Dedicated Bean Pole Thread

congrats ascholz!!! and bob, this was a great interactive thread! virginia

Congratulations Amy.

tubbytee, ok ya'll aren't losers...but I Lost! Waaaa

Congratulations to both of you! Although the beans did not produce as much as we all had hoped it taught me and all of us a valuable lesson. The coir works but do not over crowd your plantings as all this will do is to make them compete against each other at the cost of production.
Meanwhile I've not been posting lately because I am so involved with the re-landscaping of my home and the $811.00 repair bill for my car but " I'LL BE BACK! " LOL

Shucks.......I sure hate to lose that bet........I could have used some more stackers.

2822 viewers to this thread is amazing. Wonder what the record is?

Bob...........are you planting in the "self-watering" type of pots or the flow through kind?

Somebody needs to tell us if it's a record. By the way it's up to 2,912. I planted those beans and the new bean stacker in the original flow through ones.

Probably a record for the Self-Contained Box Garden forum. But this thread has 5,000+ views http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/370312/

thanks ya'll!!!

Way to go Amy! I'm jealous!

Amy ya all be careful ifin ya has to travel into Texas..
Deputy Karen might just cuff you up to get even....LOL

Hmm, this is starting to make me think of that previous thread about how someone's containers got stolen right off their porch. Those towers are looking awful tempting! lol Sometimes ethics are annoying. ;-)

Whoops, off thread...stopping now.

I just heard from Bob and my prize is on it's way..I will post pictures here after I get them planted...may just have to try some beans myself. ;-)

ascholz -- Yes do try the beans. Mine have taken off like "gangbusters" if
you know what I mean. I've always had excellent results in EBs and this time they are really doing well. I have them on Bob's auto irrigation system and can't wait for my first batch. It is hot out but they seem to love it. Average temp in upper 80's but no rain in weeks.

Ted, are your "gangbusters" in the stackers?

No they are in one of my EBs. I've not had much of a garden this season as the construction made my melon planting etc. fall way behind schedule and the vast majority of my time is being taken by my re-landscaping work but I promise it will look great when I'm finished in a week or so although we gardeners are really never finished! My melons are struggelinng with the heat as they are still seedlings and very susceptible to the heat as I did not plant them until after our planting season but I'd thought I'd try. Just a little to hot for seedlings.

This message was edited May 13, 2009 11:11 AM

I GOT MY STACKERS TODAY!!! THANKS BOB!

They are sooooo coooool! I love the color too, it's kind of a greenish blue (at least in the house lighting). I have some of Bob's coco coir and perlite ready to go! Now I just have to decide what to plant.

Amy :-)