Post by silverseeds on Aug 15, 2009 4:19:07 GMT -5
I decided to make a thread for the mayflower beans. The reason being it was part of a experiment I had and outperformed EVERYTHING.
I live in new mexico at a high elevation in northern new mexico. I have pretty cool nights. Dry warm days, usually sunny.
I didnt get enough organic matter for my full garden this year, so I did some experiments. My soil is a heavy powdery clayish soil. More like a clay dust. When you get it wet, it is a THICK mud. If it rains heavily you will sink right into it as deep as the rain went.
So anyway, I planted around 18 peas, 12 garbonzos, and 40 beans, in the area without any organic matter added. Most things did produce seeds, but not many at all. Out of all of them the only plant to produce well is the mayflower beans. It was the only pole type I think I tried or one of few anyway.
It is producing as well as any of the beans I planted in amended soil. the plants are very healthy, and drought tolerant , certainly was still happy if I made it wait 4 or 5 days for water, and generally I water every other or every third day.
Supposedly this bean came over on the mayflower. Im not sure how high it climbs, I only gave it a pole about three feet high, it kept going with runners about a foot and a half beyond that. Some I didnt give poles to, and they did fine actually. although they will take a little more time to pick. So for what its worth, I think this is a great pick....
I live in new mexico at a high elevation in northern new mexico. I have pretty cool nights. Dry warm days, usually sunny.
I didnt get enough organic matter for my full garden this year, so I did some experiments. My soil is a heavy powdery clayish soil. More like a clay dust. When you get it wet, it is a THICK mud. If it rains heavily you will sink right into it as deep as the rain went.
So anyway, I planted around 18 peas, 12 garbonzos, and 40 beans, in the area without any organic matter added. Most things did produce seeds, but not many at all. Out of all of them the only plant to produce well is the mayflower beans. It was the only pole type I think I tried or one of few anyway.
It is producing as well as any of the beans I planted in amended soil. the plants are very healthy, and drought tolerant , certainly was still happy if I made it wait 4 or 5 days for water, and generally I water every other or every third day.
Supposedly this bean came over on the mayflower. Im not sure how high it climbs, I only gave it a pole about three feet high, it kept going with runners about a foot and a half beyond that. Some I didnt give poles to, and they did fine actually. although they will take a little more time to pick. So for what its worth, I think this is a great pick....
