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| What drought tolerant, snap pole beans would you recommend for Texas growing?
Something prolific and great tasting. |
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- Posted by fusion_power 7b (My Page) on Sun, Jul 18, 10 at 14:16
| to plant in spring? or for a fall crop? DarJones |
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| I was thinking spring, but falls a good idea also. We usually get out first frost around Thanksgiving. Is it too late this year? |
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- Posted by fusion_power 7b (My Page) on Sun, Jul 18, 10 at 19:43
| You could still plant a short season pole bean or most bush beans would make a crop before frost. I would suggest Rattlesnake as the most likely heat tolerant bean for spring planting. Ky Wonder would be another good one for both flavor and production. Blue Marbut will do a good job in your spring conditions also. For fall planting, a steady supply of water will be needed to get reasonable growth and production. Very high soil fertility is also needed. You can plant Rattlesnake but it will be a bit risky depending on the weather. Bush beans like Contender, Black Valentine, and Tendergreen would be better choices IMO. Red Swan is one bean you might want to take a close look at. DarJones |
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