My grandma told me back in the 70s (yes I'm old) she said pick early & often, it will cause the plants to produce more. Didn't understand this as a child but I've been gardening for close to 30 years & I'm so glad I have her knowledge & advice now. So glad I found your channel.
@destinycoach5 When I miss picking the beans in their prime, and they get way too big, I pull them off to dry in the sun. When they've dried, I save the beans for seed the next year. Keeping up with this practice, I think I've only needed to buy two packets of seeds over the last 10 years or so. Circle of life😁
Your last tip is soooo right! It is easy to slack on this but they really do grow fast. I like to go out around 6am every day to stroll through the garden with coffee and then harvest my beans because it's still cool and shady then so it doesn't feel so tedious. It's really a pleasure - not a chore
Same! I lay out a few of my terra cotta saucers with pebbles in them, as little bee and wasp watering holes so they can have a drink 🥰 So far its a huge hit with my various winged friends!
Oh yes! My bee population expanded tremendously when I installed a bird bath. I included some decorative rocks and marbles for them to crawl on because they can drown in a deep pool of water.
I learned that about nitrogen this year. Half my beans were planted in freshly amended soil and the other half in soil I had amended in the early spring and had planted lettuce in. There was a noticeable difference and I had to amend the soil for those that were planted in the former lettuce bed. A lesson learned, and also a small win, since I correctly diagnosed the deficiency and was able to resolve it.
Thanks for another great video, Brian. My green beans were nearly destroyed last year by Japanese Beetles so I’m waiting until the buggers are about gone this year before planting any beans. I’m hoping to still get a crop with planting that late. I have such wonderful memories of sitting under a shade tree in the yard and snapping beans with my grandmother We always prepped canning out in the yard. When she would can peaches, she would peel and slice them in half and have me place the halves in the jars because my hands were so little I could reach to the bottom and turn them to fit more in each jar. Looking back as an adult, it wasn’t the most sanitary setup, but we never got sick from it, and it made beautiful memories. Hope you, Emilie and Noah are doing well. ❤️❤️❤️🌺🌹🌷
Great tips...thank you. I never knew beans were that thirsty so I will give them a good watering every 2 or 3 days. I love growing beans here in the sub-tropics. I can grow them even in winter and they are a great staple. I love them steamed and then tossed in olive oil, garlic and a little Dijon mustard. for some strange reason my cat lines up for a few as well..LOL.
Great info again Brian, thanks. Moisture is not our peoblem here. I harvested my very first french beans yesterday - 3 each for dinner, LOL. They were so tasty! My climbing beans have taken a terrible battering from the cold winds and rain we have had all through June and into July now. I put a fleece blanket around them on their teepee and have only just taken it off after a month. They are still there but no beans yet. Hopefully soon.
All of my first crop of beans got rust. A 4x4 ft spot produced almost a 5 gallon bucket of beans, but then they all turned brown from the rust. I pulled them all, fertilizedthe area and planted another crop. So far, so good. Thanks for all your great into, Brian. I have learned so much from your videos.
Thank you! I think I passed up on this video several times because I live in Philadelphia Pa and thought California gardening doesn't apply to me. Well this info does apply and I wish I watched this before today! I'll start watching your videos now.
You are my top go to gardening channel! We live for our green beans every year! Any advise to help keep them coming in healthy and longer is always appreciated! I did an experiment this year with 3 cattle panel trellises. Each with dug out holes at the bottom one deeper than the next. The deepest being 2 feet deep and the shallower half a foot! The shallower one has browning leaves at the bottom. So I found that they like deeper beds for the roots. The ground here is impossible to grow in, there is so much clay and rock. When I started my garden I did however have a huge pile of 10 plus year old horse manure that I get my dirt from and a new compost system. Needless to say my garden grows a little bigger every year.
Tough gardens are the best! They make a person cry in the moment but the next the you know, your heart is singing.💚🍅💚 I have the same situation plus very mature weeds & seeds like burdock, Johnsongrass, crabgrass,lots of tough grasses I can't name, much more. I saw a video, I'll try to find it, which has helped me in 3 mos turn 1800' of bare* hardpacked clay to lovely beds, quite easily. 1) Loosen, don't turn, the soil with your fork the size of the bed. 6"-8" apart is fine, more if you like. This will give your tight clay drainage and cracks and crevices so it can breathe...and of course those same cracks are invitations for earthworms to crawl in. The video says you can leave the vegetation for the worms. I had a few areas with encroaching crabgrass, etc, and removed it, and the worms are still happy! 2) Strew this area with weed leaves (dandelion, burdock, grass, etc), sticks, dead leaves, whatever you have. Add some compost, manure, purchased compost in a thin layer and water it with fertilizer water, worm casting tea, compost tea, what you have on hand. 3) Cover this with wet paper. Her vid shows shingles of 10-ply newspaper, top going under bottom. I now have lots of weeds in the bed I did that way, and anyway I ran out of newspapers! I bought yard waste bags, wet them down, and peeled them apart at the glue seams, beginning at the bottom. Their size is a bonus and they are rugged two-ply. 4) Re-wet the paper, put on @ 1-2" of clean compost or manure, and water again (with tea or water). Tuck the edges of the paper under the pile. It should be something of a mound by now...6"-9". 5) Whatever you're planting, you'll need to get a tool to penetrate the paper. If you're planting starts, a garden knife, trowel, or old kitchen knife is good for the job. Decide where you want your plant to go and cut an X down through the bed and the paper. Pull the paper back, fill in with compost to the level of the start's roots, set it in and cover it. With seeds, just use a punch or strong stick for larger seeds, fill in with compost to the recommended depth of seed planting, and cover. For tiny seeds like carrots or onions, cut a line through the paper, and fill with compost and proceed as above. Make sure you fertilize these beds thoroughly as part of their construction. I have three cabbage beds with lime, veg food, & bone meal in the bed and in each hole. All my previous cabbages have failed...these are great! Just one example. (Shout out to Brian, CA Gardener, re the bone meal!)
Perfect timing for us as our been plants are ready for their 1st harvest! Our first time growing them. Thanks again for the idea of stringing our tomatoes!!!! They've taken off! We really grew a lot of different vegetables and fruits this year!
Last year I bought a six pack of bean plants from the local plant place and I think I got three beans out of it. I get one plant to my neighbor and she got one this year. I’m going with seeds and letting them do their own thing.
Thanks for informative video Brian. I spent part of my childhood in green bean country (Western NY) and you’re spot on about watering. The commercial fields were planted along the river in this black, muddy soil and throw in an average of 167 days with some precipitation the beans loved it. After the harvester came through my mom, sis and I would pick a bushel basket full from the edges of the field. We had enough canned green beans to feed an army! I’m growing “Fortex” pole beans. Very productive and the beans stay tender even when they get 8-10” long. We pick ‘em as fillet beans when they’re 4-5” long.
I planted lake bush and dragon tongue beans in about 6 different locations of my garden and so far have had mixed results. Definitely learning for the coming year.
My Contender & Blue Lake bush beans aren't producing as much as they did the first 3 rounds of blossoms so I'll be pulling them out in a day or two. I'm replacing them with purple pole beans after I amend the soil. As always, your video was timed perfectly. Love watching your videos and you ALWAYS give me great advice & ideas for my garden. Thanks!❤
I totally agree! I have 28 feet of Bush beans, and just picked the first harvest here in zone 5 last night. I ended up with 2 gallons of nice beans, just from that first picking. There are lots of flowers, and I picked them well, to tell the plants to keep producing. I planted these in my in ground garden this year, sometimes I use my big raised beds, but wanted to replenish some soil. And even when I’m not watering my tomatoes or peppers, I still go in and give the beans water, along with the squash, melons, and cucumbers etc. It’s important to know which are your heavy water drinkers, and which aren’t, and really try to water by that for best results. Happy gardening everyone!! 👍🌷🍀🌻🍅🍉🌱👌
Hi, I really liked your comment so I have a question? I’m in zone 5b, it’s been close to 100 degrees already and it’s July 2nd. How often are you watering your tomatoes and peppers 🌶 in these conditions? And then your squash, melons, cucumbers, and beans more often? Thank you for your help I think I’m overwatering but everything just looks so dry! Some 4x4 containers and some pots and now some beans in the ground also. Thanks again!
I planted my bush beans very densely this year and am noticing a lot of yellowing leaves at the bottom. Thank you for your informative video! Now I know I have to fertilize asap
Growing beans here in Northern CALIFORNIA for the first time ever. Thanks for the video! I think my soil may not be the best even though I bought a premium veggie soil from our local soil and rock place. It drys up way too easy.
I have had an onslaught of japanese beetles. I was making many, many trips to the garden every day on bug patrol. They basically decimated the top leaves of my beans. The only thing that worked was to have a squirt bottle with water and dish soap in it. I would squirt them liberally. That really slowed them down and if I couldn't reach them to throw them in a bucket of water, they would eventually fall down and die. I'm hoping that the top of my large plant will bounce back. The whole thing doesn't seem to be producing as well as I thought. Thanks for the great tips. Love your channel.
Thanks for the tips. My beans are just about ready to bloom. North Idaho weather has been so chilly we’re about two to three weeks behind production this year. This video will definitely help in the weeks to come.
I have had more fun with the pollinators in my garden this year. I am deathly allergic to bees, but honestly, when they are working around the blossoms they could care less about me and I have thoroughly enjoyed watching them do their job. Your bumble bee spot made me laugh :). I just love your videos. Thank you for the info on beans! We grew pole beans this year and they really have not been producing very well . . . I am not sure what is causing our lack of beans, but I will definitely work on making sure they beans stay watered, that I pick off the old leaves and I spend time every morning picking what I find. THANKS AGAIN :)
Hi Brian, I'm a new viewer and absolutely love you and your videos. I grew up in the south and helped my parents plant multiple gardens every year. However that has been about 45 years ago. My favorite vegetable was the pink eye purple hull pea. I am trying to plant some this year. I'm finding out that these are really beans and commonly called cow peas. I assume they should be planted according to your bean videos but I would really like to see a video specifically on the pink eye purple hull cow pea ( bean) if possible. Many thanks for your channel. I really am enjoying getting back into gardening and growing my own food. It is so rewarding. Bless you !!!
My beans seem to be doing great. I harvest every two days. I've planted Mississippi Purple Hull Peas which I've always called Crowder peas, pole beans and speckled butter beans. They seem to be producing longer this time. However, my yellow squash have not done well. They flowered alot and even had tiny squash on some of them. Most would turn to mush and i have only gotten a few good ones from them. I noticed fuzzy mold and some tiny worms almost like maggots on some of the gross dead ones. Which totally freaked me out on so many levels. 😆 Which led to me just pulling them up completely. All in all... I've been mostly disappointed about my garden. I do know my soil is severely lacking. I had it tested and prepared my soil accordingly. Although i evenly distributed to required nutrients, it's as if some areas got the right amount, other areas seemed as if it were too much or too little. I have flowers in my garden and herbs that are both a pest repellent and pollinator attractant. Pollinators are having a blast and sometimes want to get a little "froggy" with me. 😆 I have a huge compost pile I started this spring. Once my garden is finished producing i will be spreading it and tilling it into my soil. I know that was long but I say that so you will know some of what I've dealt with in hopes of getting your opinion on how to prepare for next time or what can be done or could i do to help what remains now. I would like to have a huge truck load of good top soil brought in to help for next time. Thoughts amd advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
I enjoyed your video on beans and plan to incorporate them in my yard. Which particular beans produce the dry beans such as black beans, kidney or cannilli beans?
I've never been a bean grower, but I'm trying Dragon Tongue this year. How do I know the beans are ready to harvest? I don't want to snatch them too soon. This is new territory for me 😁
I couldn't find affordable inocculant in local gardening stores. The small packs were expensive. Ordering online, I found a packet sufficient for 50 lbs. of seeds for $12. Hopefully, keeping it in the fridge will allow it to last for several years. My 45 feet of double row (8" apart rows, w/soaker hose in between, 3" per bean) Blue Lake Bush are looking promising loaded with blossoms and tiny beans. Fortunately, this area has many beekepers and their bees find their way to my garden reliably. I'm getting into saving seeds from several crops here. Plan is to harvest next year's bean seeds after the end of green bean season.
Perfect and really informative gardening hints about beans. Brian just I'd like to ask you if it's possible show the differences of determined and indeterminate tomatoes' leafs in one of your future videos please.Thanks a lot for sharing your brilliant experiences.
thank you so much as always, Brian! i thought id leave a follow up question on here for you or any of your subscribers.... i have a pest issue with my beans this year, primarily with the bush varieties i planted but it has also affected the pole beans (which are planted in another area of the garden so it is possible it would have been/could still get worse if the pest finds them...) and I can't tell what it is. It essentially causes the leaves to become thin and begin to curl in from the edges and die. then the whole stem attached to the triple leaf will also wilt and die like it is draining the plant from the leaf towards the main stem. i cant find any visible (w the naked eye) insect but it almost seems like it might be something that mines the leaves. i also mention that bc the plants that were worst affected were near some chard that ive since learned is a major leaf miner target for me at this time of year, maybe the same fly/whatever it is also liked the beans? it has really been awful for some of my plants. since earlier this season, I have had luck keeping chard healthy under tulle fabric and will be trying that w new bean plants going forward but just thought I'd pose the question here as well in case you have experienced this or in case anybody can relate or has any ideas in terms of identification and/or management. I am in the SF Bay Area ... maybe it's a regional thing. Thank you again for all you do for us!
Pardon me if you've answered this question in the video, I may have tuned out when you did. I've got bush beans that flowered way too soon. I bought them from a nursery and they were already planted in those little six pack thingies. Clearly I am so experienced. Anyway, I later learned it's better to just do direct into the ground. I should have transplanted them sooner but they started flowering in the six pack thingies. Is it too late? Should I take the flowers off? I No people prefer to plant pole beans as they save space but I was up for the adventure.
SoCalSurfer69 Hi. I’m in the IE as well. We can grow just about anything year round. It’s been 90-95 here on a daily basis but everything is growing well, summer and winter squash, pole beans, artichokes, and several varieties of melons. I put in my cool weather garden around October 12 and get yields within a few weeks.
I definitely needed this info. I was wondering why my pole beans weren't doing as well as I thought they should. I think I'm underwatering and don't have enough fertilizer/compost in the soil. I was going by the - oh I thought they could take care of themselves.....
you say eat the whole bean, pod and all when they are fresh and young and dry them out when the beans are large. The large beans are delicious when cooked immediately after harvesting them. No need to dry them at all. I cooked ours with some garlic, onion and bacon slices. They cook to perfection in about 20 minutes and they will be the best beans you've ever eaten.
That's my logic for growing YELLOW wax beans! They are easy (er) to spot in the undergrowth. LOL! This is also my first year trying climbing (yellow) beans. I'm going to need a ladder... (!) Lots of hot weather here lately encouraging everything to grow and spread like wildfire!! Thanks for the video!
Great advice! Unfortunately my rabbit first dug up the beans. After replanting and grown, the deer came and ate the tops. Starting to grow again but yellow... maybe next year???
I’ve learned something new once again! Thank you! I thought I had beans covered thanks to your other beans video last year but I started having problem once the heat started anyway . I tend to water everything at the same time si I didn’t pay any special attention to the beans... now I know better. Oh, well... there’s still next season... ^^’ Now I know: WATER THE BEANS! XD (lol)
I planted pole beans from seed on May 23rd and it is now July 21st. I have a LOT of foliage but no flowers at this point. My bean plants are on tepees and are reaching about 7ft, but all foliage. Not sure what's going on. what should I do next? By the way, this is my first attempt at growing beans. I love your videos, you have been very helpful with a lot of the other veggies I'm growing in my garden.
I love all the valuable tips you gave on growing beans! One question for you: my loofah plants have reached the top of their teepee, do I need to cut the top of the plants in order to have them bloom and fruit? I have not seen any bloom yet so far.
HELP I live in Southwestern Oregon and have what I believe are Mexican bean beetles. They look like ladybugs but eat my leaves Any advice or help will be greatly appreciated! Keep up your good work Rick
Hi Brian, black aphids in my experience are related to nitrogen excess. That's also confirmed by other pro gardeners such as Stefan sobkowiak. Does that also match with your experience? Thx for the great video 😊
Still waiting for our beans to bloom. Tomato vines are loaded but slow to get red. Water and fertilizer has been consistent. Temps are crazy though, 59°-95° all in a week. 🤔
Hi Brian, i love your videos. You inspired me to make a second attempt at starting a veg garden. One question .... what do I do with pole beans once they've reached the top of their poles? Should i prune them or let them grow down the trellis? Could i train them to grow horizontally along a wire or string to some other object like a fence? Will they produce a lot of beans if I let them keep growing in this manner? Now i understand Jack's magic beanstalk.
Love your videos. I have a problem with my bush green beans . They have been up only about 2 weeks.. No blooms. I noticed today many of the leaves have light brown spots on them. Some have become so thin that when touched they crumble like charred paper. I have been gardening for 60 plus years and have never seen this. I live in SE MS. Can you give me any information?
I’m struggling BAD with my beans this year. 🙁 Rust is fighting back HARD for some reason. I’m clipping all the sick leaves and have sprayed them with a rust fighter.🤷🏻♀️
Oops! This video came just in time. I planted both red and green Chinese Long Beans and when I missed a few that were ready to pick they became very long and very bumpy beans practically overnight. I figured it would be fun to leave them on the vines and harvest them later once the bumps have developed into individual beans and the pods have dried. I did not realize that strategy would send the plant the message that it’s job was done and it could take an early retirement from bean production. I jumped out of bed, went out to my vegetable garden, and picked them. Now, I am wondering if I can use the beans that had developed inside a fully dried pod as seed for next year.
I got it, and I'm good! More beans. I planted Roma tomatoes in a SIP bed. Thanks to California Garden TV and Neptune's Harvest, they went crazy, but we harvested everything, including greenies from there today (temps and humidity are crazy in Arkansas now). Out of five plants, I swear we had 40-50 lbs of tomatoes this year. Worked all day today canning. Thanks, B!
My beans haven’t bloomed yet. I have pole beans on teepees. They are o er 6 feet tall. I planted them on Memorial Day weekend here in Michigan and they were started from seed. Should I pinch the growth at the top? The only fertilizer I have given them is fish fertilizer.it has been very hot here. In the 90’s for over two weeks which is unusual for us.
Hi Brian. I think I am underwater my scarlet runner beans lots of flowers but no beans at all. As always thank you for the tips, best wishes to you and family specially in your health. Stay safe🍆🌶🌱🐝🐛🐞
Been watching you for awhile you have some very informative suggestions and tips, I hope you can answer this one, we are moving to a higher elevation around 7,000 feet plus I minus I was wondering what sort of fruit trees I would be able to plant, thank you
I have spider mites on my crate and myrtle, very close to my garden. I’m glad they aren’t in my garden right now. If I try to take them on will they try and run to my other plants?
I’m on my 3rd set of succession planting of Beans got some from Bakers Creek this time they look a lot better and yes they love the compost learned the hard way they are water lovers in Texas heat they need water in the bed just a little every other night...I tried in the Greenstalk this year those kept getting light green probably lack of compost?? I didn’t feed them at first because everything you read says don’t feed them 🙄!! Thanks for white fly information Yes I dealt with rust I just pop the leaves off with my hand is that not good?? How do you sterilize your clippers?? I’ve been washing mine off with soap and 💧 water...Do you suggest having more than one set of clippers on you in the garden?? Thx for any feed back Prayers your doing better you look healthy..Take Care 🙏🏻🤗 Sheila
Thanks for GREAT info on so many topics. My beans produced a lot this summer-I got them in earlier than ever before -North Carolina - the beans kept coming and then the runners started - I was so confused - never seen the runners before! Then the flowers and small round seeds? after the flower dies. I guess they are Harvest Runner Beans in a generic package. Is the round thing a seed to plant for beans next year or is it only the seeds in the pods? Love the channel!!
Thanks for the tips, I always seem to have problems with my beans...I always thought I was over watering, maybe it's needing fertilizer and water isn't the issue...will see what happens.
are you finding the bottom leave are going yellow? I thought I was overwatering too - but then when I lay off the watering the beans got all weird shaped - thick at the bottom and tiny skinny at the top - and were stunted. Getting the watering balance right is so tricky!
Thank you for your bean tips! I have a large ponderosa pine tree in my backyard, do you know of green beans can be grown under pine trees? I’d like to try it but not sure if the beans will thrive in this environment.
Any recommendations for a climbing variety of pinto beans and black beans? The internet is full of suggestions, and just as many counter- suggestions, to make finding a definitive answer nary impossible.
Brian, I planted pinto beans and wonder can I eat them young or do I need to wait until they are dry to use them? Always look forward to your videos ❤️
A storm hit by me and it ruined my tomatoes peppers okra even my fruit trees one of them were kinda leaning but we fixed it by staking it for a short amount of time
Brian, question, to harvest your beans on t-pees do you need to use a ladder. They look tall, of course I’m short, but I really want to try that. Thanks again for all your helpful tips. God bless you.👩🌾
My grandma told me back in the 70s (yes I'm old) she said pick early & often, it will cause the plants to produce more. Didn't understand this as a child but I've been gardening for close to 30 years & I'm so glad I have her knowledge & advice now. So glad I found your channel.
The beans I miss, I pick and put them on the ground to collect seed beans in the fall. I've planted off two packs for almost 10yrs😊
This doesn't make sense
@destinycoach5 When I miss picking the beans in their prime, and they get way too big, I pull them off to dry in the sun. When they've dried, I save the beans for seed the next year. Keeping up with this practice, I think I've only needed to buy two packets of seeds over the last 10 years or so. Circle of life😁
Your last tip is soooo right! It is easy to slack on this but they really do grow fast. I like to go out around 6am every day to stroll through the garden with coffee and then harvest my beans because it's still cool and shady then so it doesn't feel so tedious. It's really a pleasure - not a chore
I go ahead and shell the large beans and cook them in with the snaps. Very good.
In this heat I find that if I water after all of the morning dew has evaporated I have a yard full of bees. The come for a drink and stay to work.
That's a great tip! Thanks
Same! I lay out a few of my terra cotta saucers with pebbles in them, as little bee and wasp watering holes so they can have a drink 🥰 So far its a huge hit with my various winged friends!
Great tip.
Oh yes! My bee population expanded tremendously when I installed a bird bath. I included some decorative rocks and marbles for them to crawl on because they can drown in a deep pool of water.
Awesome 😎👍 thanks for the advice!!
I learned that about nitrogen this year. Half my beans were planted in freshly amended soil and the other half in soil I had amended in the early spring and had planted lettuce in. There was a noticeable difference and I had to amend the soil for those that were planted in the former lettuce bed. A lesson learned, and also a small win, since I correctly diagnosed the deficiency and was able to resolve it.
Thanks for another great video, Brian. My green beans were nearly destroyed last year by Japanese Beetles so I’m waiting until the buggers are about gone this year before planting any beans. I’m hoping to still get a crop with planting that late. I have such wonderful memories of sitting under a shade tree in the yard and snapping beans with my grandmother We always prepped canning out in the yard. When she would can peaches, she would peel and slice them in half and have me place the halves in the jars because my hands were so little I could reach to the bottom and turn them to fit more in each jar. Looking back as an adult, it wasn’t the most sanitary setup, but we never got sick from it, and it made beautiful memories. Hope you, Emilie and Noah are doing well. ❤️❤️❤️🌺🌹🌷
Those are great memories ❤️I was wondering do Japanese beetles leave at a certain part of the year?Happy Gardening 👩🌾
@@southsidecarly7427 yes, they die off after a couple of months, but they can strip a plant in no time. 🪲🪲🪲
@@nanarose3496 ok thanks, maybe that’s good since I’m planting so late( monsoon here in Washington State)
Great tips...thank you. I never knew beans were that thirsty so I will give them a good watering every 2 or 3 days. I love growing beans here in the sub-tropics. I can grow them even in winter and they are a great staple. I love them steamed and then tossed in olive oil, garlic and a little Dijon mustard. for some strange reason my cat lines up for a few as well..LOL.
Great info again Brian, thanks. Moisture is not our peoblem here. I harvested my very first french beans yesterday - 3 each for dinner, LOL. They were so tasty! My climbing beans have taken a terrible battering from the cold winds and rain we have had all through June and into July now. I put a fleece blanket around them on their teepee and have only just taken it off after a month. They are still there but no beans yet. Hopefully soon.
All of my first crop of beans got rust. A 4x4 ft spot produced almost a 5 gallon bucket of beans, but then they all turned brown from the rust. I pulled them all, fertilizedthe area and planted another crop. So far, so good. Thanks for all your great into, Brian. I have learned so much from your videos.
Thank you! I think I passed up on this video several times because I live in Philadelphia Pa and thought California gardening doesn't apply to me. Well this info does apply and I wish I watched this before today! I'll start watching your videos now.
Flowering perennial and annual herbs are also great for the bees. I always grow sunflowers marigolds and herbs throughout my veggie garden.
Thank you for this! I think you solved the mystery of what happened to my beans this summer.
You are my top go to gardening channel! We live for our green beans every year! Any advise to help keep them coming in healthy and longer is always appreciated! I did an experiment this year with 3 cattle panel trellises. Each with dug out holes at the bottom one deeper than the next. The deepest being 2 feet deep and the shallower half a foot! The shallower one has browning leaves at the bottom. So I found that they like deeper beds for the roots. The ground here is impossible to grow in, there is so much clay and rock. When I started my garden I did however have a huge pile of 10 plus year old horse manure that I get my dirt from and a new compost system. Needless to say my garden grows a little bigger every year.
Tough gardens are the best! They make a person cry in the moment but the next the you know, your heart is singing.💚🍅💚
I have the same situation plus very mature weeds & seeds like burdock, Johnsongrass, crabgrass,lots of tough grasses I can't name, much more.
I saw a video, I'll try to find it, which has helped me in 3 mos turn 1800' of bare* hardpacked clay to lovely beds, quite easily.
1) Loosen, don't turn, the soil with your fork the size of the bed. 6"-8" apart is fine, more if you like. This will give your tight clay drainage and cracks and crevices so it can breathe...and of course those same cracks are invitations for earthworms to crawl in.
The video says you can leave the vegetation for the worms. I had a few areas with encroaching crabgrass, etc, and removed it, and the worms are still happy!
2) Strew this area with weed leaves (dandelion, burdock, grass, etc), sticks, dead leaves, whatever you have. Add some compost, manure, purchased compost in a thin layer and water it with fertilizer water, worm casting tea, compost tea, what you have on hand.
3) Cover this with wet paper. Her vid shows shingles of 10-ply newspaper, top going under bottom. I now have lots of weeds in the bed I did that way, and anyway I ran out of newspapers! I bought yard waste bags, wet them down, and peeled them apart at the glue seams, beginning at the bottom. Their size is a bonus and they are rugged two-ply.
4) Re-wet the paper, put on @ 1-2" of clean compost or manure, and water again (with tea or water). Tuck the edges of the paper under the pile. It should be something of a mound by now...6"-9".
5) Whatever you're planting, you'll need to get a tool to penetrate the paper. If you're planting starts, a garden knife, trowel, or old kitchen knife is good for the job. Decide where you want your plant to go and cut an X down through the bed and the paper. Pull the paper back, fill in with compost to the level of the start's roots, set it in and cover it. With seeds, just use a punch or strong stick for larger seeds, fill in with compost to the recommended depth of seed planting, and cover. For tiny seeds like carrots or onions, cut a line through the paper, and fill with compost and proceed as above.
Make sure you fertilize these beds thoroughly as part of their construction. I have three cabbage beds with lime, veg food, & bone meal in the bed and in each hole. All my previous cabbages have failed...these are great! Just one example.
(Shout out to Brian, CA Gardener, re the bone meal!)
Perfect timing for us as our been plants are ready for their 1st harvest! Our first time growing them. Thanks again for the idea of stringing our tomatoes!!!! They've taken off! We really grew a lot of different vegetables and fruits this year!
First time growing beans. They are surprisingly very healthy. Awesome tips.
Last year I bought a six pack of bean plants from the local plant place and I think I got three beans out of it. I get one plant to my neighbor and she got one this year. I’m going with seeds and letting them do their own thing.
Thanks for informative video Brian. I spent part of my childhood in green bean country (Western NY) and you’re spot on about watering. The commercial fields were planted along the river in this black, muddy soil and throw in an average of 167 days with some precipitation the beans loved it. After the harvester came through my mom, sis and I would pick a bushel basket full from the edges of the field. We had enough canned green beans to feed an army! I’m growing “Fortex” pole beans. Very productive and the beans stay tender even when they get 8-10” long. We pick ‘em as fillet beans when they’re 4-5” long.
Love that story. I have a similar memory but it was tomato fields! I'll have to try that bean variety
California Garden TV Hi Brian. Share the tomato story with the class?
Farmer Bob it’s bean a long time since I’ve heard a story like that!
Mike R. Good one Mike!
I planted lake bush and dragon tongue beans in about 6 different locations of my garden and so far have had mixed results. Definitely learning for the coming year.
My Contender & Blue Lake bush beans aren't producing as much as they did the first 3 rounds of blossoms so I'll be pulling them out in a day or two. I'm replacing them with purple pole beans after I amend the soil. As always, your video was timed perfectly. Love watching your videos and you ALWAYS give me great advice & ideas for my garden. Thanks!❤
I totally agree! I have 28 feet of Bush beans, and just picked the first harvest here in zone 5 last night. I ended up with 2 gallons of nice beans, just from that first picking. There are lots of flowers, and I picked them well, to tell the plants to keep producing. I planted these in my in ground garden this year, sometimes I use my big raised beds, but wanted to replenish some soil. And even when I’m not watering my tomatoes or peppers, I still go in and give the beans water, along with the squash, melons, and cucumbers etc. It’s important to know which are your heavy water drinkers, and which aren’t, and really try to water by that for best results. Happy gardening everyone!! 👍🌷🍀🌻🍅🍉🌱👌
Hi, I really liked your comment so I have a question? I’m in zone 5b, it’s been close to 100 degrees already and it’s July 2nd. How often are you watering your tomatoes and peppers 🌶 in these conditions? And then your squash, melons, cucumbers, and beans more often? Thank you for your help I think I’m overwatering but everything just looks so dry! Some 4x4 containers and some pots and now some beans in the ground also. Thanks again!
I planted my bush beans very densely this year and am noticing a lot of yellowing leaves at the bottom. Thank you for your informative video! Now I know I have to fertilize asap
Growing beans here in Northern CALIFORNIA for the first time ever. Thanks for the video! I think my soil may not be the best even though I bought a premium veggie soil from our local soil and rock place. It drys up way too easy.
Have you tried incorporating peat moss into the soil? It's good for water retention.
NorCal here too.
I have nice plants, zero beans. We've had excesively hot wrather. I thought that was the issue. All my blossoms dry up.😕
I have had an onslaught of japanese beetles. I was making many, many trips to the garden every day on bug patrol. They basically decimated the top leaves of my beans. The only thing that worked was to have a squirt bottle with water and dish soap in it. I would squirt them liberally. That really slowed them down and if I couldn't reach them to throw them in a bucket of water, they would eventually fall down and die. I'm hoping that the top of my large plant will bounce back. The whole thing doesn't seem to be producing as well as I thought. Thanks for the great tips. Love your channel.
Had my first beans of the season last night and I'm looking forward to many great meals this summer! Cheers from my Oregon garden!!
Thanks for the tips. My beans are just about ready to bloom. North Idaho weather has been so chilly we’re about two to three weeks behind production this year. This video will definitely help in the weeks to come.
Good luck!
I have had more fun with the pollinators in my garden this year. I am deathly allergic to bees, but honestly, when they are working around the blossoms they could care less about me and I have thoroughly enjoyed watching them do their job. Your bumble bee spot made me laugh :). I just love your videos. Thank you for the info on beans! We grew pole beans this year and they really have not been producing very well . . . I am not sure what is causing our lack of beans, but I will definitely work on making sure they beans stay watered, that I pick off the old leaves and I spend time every morning picking what I find. THANKS AGAIN :)
❤this they do the job and leave until the next day.
Good to know that those beans are ready looking like that instead of bumpy like the bush beans. I think I have a few I can finally start picking.
Hi Brian, I'm a new viewer and absolutely love you and your videos. I grew up in the south and helped my parents plant multiple gardens every year. However that has been about 45 years ago. My favorite vegetable was the pink eye purple hull pea. I am trying to plant some this year. I'm finding out that these are really beans and commonly called cow peas. I assume they should be planted according to your bean videos but I would really like to see a video specifically on the pink eye purple hull cow pea ( bean) if possible. Many thanks for your channel. I really am enjoying getting back into gardening and growing my own food. It is so rewarding. Bless you !!!
Brian, thanks again for another informative video. I just planted last week my 2nd crop of assorted beans . They are 6 inches already.
Thanks for the tips. I love that you put effort into trying to catch that bumblebee!
Thank you
My beans seem to be doing great. I harvest every two days. I've planted Mississippi Purple Hull Peas which I've always called Crowder peas, pole beans and speckled butter beans. They seem to be producing longer this time.
However, my yellow squash have not done well. They flowered alot and even had tiny squash on some of them. Most would turn to mush and i have only gotten a few good ones from them. I noticed fuzzy mold and some tiny worms almost like maggots on some of the gross dead ones. Which totally freaked me out on so many levels. 😆 Which led to me just pulling them up completely.
All in all... I've been mostly disappointed about my garden. I do know my soil is severely lacking. I had it tested and prepared my soil accordingly. Although i evenly distributed to required nutrients, it's as if some areas got the right amount, other areas seemed as if it were too much or too little.
I have flowers in my garden and herbs that are both a pest repellent and pollinator attractant. Pollinators are having a blast and sometimes want to get a little "froggy" with me. 😆
I have a huge compost pile I started this spring. Once my garden is finished producing i will be spreading it and tilling it into my soil.
I know that was long but I say that so you will know some of what I've dealt with in hopes of getting your opinion on how to prepare for next time or what can be done or could i do to help what remains now. I would like to have a huge truck load of good top soil brought in to help for next time. Thoughts amd advice on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the motivation to get out and pick everyday!
Excellent and helpful information that is useful now!
Thanks for the tips. I want to grow string beans
I enjoyed your video on beans and plan to incorporate them in my yard. Which particular beans produce the dry beans such as black beans, kidney or cannilli beans?
Thanks for this valuable and timely information about beans
You're welcome
My late Mother always swore by dilute dish liquid spray for whitefly /aphids and it seems to work great but needs doing daily x
I've never been a bean grower, but I'm trying Dragon Tongue this year. How do I know the beans are ready to harvest? I don't want to snatch them too soon. This is new territory for me 😁
I couldn't find affordable inocculant in local gardening stores. The small packs were expensive. Ordering online, I found a packet sufficient for 50 lbs. of seeds for $12. Hopefully, keeping it in the fridge will allow it to last for several years. My 45 feet of double row (8" apart rows, w/soaker hose in between, 3" per bean) Blue Lake Bush are looking promising loaded with blossoms and tiny beans. Fortunately, this area has many beekepers and their bees find their way to my garden reliably. I'm getting into saving seeds from several crops here. Plan is to harvest next year's bean seeds after the end of green bean season.
Another VERY informative video. Thank you
Inspiring garden. Thanks
It made my day to see someone having a favorite bumblebee!
My beans of green have always produced until frost takes them out. But I live in a swamp in Minnesota, cool, and wet
Perfect and really informative gardening hints about beans. Brian just I'd like to ask you if it's possible show the differences of determined and indeterminate tomatoes' leafs in one of your future videos please.Thanks a lot for sharing your brilliant experiences.
I didn't do so well with my beans I will have to start over thanks for the tips.
We've all been there!
thank you so much as always, Brian! i thought id leave a follow up question on here for you or any of your subscribers.... i have a pest issue with my beans this year, primarily with the bush varieties i planted but it has also affected the pole beans (which are planted in another area of the garden so it is possible it would have been/could still get worse if the pest finds them...) and I can't tell what it is. It essentially causes the leaves to become thin and begin to curl in from the edges and die. then the whole stem attached to the triple leaf will also wilt and die like it is draining the plant from the leaf towards the main stem. i cant find any visible (w the naked eye) insect but it almost seems like it might be something that mines the leaves. i also mention that bc the plants that were worst affected were near some chard that ive since learned is a major leaf miner target for me at this time of year, maybe the same fly/whatever it is also liked the beans? it has really been awful for some of my plants. since earlier this season, I have had luck keeping chard healthy under tulle fabric and will be trying that w new bean plants going forward but just thought I'd pose the question here as well in case you have experienced this or in case anybody can relate or has any ideas in terms of identification and/or management. I am in the SF Bay Area ... maybe it's a regional thing. Thank you again for all you do for us!
Same, but my pole bean is in a 3 gallon. Brown edges, pale leaves which fell off.
My bush beans are doing the same but my poor beans are amazing.
You are always on the money with information! Thank you!!!
Pardon me if you've answered this question in the video, I may have tuned out when you did. I've got bush beans that flowered way too soon. I bought them from a nursery and they were already planted in those little six pack thingies. Clearly I am so experienced. Anyway, I later learned it's better to just do direct into the ground. I should have transplanted them sooner but they started flowering in the six pack thingies. Is it too late? Should I take the flowers off? I No people prefer to plant pole beans as they save space but I was up for the adventure.
Hey Brian I’ve learned so much new stuff by watching your feeds thanks Bro!!!
I live in Riverside Ca, and really need to get a garden growing. I always thought it was way to hot to grown anything out here. Thanks for the videos.
SoCalSurfer69 Hi. I’m in the IE as well. We can grow just about anything
year round. It’s been 90-95 here on a daily basis but everything is growing well, summer and winter squash, pole beans, artichokes, and several varieties of melons. I put in my cool weather garden around October 12 and get yields within a few weeks.
I leave my scarlet runner beans go to seed , dry them , take the seeds out , and use them for chilli
I definitely needed this info. I was wondering why my pole beans weren't doing as well as I thought they should. I think I'm underwatering and don't have enough fertilizer/compost in the soil. I was going by the - oh I thought they could take care of themselves.....
you say eat the whole bean, pod and all when they are fresh and young and dry them out when the beans are large. The large beans are delicious when cooked immediately after harvesting them. No need to dry them at all. I cooked ours with some garlic, onion and bacon slices. They cook to perfection in about 20 minutes and they will be the best beans you've ever eaten.
How did the banana trunk work with the beans? I haven't found the followup video?
I’m wondering as well
That's my logic for growing YELLOW wax beans! They are easy (er) to spot in the undergrowth. LOL! This is also my first year trying climbing (yellow) beans. I'm going to need a ladder... (!) Lots of hot weather here lately encouraging everything to grow and spread like wildfire!! Thanks for the video!
I grow the purple ones for easy picking. They turn green when you cook them.
Great advice! Unfortunately my rabbit first dug up the beans. After replanting and grown, the deer came and ate the tops. Starting to grow again but yellow... maybe next year???
I’ve learned something new once again! Thank you! I thought I had beans covered thanks to your other beans video last year but I started having problem once the heat started anyway . I tend to water everything at the same time si I didn’t pay any special attention to the beans... now I know better. Oh, well... there’s still next season... ^^’ Now I know: WATER THE BEANS! XD (lol)
Your videos are simply freaking amazing for a new gardener!!!! I’m going to try some Neptune’s Harvest if I can find it.
Thank you! I have a link to both sizes in the video description
Thank you. Very informative.
I planted pole beans from seed on May 23rd and it is now July 21st. I have a LOT of foliage but no flowers at this point. My bean plants are on tepees and are reaching about 7ft, but all foliage. Not sure what's going on. what should I do next? By the way, this is my first attempt at growing beans. I love your videos, you have been very helpful with a lot of the other veggies I'm growing in my garden.
Excellent info!
I love all the valuable tips you gave on growing beans! One question for you: my loofah plants have reached the top of their teepee, do I need to cut the top of the plants in order to have them bloom and fruit? I have not seen any bloom yet so far.
HELP
I live in Southwestern Oregon and have what I believe are Mexican bean beetles. They look like ladybugs but eat my leaves
Any advice or help will be greatly appreciated!
Keep up your good work
Rick
Those ate up my beans last year. I didn't realize the infestation was as bad as it was until it was too late.
Timely tips Brian!! Great video.
Thank you so much, much appreciated 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hello,thank you for your so natural channel.I am a very recent subscriber but like it very much.you reensure me so much.thank you
Glad youre here.
Thank you
Very helpful thank you.
We have a lot of bumblebee's here in SC
Thank you for sharing this 🙏
阿弥陀佛🙏
What an awesome channel. Thank you for all your tips
Hi Brian, black aphids in my experience are related to nitrogen excess. That's also confirmed by other pro gardeners such as Stefan sobkowiak. Does that also match with your experience? Thx for the great video 😊
Love u for sharing this...thanks
Still waiting for our beans to bloom. Tomato vines are loaded but slow to get red. Water and fertilizer has been consistent. Temps are crazy though, 59°-95° all in a week. 🤔
I would love tips on getting rid or stopping grasshoppers from eating my plants. South central texas and the hugh grasshoppers ate eating everything.
Hi Brian, i love your videos. You inspired me to make a second attempt at starting a veg garden. One question .... what do I do with pole beans once they've reached the top of their poles? Should i prune them or let them grow down the trellis? Could i train them to grow horizontally along a wire or string to some other object like a fence? Will they produce a lot of beans if I let them keep growing in this manner? Now i understand Jack's magic beanstalk.
Love your videos. I have a problem with my bush green beans . They have been up only about 2 weeks.. No blooms. I noticed today many of the leaves have light brown spots on them. Some have become so thin that when touched they crumble like charred paper. I have been gardening for 60 plus years and have never seen this. I live in SE MS. Can you give me any information?
I’m struggling BAD with my beans this year. 🙁 Rust is fighting back HARD for some reason. I’m clipping all the sick leaves and have sprayed them with a rust fighter.🤷🏻♀️
Thanks, again. We've had great luck with our bush beans so far. Can we still plant more even in July?
I have the same question.
Go back to last week's video on what you can plant in July. That will help you calculate if it's possible for your area
Oops! This video came just in time. I planted both red and green Chinese Long Beans and when I missed a few that were ready to pick they became very long and very bumpy beans practically overnight. I figured it would be fun to leave them on the vines and harvest them later once the bumps have developed into individual beans and the pods have dried. I did not realize that strategy would send the plant the message that it’s job was done and it could take an early retirement from bean production. I jumped out of bed, went out to my vegetable garden, and picked them. Now, I am wondering if I can use the beans that had developed inside a fully dried pod as seed for next year.
If you count back from the expected first frost and it's after July, yes
I got it, and I'm good! More beans. I planted Roma tomatoes in a SIP bed. Thanks to California Garden TV and Neptune's Harvest, they went crazy, but we harvested everything, including greenies from there today (temps and humidity are crazy in Arkansas now). Out of five plants, I swear we had 40-50 lbs of tomatoes this year. Worked all day today canning. Thanks, B!
My beans haven’t bloomed yet. I have pole beans on teepees. They are o er 6 feet tall. I planted them on Memorial Day weekend here in Michigan and they were started from seed. Should I pinch the growth at the top? The only fertilizer I have given them is fish fertilizer.it has been very hot here. In the 90’s for over two weeks which is unusual for us.
Hi Brian. I think I am underwater my scarlet runner beans lots of flowers but no beans at all. As always thank you for the tips, best wishes to you and family specially in your health. Stay safe🍆🌶🌱🐝🐛🐞
Im growing Big Mamas this season
Been watching you for awhile you have some very informative suggestions and tips, I hope you can answer this one, we are moving to a higher elevation around 7,000 feet plus I minus I was wondering what sort of fruit trees I would be able to plant, thank you
I have spider mites on my crate and myrtle, very close to my garden. I’m glad they aren’t in my garden right now. If I try to take them on will they try and run to my other plants?
Great videos as always, thank you! Such a lovely garden too 😊
The cosmos you have there... Did you plant those directly from seeds in the ground or did you start those indoors before hand? Thanks.
I’m on my 3rd set of succession planting of Beans got some from Bakers Creek this time they look a lot better and yes they love the compost learned the hard way they are water lovers in Texas heat they need water in the bed just a little every other night...I tried in the Greenstalk this year those kept getting light green probably lack of compost?? I didn’t feed them at first because everything you read says don’t feed them 🙄!! Thanks for white fly information Yes I dealt with rust I just pop the leaves off with my hand is that not good?? How do you sterilize your clippers?? I’ve been washing mine off with soap and 💧 water...Do you suggest having more than one set of clippers on you in the garden?? Thx for any feed back Prayers your doing better you look healthy..Take Care 🙏🏻🤗 Sheila
Thanks for GREAT info on so many topics. My beans produced a lot this summer-I got them in earlier than ever before -North Carolina - the beans kept coming and then the runners started - I was so confused - never seen the runners before! Then the flowers and small round seeds? after the flower dies. I guess they are Harvest Runner Beans in a generic package. Is the round thing a seed to plant for beans next year or is it only the seeds in the pods? Love the channel!!
Thank you for this vid!
Nice video.I planted Indian pole beans .They are just growing n growing n no blooms.What can I do??
Have you ever used MARPHLY fish fertilizer?
It seems yo be on par with Neptune but not as costly?
Thanks for the tips, I always seem to have problems with my beans...I always thought I was over watering, maybe it's needing fertilizer and water isn't the issue...will see what happens.
are you finding the bottom leave are going yellow? I thought I was overwatering too - but then when I lay off the watering the beans got all weird shaped - thick at the bottom and tiny skinny at the top - and were stunted. Getting the watering balance right is so tricky!
Thank you for your bean tips! I have a large ponderosa pine tree in my backyard, do you know of green beans can be grown under pine trees? I’d like to try it but not sure if the beans will thrive in this environment.
Any recommendations for a climbing variety of pinto beans and black beans? The internet is full of suggestions, and just as many counter- suggestions, to make finding a definitive answer nary impossible.
I really enjoy it ur videos.
Thank you
Brian, I planted pinto beans and wonder can I eat them young or do I need to wait until they are dry to use them? Always look forward to your videos ❤️
A storm hit by me and it ruined my tomatoes peppers okra even my fruit trees one of them were kinda leaning but we fixed it by staking it for a short amount of time
Brian, question, to harvest your beans on t-pees do you need to use a ladder. They look tall, of course I’m short, but I really want to try that. Thanks again for all your helpful tips. God bless you.👩🌾
Thanks 👍