home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   rec.gardens.edible      Edible gardening topics      40,489 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 39,343 of 40,489   
   T to songbird   
   Re: Green beans?   
   12 Oct 20 18:20:40   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-10-12 17:30, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> Are green beans very difficult to grow?  (Keep in   
   >> mind my black thumb.)   
   >   
   >    er, well, some can be and others aren't as much but   
   > it is going to depend upon your climate and soil.   
   >   
   >    here i have certain varieties that have done well   
   > over the years and others that struggle (planted right   
   > next to each other in the same soil so they are   
   > treated the same in terms of climate and watering).   
   >   
   >    the hard part there is going to be how to get 50-60   
   > days before it gets really hot out as i think then the   
   > plants may have a hard time setting pods and keeping   
   > them - but perhaps this variety will hold up longer.   
   > dunno until you try.  :)   
   >   
   >   
   >> Found these with a 50 day maturity:   
   >>   
   >> https://www.burpee.com/vegetables/beans/bean-bush-burpees-str   
   ngless-green-pod-prod000579.html   
   >>   
   >> No strings either.   
   >   
   >    wish they had pictures of the seeds.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
   Thank you.  One has to try!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca