Beans - germination rates.

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• Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:13:55 -0400
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I tried planting lima beans this year and out of three 10 foot rows I think
I got about 6 plants to come up.  So I went out last night and replanted the
same area with string beans.  Someone in our commented that our soil is not
good for growing limas.  I did manage to get mine to grow last year (in a
different spot in the garden) but I had to replant some spot in the rows to
fill in.  I have never had any problem with my string beans.  However, this
year I did plnat some Blue lake bush beans and thought the germination was
about 50% on those.  On looking closer, the tops of a number of the plants
looked like they had been chomped.  I did check my fencing to make sure a
rabbit or groundhog could not get in.  I did spot a few in the area.  When I
dug up the rows to replant, I did not even see the remnants of many seeds.
Would something eat the seeds if I did not have them planted deep enough?  I
am puzzled by this lima bean thing.

Your thoughts
Susan W. Smith
State College, PA 16801
sws2@psu.edu

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