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CORRECTION: Bush Beans: When To Plant

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CORRECTION: Bush Beans: When To Plant (post #16751)

sweetpea2010 on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 21:41
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Oops.  I meant to say I planted them 5/14 not 5/4. 

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Corrections Bush Beans (post #16751, reply #1 of 3)

by Astrid in reply to sweetpea2010 [original] on Mon, 04/19/2010 - 14:33

I have always waited until the top 2-3 inches of  soil is warm  to the touch to plant bush beans. They can get white mold if they lack full sun  and warmth, which is followed by wilting and plant collapse.  Planting them in boxes above the ground can speed them up a bit.

New Mexico home organic gardener Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience. Emerson
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Bush Beans. When to plant (post #16751, reply #2 of 3)

by KimmI in reply to sweetpea2010 [original] on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 03:58

When dependds on where you are. Beans are frost tender so they should not be planted earlier then about 1 to 2 weeks before your average Latest Date of frost. Some people could, theroetically, grow beans year round, and a guy I correspond with outside San Dieago does most years. 

The sign of a good gardener is brown knees, not a green thumb.

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beans (post #16751, reply #3 of 3)

by AstridC in reply to KimmI [original] on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 15:07

I'm just this weekend planning to plant my garden beans, as I have a shade problem at that end of the garden. It is the only place left at this point, but the soil is finally warming, up so I shall forge ahead.