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Re: String Beans over?? Reply

What you say makes sense.  I just caught a short blurp of info about peppers
on the gardening channel.  They said that most growers do not let their
peppers ripen (turn red) because that stops the production of new peppers.
By regular picking the peppers, the plant keeps producing.  I ahve also
noticed that my pole beans keep on producing.  I used to only plant bush
beans until I married my husband and he insisted on pole beans.  I was used
to getting two pickings off my bush beans (the last one was basically a
clean up of remainiing beans) and then pulling them out of the ground.  I'm
sure if my growing season was longer some of my other veggies would keep
producing. Usually the frost gets them first.

At 01:23 PM 6/18/97 EST, you wrote:
>     B,
>     I don't know if anybody replied to you or not.  I'm not any kind of 
>     veggie expert but here's what I think..
>     
>     Pole beans (any string bean that needs support and grows 4-8 ft) will 
>     usually keep producing all summer as long as you keep picking.  If you 
>     let a lot of beans mature and then picked all at once, there might be 
>     a delay before they begin producing again.  If you grew bush beans, 
>     they may be done for the year (I've never grown bush types).
>     
>     Tomatoes, peppers and squash will also continue producing all summer.  
>     Again, I think picking the ripe veggies encourages more production.  
>     There is sometimes a lull in the hottest part of the summer though.  
>     I've never grown eggplant, but it is closely related to the tomato.  I 
>     would think that it would also continue all summer.
>     
>     Tom in Raleigh, NC
>     
>
>
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>Subject: String Beans over?? Reply
>Author:  veggie-list@eskimo.com at NCDAMAIL
>Date:    6/14/97 1:32 PM
>
>
>I planted (and trellised) lots of string beans.  I got a great crop for maybe 
>a couple of weeks.  Decided I love string beans. Now, almost nothing.  Will 
>there be another round, or would it be better to tear these out and plant 
>another crop?  I have more than enough time in the season, but that's a lot 
>of work if it's not necessary.  
>     
>Do string beans get a second cycle?  Or several cycles?  I thought they'd 
>produce over the season.
>     
>What about other vegetables, like squash, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers? 
>     
>B
>Los Angeles
>     
>
>
>
Susan W. Smith
State College, PA 16801
sws2@psu.edu
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