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Garden Master
Just a guess . . .
a pillow case comes in handy for beans like that. (i call them flingers that like to shatter and toss beans around the room).
Just a guess . . .
This was wrong. It should read:Multiple sowings work well. If I can get the seed in by June 15th, they will have a crop before frost.
Just a guess . . .
did it take frost to shut them down?
I suppose that depends upon what flavor (and texture) suits your taste. Most people who have grown Fortex love the flavor; they are particularly sweet & tender even eaten raw, are very slow to develop seed & fiber, and freeze well. The 10-11" length is also noteworthy. During a bad year, it also showed strong resistance to rust. It is brown seeded.So filet beans go to seed much later giving me a longer harvest window?
What about flavor? As good or worse?
What does that say when the bugs eat one variety and leave the other alone? (I kid, I kid)I don't like beans, so I can't tell you from personal experience about the flavor of beans. My family have grown half runners for generations now and swear by their flavor above all others. Well...since I don't know a hill of beans one from another, I decided to grow some Fortex a friend had sent me.
They germinated like they were on steroids and grew the same way....never have I been so impressed with the growth of any garden plant!!! Hanging with beans all season, clear up to hard frost. Only one thing wrong with them....not a single person in the family or extended family could get past the poor taste of them. Said, if they tasted like anything at all, it was a chemical taste...and I use NO chemicals on my garden.
So, this year I grew the half runners again for eating~with continued rave reviews from family and friends alike~ and the Fortex for Jap beetle bait along the fence and that worked out great. The chickens benefited from the beetle attractant and I benefited from it as well, as I had very few beetles of any kind on the half runners.
I'll likely do that again.