerite and Fortex were the two short-season varieties suggested to me here and we love them! I don't plant bush beans at all anymore. In fact, we're building another trellis this week. :) |
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| Over the years I've cut back on how much I plant, but my pole beans always make the list. So easy to grow, they don't take up much space, and so much better than you can get at any store. Fortex is my favorite too. I like that they don't "bean out" quickly, as those buggers are often hard to find in the vines. They're a little forgiving, stay tender even when they should have been picked several days ago. |
RE: Pole beans
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- Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Thu, May 22, 14 at 18:26
| Lucille - which variety did you plant? Dave |
RE: Pole beans
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Heck first time growing greenbeans was 2011. wow really had lots (front yard was my neat garden..
Last year did fair , in this new location, first time for pole beans,,,, Uhm uhm, KY wonder pole beans... Hubby had the "strings.. yeah you can ge the strings in our mouth
If I did not have so many bush beans seeds ,,, would plant noting but pole beans... growing most this year on my cattle panels...
we ate steamed fresh green bean everyda, till the heavy
thanks all |
RE: Pole beans
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| I agree, pole beans can't be beat. Bush are a waste of space in comparison. BTW, pole beans will grow up trees - one or two plants on a fruit tree won't hurt the tree. |
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| Fortex won't get stringy on you, at least not very quickly at all. And I agree with bush beans being a waste of space. Have never figured out why people plant bush beans when pole beans are so much more carefree and prolific. |
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- Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Fri, May 23, 14 at 12:48
| In defense of the poor bush beans, they are handy cropping if you are canning. :) Dave |
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| So they are similar to the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes? The bushes produce all at once, the vining ones produce a little at a time? I've also noticed the neat colorful beans like yellow and purple all seem to be bush beans too. |
RE: Pole beans
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| Dave, I planted some Poletschka, and I forgot the other one, maybe Blue Lake, also some cream peas that haven't pea'd yet. |
RE: Pole beans
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- Posted by digdirt 6b-7a North AR (My Page) on
Fri, May 23, 14 at 18:34
| Poletschka - never tried that one. Would love to know how they compare production and flavor wise? Ever tried Fortex? It's my current personal favorite but always like to try different ones. loribee2 - similar but "all at once" isn't accurate for either. Its more of a concentrated 2-3 weeks equals many pints (depends on # of plants) canned, then done. With pole beans it isn't so much "a little at a time" because you have several plants in less apace. It's more a meal or two at a time depending on # of plants. Dave |
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| Bush beans as well as determinant tomatoes can fruit in more than just one flush , given time and favorable growing conditions. So they are not steady and continuous producers like indet tomatoes and pole beans. This I know for certain about bush beans. I grew them last year. Bush beans, might not be as productive, but IMO have advantages too. You don't need to construct trellis for them, can be planted in any vacant spot even in pots and its easy to harvest, they wont shade other plants. |
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| Dave I'll try Fortex next year, thanks. |
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| I've tried Fortex, but Kentucky Wonder remains my favorite. I just bought another cattle panel to make a second bean arch. I've been growing pole beans this way (on an 8-ft. arch) for several years, and can't say enough good things about it. Here's how it looked in its first year . . . |
Here is a link that might be useful: My Bean Arch
RE: Pole beans
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| Ohhhh alisande, that bean arch is gorgeous! I haven't been able to figure out how to get cattle panels home from Tractor Supply. I've had to settle for rabbit panel (smaller) on a 8' trellis which my beans ALWAYS outgrow. But your arch is so inspiring, I may just have to pull the trigger and borrow my neighbor's truck, LOL |
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