http://vegetable-garden.net Grow the Best Vegetables for your Family Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:40:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://vegetable-garden.net/beans/bush-contender-snap-bean/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 JIm Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:40:46 +0000 http://vegetable-garden.net/?page_id=112#comment-2380 What could be wrong with vigrous growth of snap beans, no fertilizer applied for 4 years, flowers profusely, and never sets fruit. This is true for bush and running butterbeans as well. What could be wrong with vigrous growth of snap beans, no fertilizer applied for 4 years, flowers profusely, and never sets fruit. This is true for bush and running butterbeans as well.

]]> http://vegetable-garden.net/beans/bush-contender-snap-bean/comment-page-1/#comment-1987 Charles Sun, 29 May 2011 21:55:31 +0000 http://vegetable-garden.net/?page_id=112#comment-1987 I always plant bush contender. Is there a pole contender? I have been planting pole Kentucky Wonder and don't like the way the beans are flat. Any suggestion if there is not a pole contender? This bush contender is absolutely the best bean I have had the pleasure of growing and eating. I can them as well. Regarding Fordhook 242, if you have an opinion; my bushes grow great but have less than expected pods, then they don't seem to stay dry (wet and pasty). I am in the New Orleans area; very humid, however, this is the only bean that I have difficulty with. I grew a purple speckled bean that turned green when cooked. Don't remember the name of it. It was a climer, grown on a fence. We have great luck with Mississippi Silver crowders growing on a fence. The seeds fall and come back up the following year. No need to replant. Thank you in advance for any information you may render to me. I always plant bush contender. Is there a pole contender? I have been planting pole Kentucky Wonder and don’t like the way the beans are flat. Any suggestion if there is not a pole contender? This bush contender is absolutely the best bean I have had the pleasure of growing and eating. I can them as well.
Regarding Fordhook 242, if you have an opinion; my bushes grow great but have less than expected pods, then they don’t seem to stay dry (wet and pasty). I am in the New Orleans area; very humid, however, this is the only bean that I have difficulty with. I grew a purple speckled bean that turned green when cooked. Don’t remember the name of it. It was a climer, grown on a fence. We have great luck with Mississippi Silver crowders growing on a fence. The seeds fall and come back up the following year. No need to replant. Thank you in advance for any information you may render to me.

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