Judy--its very risky to pick green and hope for seed that can be saved; the
smart money says to let the last run of beans dry on the vine. If you want
fresh eating, pick early--the plants will keep producing as long as you keep
picking.
Stump removers are a fraud; they simply don't work. Continued cutting will
kill the plant or get a 'weed wrench'; a tool that helps gets the roots out
a little easier.
Good luck! ---Mike McG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Judith Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:09 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Harvesting black beans and killing junk
treestumps
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have grown black beans for the first time (Cherokee Trail of Tears
> variety from Seed Savers). They are starting to produce and i am torn
> between letting them dry on the vine and picking them and drying them
> elsewhere in order to keep the vines producing. Most of the information i
> have been able to locate on the web is about growing them commercially
> where it is impractical to pick them as they develop. Thus, my questions
> about black beans are two: Should i just let them dry on the vine or, if
> i pick them as they mature, how will i know when it is time?
>
> Both of my neighbors have junk trees (tree of heaven, etc.) growing in
> their yards that they would be happy to have me cut down. I have cut them
> down in the past, but they just grow back bigger and better/worse the next
> year. Is there an organic way to kill the stumps? (I sell produce from
> my garden under our Grown in Detroit brand and do not want to use
> dangerous chemicals.) If there is no acceptable organic method, what is
> the least harmful other method?
>
> Thanks for all the pleasure and info i have received from this list serve
> over the years.
>
> Judy from Detroit
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