Fall Green Beans

17 years ago

This is the first year I have planted Fall Green Beans. Since I lost my first planting, I didn't get started picking green beans until the end of July. I have been picking beans almost every week since. I put in three plantings. I used the double row method.

My question is this. It has been ideal temperatures highs in the 75-88 and lows in the 55-65 for almost a month. We have got many timely rains. I only watered these beans three times. Once after I planted and two other times.

Production has been great! I am blown away at how much they are producing. I planted Top Crop. Are fall planted beans always this good? Or is it just a good year? If they are are always this good, I will be planting like this every year. I have more time in late summer and early fall to pick. I am too busy picking tomatoes in July to worry about picking green beans.

What are your findings?

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jeanwedding. zone 6
17 years ago
I am curious. when did you plant them? Are they pole or bush?
Thanks
jean
jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)
Original Author
17 years ago
They are bush beans and the second planting was planted around July 4th and the third planting July 8th (started to rain and I quit) fourth planting August 1.
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jnjfarm_gw
17 years ago
I usually plant my fall green beans after early sweet corn around august 1. this year was so wet that i didn't get it done, but my early summer green beans have just kept producing. I planted both pole and bush this year and I really like the ease of harvest with the pole beans growing on a length of 4' high fencing. I really like growing fall grean beans they seem to have less insect problems. JOHN
jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)
Original Author
17 years ago
I have noticed that about insects too. I am really encouraged to do this again next year. I have tried pole beans, but I have never been happy with their performance. I had very tall, lush vines and no beans. Ok, there were some, but I was only picking 5-10 pounds off 150-200 row feet. Too much time picking for nothing more than a meal for my family. So I went back to bush beans.

Jay
kmarty4
9 years ago
My best bean crop has always been my fall crop, longer beans, more beans and great tasting. spring beans seem to be okay if the heat stays cool, until beans are up. This year spring beans got hit by a lot of rain with water standing on garden, potatoes never came up this is in Kansas
LoneJack Zn 6a, KC
9 years ago
I'll be planting some fall bush beans this weekend or the next. I don't want them to sprout until after the Japanese Beetles are gone and I think that time is getting close here. I am going to put some row cover over them for a few weeks as a precaution as well. I'll be planting Maxibel fillet beans. They are a little more of a PITA to pick but they are so tender and tasty and great for freezing and making dilly beans.
flowergirl70ks
9 years ago
Reading this prompted me to think back to at least 60 years ago.I gave up taking good care of my garden(had a baby in mid Aug). The spring crop of beans got spider mites and I just couldn't take care of them, but they were left in the garden. My FIL did the watering for me that summer. To my surprise the green beans got leaves and produced a bumper crop. One of my older neighbors came and picked them several times, towards the end of Sept she came and brought me 20 qts of canned beans.