On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:49:05 -0700 (PDT), Cookseasonal
wrote:

On Jun 11, 12:34 pm, "Nancy Young" wrote:
Okay, I never grew beans before. Just thought it would be
a fun thing to do this year since I suddenly have a small place
to grow vegetables.

It's been fun. So far; I hope they hang in there (as in not be
eaten) until I can get some beans out of the deal.

I now get where the Jack and his magical beans story came from.
I looked at where I planted them a couple days ago. Maybe
that's them (some teensy green weed). I don't know.

Two hours later, I do not lie, I looked again and see some
weird disturbance in the earth, all these mounds of soils.
Damn, did something dig up my beans??

No. I moved a piece of dirt aside and there it was, a bean
plant! By the next morning they were an inch high. Freaky!!

nancy

Yeah, it is fun watching them. If you plant the beans after soaking
them for some 12 hours, they will pop out of the ground within a day,
if the weather is warm and sunny. Do you have climbers? If not: Make
sur eyou get plnety of air between the plants, otherwise a few warm
moist days will make the stems start to rot.


I grow all my bush beans in pots. Nothing too large, either. 8"-10
inches, max, some even smaller. I put at least 6 to 10 plants/beans
per pot. I have never, ever had any rot. Good enriched rich soil, some
Epsom salts and Osmocote is all I use. I have at least 5 varieties
growing this year.

I grow a lot of veggies in pots and tubs. My deck is sunnier than the
main garden. In pots and tubs I have:

13 tomato plants of various varieties, from grape and cherry to huge
beefsteaks
3 kinds of cukes
spinach
several lettuce/mesclun mixes
baby bok choi
broccoli
several types of radish
green beans
strawberries
yellow squash
the usual and unusual assortments of herbs
dwarf peaches
an olive tree
Meyer lemon
other citrus

Then there are the roses and other flowers, shrubs and trees I have in
pots and tubs. It is a terrific way to grow things.

The lower "real" garden has:
more tomatoes
acorn squash
garlic
more herbs
corn

Boron