Comments on: Bean harvest http://anarchocyclist.ca/2008/10/28/bean-harvest/ on cycling, politics, and life Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:09:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://anarchocyclist.ca/2008/10/28/bean-harvest/comment-page-1/#comment-101183 Patrick Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:09:26 +0000 http://anarchocyclist.ca/2008/10/28/bean-harvest/#comment-101183 Were they pole or bush beans? If they were bush beans, 4-6" spacing is usually good, in rows 12" apart. It depends a bit on the variety, but this is about what I usually do. If you're lucky with bush beans, after about a month they will grow enough to smother the weeds. You just have to make sure to keep the weeds under control before that yourself. Spacing is really important, and sometimes a bit of a challenge to figure out when you don't get this information with your seeds. The reason some of the plants might not have done well was because nitrogen fixing bacteria wasn't in the ground, which the plants need. If a couple of plants did well, than it's in the ground there at least. Next year you might try either planting more beans in the same spot, or digging up some of the ground and putting it on the spot you plant next years beans. Baker Creek has a good planting guide, with some guidelines for this: http://rareseeds.com/guide/ What are your plans for next year? Were they pole or bush beans? If they were bush beans, 4-6″ spacing is usually good, in rows 12″ apart. It depends a bit on the variety, but this is about what I usually do.

If you’re lucky with bush beans, after about a month they will grow enough to smother the weeds. You just have to make sure to keep the weeds under control before that yourself.

Spacing is really important, and sometimes a bit of a challenge to figure out when you don’t get this information with your seeds.

The reason some of the plants might not have done well was because nitrogen fixing bacteria wasn’t in the ground, which the plants need. If a couple of plants did well, than it’s in the ground there at least. Next year you might try either planting more beans in the same spot, or digging up some of the ground and putting it on the spot you plant next years beans.

Baker Creek has a good planting guide, with some guidelines for this:

http://rareseeds.com/guide/

What are your plans for next year?

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