Tiny green beans already!

Fert1 · May 25, 2009

Hey, I've already got some tiny green beans forming on my pole beans. It's my first year growing pole beans, so I'm very excited at the prospect. They grow pretty fast, don't they?

aninocentangel · May 25, 2009

Congratulations! They do grow pretty fast, what kind did you plant?

shelleybean · May 26, 2009

Congratulations on your beans! Mine are just starting to flower and I'm looking forward to them. My sugar snap peas will be done in a couple of weeks and I'll put my butter beans in that spot, also pole. They'll take a while but I'll get a lot of beans at the end of the summer and into the fall.

Fert1 · May 26, 2009

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Originally Posted by aninocentangel

Congratulations! They do grow pretty fast, what kind did you plant?

I planted several varieties of greasy beans this year. My dad grew some greasy beans once when I was a kid, and we all, (my family), thought they had the best flavor of any he had ever grown. So I'm looking forward to them with great anticipation.

robin303 · May 26, 2009

Plant them every two weeks and you will have a crop for the rest of the season.

Fert1 · May 26, 2009

I thought pole beans kept bearing all season anyway. Do they not?

shelleybean · May 26, 2009

That is correct, Holly. You only need to plant pole beans once a season. Usually, if you keep picking, they'll keep producing until late in the season. Most bush beans have to be planted again and again if you want to keep picking all summer.

Fert1 · May 26, 2009

Oh good! I was afraid I had miscalculated.

May 25, 2009	#1
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Tiny green beans already! Hey, I've already got some tiny green beans forming on my pole beans. It's my first year growing pole beans, so I'm very excited at the prospect. They grow pretty fast, don't they? __________________ Holly

May 26, 2009	#3
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	Congratulations on your beans! Mine are just starting to flower and I'm looking forward to them. My sugar snap peas will be done in a couple of weeks and I'll put my butter beans in that spot, also pole. They'll take a while but I'll get a lot of beans at the end of the summer and into the fall. __________________ Michele

May 26, 2009	#6
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	I thought pole beans kept bearing all season anyway. Do they not? __________________ Holly

May 26, 2009	#7
shelleybean Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 2,648	That is correct, Holly. You only need to plant pole beans once a season. Usually, if you keep picking, they'll keep producing until late in the season. Most bush beans have to be planted again and again if you want to keep picking all summer. __________________ Michele

May 26, 2009	#8
Fert1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Upstate SC, Zone 7 Posts: 543	Oh good! I was afraid I had miscalculated. __________________ Holly

May 25, 2009	#2
aninocentangel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 8a Coastal SC Posts: 251	Congratulations! They do grow pretty fast, what kind did you plant?

May 26, 2009	#5
robin303 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX Zone 8b Posts: 531	Plant them every two weeks and you will have a crop for the rest of the season.