The Little Easy Bean Network - Get New Beans Varieties Nearly Free

I sow mine about 8-10" and if it's a variety that I have a lot of, then I will put 2 or 3 to a hole and thin for the best one.
 
I space mine out as far as possible to reduce competition for moisture, nutrients and sunlight and also for better air flow so that I ended up with lots of pods and good sized seeds.
I prefer to not have my plants touching, only exception is when I grow my two plants of each in containers.
 

You are really only a very few miles from where my girlfriend lives! Hayley lives in the next town south of you, about 10 miles south, in Penrith.
 
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Hi BluJay77
I live in Central Fla. and I would love to participate in this years bean network. I am currently going through cat's and getting my veggie patch planned out and started. I'll take a look at your website!! Thank you for your hard work in this endeavor!!
 
Howdy Idiggardening! :frow

Welcome to our friendly forum. Hang on to your login stuff. I really like Bluejay's little bean network. It's a revival of sorts of the Wanigan Associates that he was an original member of. We are really getting things going on here!

Here's to a great garden season! Oh, I bet it's just about starting already for you down there in Florida!

I have some very few seeds left of some pole varieties of Beans that take a longer season than I can possibly provide, and they are needing a better place to grow. They are most unusual, some selections from mixes and varieties I originally got from native seed search.

Would you like to grow them? These take around 6 and a half months to get into full production.
 
I've spaced my beans at about three feet for the past few years. If I would have known that they could be spaced at 7-8 inches I would have been doing that from the start! At 3' the plants grew into large, bushy, leafy plants that produced well. I can't really say if production varies as I have been spacing my beans like that from that from the start.

Welcome to TEG, Idiggardening! :frow
 
Hi, Idiggardening! Welcome and greetings from snowy Philadelphia! :frow

Marshall, are some of those long season pole beans African varieties? I understand they require longer seasons than most North American growers have in order to bear pods. Maybe FL would be just what they need! (I know I am starting to feel that way too, with 6 more weeks of winter ahead of us!) :hit
 
These were from native seed search, and these varieties are mainly from the valleys of the southern parts of the sierra madre of mexico.
 
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