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lisaoliver Foristell, MO(Zone 5b) Jun 23, 2007

About how long is it from the time green, yellow wax and roma beans flower till you harvest? Do they continue to produce or is it a one time flowering? I am going away for 6 days and someone recommended I pull all the flowers before I go to help the plants survive better, if I do that will I still get a good harvest? A friend offered to come pick stuff for me, and I would love for her to share my harvest, but would it be just as well if I pull off all the flowers now and perhaps have a good yield anyway? (I'll still share ) Lisa

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 23, 2007

I would never consider pulling blossoms. Those things have a lot of blossoms and it would be like knitting a quilt. Tedious and time consuming. Depending on cultivar bloom to picking takes a week to 10 days. Some cultivars hold better than others so you have about a week as a window to pick them. Bush cultivars typically have about two blossom sets. There are a few that tend to be more everbearing, but most set a crop and get out of the way.

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lisaoliver Foristell, MO(Zone 5b) Jun 24, 2007

Thank-you, that answers my question- looks like my friends will be reeping my harvest- at least some of it!

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