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Re: Peas and beans

That was me with the cool day, moist soil. Let's clear up this wet bean
thing. Beans are subject to a fungus that is transferred by touching the
wet leaves. Of MATURE plants. It's okay to move seedlings around. But they
need to have at least two true leaves before you start ripping them up and
shifting them. The reason for the cool day, moist soil (not water on the
leaves, get it?) is to minimize shock to the ROOTS, mostly. If the soil is
wet you're less likely to break off the tiny feeder roots. And if it's cool
and overcast your seedlings won't dry up in the sun before they can get
their rootlets working properly again to deliver water to the leaves.
Wiggle them out of their holes very carefully, too. Gentle does it.

Denise McCann Beck
USDA Zone 7
Sunset Western 4
Coastal Bristish Columbia
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> From: mbroome@freya.berry.edu
> To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Peas and beans
> Date: Thursday, May 08, 1997 3:20 PM
> 
> O.K..... so if I try to transplant the beans.... someone said "cool 
> day" "moist soil".  I thought beans could not be handled when they 
> were "moist".
> 
> Anyway, if I do transplant... how old or tall should the seedlings be 
> before I try this??
> 
> 
> 
> Mary Ellen Broome
> Database Manager
> Development Services
> Berry College
> Rome, Georgia
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