bush beans 2023 a lesson learned.
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:49 pm
it has been a mixed bag with the bush beans this year.
jumbo, blue ribbon, gold crop, beurre de rocquencourt all did well for awhile. we canned lots of beans
because of freezer space. now i have a problem. a lot of beans i left for seed are getting moldy, and falling apart.
i will be lucky to get enough replacement seeds on some of them. there is a few cantare in there as well.
from the swap i have dragon tongue, dopple grey hopson silver way and empress out there. some seed harvesting is
going on now. about the only bush bean i will have plenty of seed for is beurre de rocquencourt. i had a short row of
them behind my pole beans, and left them alone.
the lesson learned.
bush beans need their own spot. this years garden has the beans sharing space with carrots coming up every where, lettuce,
volunteer parsley, a few greens that self seeded, and the occasional potato plant from last year. this year has been a wet one.
july and august saw us get frequent rain showers. all that moisture without good air circulation create conditions for mold to grow.
even some of the pole beans are being affected in spots with mold. that rarely happens.
so next year, bush beans get their own spot, probably back in my wifes garden where they have done very well the previous two years.
keith
jumbo, blue ribbon, gold crop, beurre de rocquencourt all did well for awhile. we canned lots of beans
because of freezer space. now i have a problem. a lot of beans i left for seed are getting moldy, and falling apart.
i will be lucky to get enough replacement seeds on some of them. there is a few cantare in there as well.
from the swap i have dragon tongue, dopple grey hopson silver way and empress out there. some seed harvesting is
going on now. about the only bush bean i will have plenty of seed for is beurre de rocquencourt. i had a short row of
them behind my pole beans, and left them alone.
the lesson learned.
bush beans need their own spot. this years garden has the beans sharing space with carrots coming up every where, lettuce,
volunteer parsley, a few greens that self seeded, and the occasional potato plant from last year. this year has been a wet one.
july and august saw us get frequent rain showers. all that moisture without good air circulation create conditions for mold to grow.
even some of the pole beans are being affected in spots with mold. that rarely happens.
so next year, bush beans get their own spot, probably back in my wifes garden where they have done very well the previous two years.
keith