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  • From: "Sean Albiston" <lab AT physics.umn.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Beans (was: Re: Harvest cart - Crawler or Drangen)
  • Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 09:21:33 -0500

I've like both strike and gold rush from High Mowing.

sean
Stillwater, MN

>> I use mostly pole beans, but rely on bush for early production. I like
>> to
>> plant extra successions and pull the plants out of the ground as I
>> harvest. I do an initial go-through stooped when they just start to
>> bean
>> out, but take the entire plant on the next go round so I can stand.
>
> That's an idea: grow the first round of early bush bean (ie, Provider)
> under fleece for added earliness, and then plant pole beans on plastic
> for a main season crop when the condition are good. I like your idea of
> harvesting by pulling the plant. I think this might work better with
> varieties that mature all at once, though.
>
> Which bush bean do you plant early in the season? I tried Provider
> here, it works, but I think it does not have the best eating quality.
> Would love to find another early, cool soil bush bean that delivers.
>





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