Market Farming

[Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>]

On 10/11/2012 at 9:54:24 AM, Richard Moyer wrote:
> If I keep a light layer of row cover on during days in the 60s, perhaps more
> will ripen before a hard freeze.  But what about pollination?  Do beans need
> a pollinating insect to help transfer pollen in each flower?


I have about 100' of Provider bush beans that have been under essentially 
continuous cover since before flowering. They are bearing very heavily, and 
continue to develop new beans.  I don't know that the yield might not be a 
little higher with bees, but I can't quite imagine it, given the load of 
beans on them.

  Richard Robinson
  www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
  Hopestill Farm
  www.hopestill.com