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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Yard-longs
  • Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:59:43 -0500

On Mon, Aug 01, 2005 at 05:34:58PM -0500, Adriana wrote:
> Those of you interested in growing the yard long beans ...check out the Red
> Noodle Beans that Kitazawa Seeds carries. They are as easy to grow as the
> green ones (I like Liana from Johnny's) and look great bundled together,
> half red and half green. Unlike a lot of other purple and red vegetables,
> the Red Noodles do not lose their color when cooked. They turn a deep
> purple, almost black. It is fun mixing the green and the red when cooking.
> I'm also testing some Purple long beans but they seem to grow much slower
> than the Red and Green ones. I sell them by the pound to my restaurant
> customers, in a zipper bag.

Thanks for the variety recommendations. If my current yard longs work
out this season, I may branch out next year. How about a URL for
Kitazawa? I'll see if I can google it up....
http://www.kitazawaseed.com/

>
> How are you supporting your CRM tunnels? I did this last year, using 1/2
> PVC and toward the end of the season the weight of the vines almost cuase d
> the whole tunnel to collapse. I would recommend using 3/4" PCV or metal
> hoops.
> > This is my first foray into growing them; the early ones are a few
> > inches long. They seem to be doing very well in the heat (as are
> > "Winged" beans). Some spider mites. I am beginning to put concrete
> > mesh tunnels over them. How are they retailed? Packaged? Priced?
> > Seems like I have seen them bundled and tied.

I'm just taking 10' sections of concrete mesh and bending them in a U
shape, about 2' high and 18" wide. Small tunnels. I've had pretty
good luck using cattle panels the same way on Juliette tomatoes. Helps
keep the fruit off the ground; has no stability problem; easy to remove
and store. Still stooped picking, though.

Here is a photo:
http://www.austinfarm.org/homegrown/images/images24/13.html
That one was set up just for the photo, I waited until the tomato
plants were big enough to fill the cages and I was ready to give up
cultivating before placing the tunnels. Right now, the Juliettes that
are growing through the tunnels look quite a bit better than the ones I
left sprawling on the ground. If there is any interest, I can take
some current photos.

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