So... I had a question about bush beans and pole beans?
I've grown bush beans before but not pole beans. A lot of people in the southwest don't do pole beans. I guess it just never took off. But people do bush beans.
Supposedly beans are nitrogen fixers, which is part of my interest in them.
Anyway... I forgot to do beans this year. I mean... I mostly do cucumbers and tomatoes primarily and then a few other things. So because I was focusing on trying to learn melons this year I just forgot about doing beans entirely. (Wish I'd remembered...)
Anyway, when I did do beans in the past I sort of had a hard time. I did get them to grow. And to produce fruit I also succeeded. But I don't feel like I really had them take off and really do well. Plus, a lot of insects like snails are really attracted to bush beans over other vegetables and that probably played a part in not doing as well with them.
I thought maybe it might help to ask others... for bean techniques what other vegetables would you compare the ideal watering schedule and other techniques with to have them do well? I thought maybe a comparison to the ideal setups might have insight to have them take off and do well next year?
Also I'd wondered do you do a different strategy and techniques and watering setup for pole beans compared to bush beans? Will the same watering rotation and setup even work for pole beans? People I'd talked to that do pole beans say they produce a lot more ('potentially') than bush beans. This made it seem worth it to investigate more on them.
A side question that I'm curious about for beans is when you grow them for the nitrogen fixing, or fertility fixing trait in a field or area, if that area is depleted somewhat in resources, do you grow them there more than 1 year to fix the soil? Is 1 year enough or do you need to do more than 1 year?
Thanks and happy gardening.
I've grown bush beans before but not pole beans. A lot of people in the southwest don't do pole beans. I guess it just never took off. But people do bush beans.
Supposedly beans are nitrogen fixers, which is part of my interest in them.
Anyway... I forgot to do beans this year. I mean... I mostly do cucumbers and tomatoes primarily and then a few other things. So because I was focusing on trying to learn melons this year I just forgot about doing beans entirely. (Wish I'd remembered...)
Anyway, when I did do beans in the past I sort of had a hard time. I did get them to grow. And to produce fruit I also succeeded. But I don't feel like I really had them take off and really do well. Plus, a lot of insects like snails are really attracted to bush beans over other vegetables and that probably played a part in not doing as well with them.
I thought maybe it might help to ask others... for bean techniques what other vegetables would you compare the ideal watering schedule and other techniques with to have them do well? I thought maybe a comparison to the ideal setups might have insight to have them take off and do well next year?
Also I'd wondered do you do a different strategy and techniques and watering setup for pole beans compared to bush beans? Will the same watering rotation and setup even work for pole beans? People I'd talked to that do pole beans say they produce a lot more ('potentially') than bush beans. This made it seem worth it to investigate more on them.
A side question that I'm curious about for beans is when you grow them for the nitrogen fixing, or fertility fixing trait in a field or area, if that area is depleted somewhat in resources, do you grow them there more than 1 year to fix the soil? Is 1 year enough or do you need to do more than 1 year?
Thanks and happy gardening.