I noticed no one has mentioned the picking effect.if you pick The beans often you usually get more beans. Remember the purpose of the plant is to produce seeds. If someone comes along and removes the fruit with the seeds the plant will throw it's resources into more fruit. We used to pick our string beans every other day. every day if the conditions were good .
Ideas on yield?
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Good point. Very true. Pole beans tend to do better with this than bush beans though in my experience.~gd said:
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Bettacreek
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Peppers are supposed to do the same thing. I've never had a harvest for myself, but I did start a garden like 2 years ago. I had 24 banana pepper plants, and apparently, the ex got about 85 pints out of those plants. Now, I've never canned the pepper rings with them, but I wonder how much they pack the jars. Maybe they do it a little loosely? I plan to pack the crap out of my jars, so maybe I won't get as much. Today was the first I talked to that guy in 2 years, but hey, I really wanted to know about how much he got out of my little garden, lol.
Great advice above on the yields for peppers, tomatoes, and beans--I agree.
If you keep picking the spinach at the baby stage, I think you have a good amount as it will keep producing.
But for lettuce, if you pick at some to keep it small and leave some to head up you may not have enough if you eat salad like my family does.
In my world there's no such thing as too many tomatoes or bell peppers, both are very easily frozen and dealt with later so I grow as many as possible.
Tthere's no way that would be enough onions for my family
If you keep picking the spinach at the baby stage, I think you have a good amount as it will keep producing.
But for lettuce, if you pick at some to keep it small and leave some to head up you may not have enough if you eat salad like my family does.
In my world there's no such thing as too many tomatoes or bell peppers, both are very easily frozen and dealt with later so I grow as many as possible.
Tthere's no way that would be enough onions for my family
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Part of the reason I'm not doing as many of the stuff that can be frozen is because all I have to work with is a regular freezer/fridge combo. I'd LOVE to get another stand-alone freezer, but it's not a priority as of this moment, unfortunately. I should start saving for one, then I can freeze some veni as well (god I hope I can get at least one). I'm still debating on the peppers, I may cut back a little bit, but not sure yet. They'll be fine canned for two years, so I can always save some for next year and not plant nearly as many, then not worry so much about having enough room for stuff... Like garlic. And watermelons. The only thing about watermelons is the fact that they don't really store long term, so having dozens of watermelons would be overkill.
