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Post by nicollas on Oct 24, 2014 11:52:16 GMT -5
I've just heard for the first time the "easy pick" gene. I dont know hot to explain in english but here is a picture :  Any experience with such beans ? |
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 24, 2014 23:17:21 GMT -5
Any experience with such beans? I pick all of my green/snap beans that way. Saves me the effort of removing the stem in the kitchen. |
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Post by kyredneck on Oct 25, 2014 7:02:11 GMT -5
That makes sense; I'd much rather the bean sever at that point instead of vine breaking off with it.
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Post by nicollas on Oct 25, 2014 7:38:56 GMT -5
Apparently beans from plants with this gene break of at this point rather than the stem.
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Post by jondear on Oct 25, 2014 12:44:32 GMT -5
Johnny's sells a bean named E-Z Pick. I grew them one year and they really are easy to pick.
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Post by diane on Oct 25, 2014 23:23:42 GMT -5
I have never had a bean that was not easy to pick. I'm trying to think what I do - do I use my thumbnail? do I bend the bean just under the stem?
Maybe these easy-pick beans are for people who just grab the beans and pull.
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Post by ferdzy on Oct 28, 2014 10:19:17 GMT -5
I have never had a bean that was not easy to pick. I'm trying to think what I do - do I use my thumbnail? do I bend the bean just under the stem? Maybe these easy-pick beans are for people who just grab the beans and pull. Yeah, I found myself thinking about my bean-picking technique this summer, as we grew a lot of beans and some were definitely easier to pick than others. Here's what I do: thumb and forefinger pinch the stem and pull UP, while remaining 3 fingers clutch the bean and pull DOWN. There are other factors in ease of picking besides a tendancy to break below the stem. (And I wonder; are those beans brittle all over?) The strength with which the plant clings to the trellis, and the tendancy for the stems to break if pulled. Also, the more immature a bean pod is, the easier it is to pull off regardless of other factors. This makes sense; the more mature an individual pod is, the more resources the plant has put into it, and the more "reluctant" it will be to let it go. |
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Post by kyredneck on Oct 28, 2014 15:07:04 GMT -5
Methinks there's probably no such thing as easy pick pods w/strings.
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Post by steev on Oct 28, 2014 19:22:35 GMT -5
Maybe pick-and-string in one decisive motion.
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Post by kyredneck on Oct 30, 2014 17:59:11 GMT -5
I'm trying to imagine that, 'pick-and-string in one decisive motion', that'd be some technique. probably could be done if you put the right spin to it...
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Post by ferdzy on Oct 30, 2014 18:16:20 GMT -5
Maybe pick-and-string in one decisive motion. I'm sure I could do it, if I had a coupla more fingers... |
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Post by steev on Oct 30, 2014 18:49:07 GMT -5
Maybe pick-and-string in one decisive motion. I'm sure I could do it, if I had a coupla more fingers... Prolly make you one hella-fine banjo-picker, too. |
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