Then watering and fertilizing them, as normal.
From this new start, they will send up new side shoots and within a few weeks give you a new crop of beans.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Re-Tried Beans
Did you know that in areas where you have a long enough growing season left after a crop of beans have finished, that you can get the bean plants to re-shoot and give a second cropping, by cutting the plants back to about 6-8 inches (100-150 mm) high stumps.
Then watering and fertilizing them, as normal.
From this new start, they will send up new side shoots and within a few weeks give you a new crop of beans.
Seed Newsvine
Then watering and fertilizing them, as normal.
From this new start, they will send up new side shoots and within a few weeks give you a new crop of beans.
Seed Newsvine
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2 comments:
I'm not sure this is always true. Bush (dwarf) beans for example are determinate, harvest is almost always around 90 days, then the plant is finished. I doubt you could get a second harvest out of these, but I don't know for sure because I've never tried.
It also depends on if you let the plant go to seed. Once dry beans form, usually the plant's life cycle is complete and it dies.
I have had my bush beans give a second run just by picking all the beans off them and leaving them alone for a couple of weeks. Then BOY! Did they produce!
love the title BTW ;)
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