My dad used to grow the best butter beans (bush variety.) If the plants were still healthy and not infested with Mexican bean beetles when they had finished producing, he would do a light cultivation and fertilize them and convince them to come up with a second bloom and pod set. It wouldn't be as prolific as the first but it certainly did increase the amount we got from those plants.

Does anybody do this and if so, what fertilizer do you use? I suspect Dad used 5-10-5 but I don't remember, too many years ago for that kind of detail. I only have a small patch of beans (Early Thorogreen) and they've done well but have stopped blooming. I got the last picking off them today and I sure would like to have more.

Sandy