tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post1278974743749884250..comments2024-01-15T00:22:44.159-08:00Comments on Kentucky Fried Garden: Planted Okra and Pole Bean SeedsPhuonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-361244305580989552013-05-31T01:15:52.019-07:002013-05-31T01:15:52.019-07:00Your welcome Tessa, blogs are a great way to share...Your welcome Tessa, blogs are a great way to share information. I really was hoping the okra pole bean experiment would turn out for me. Please come back and tell me how it worked out for you.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-89110119826779994242013-05-06T05:45:30.932-07:002013-05-06T05:45:30.932-07:00Ok, thank you for your help and the information. I...Ok, thank you for your help and the information. I knew they were good companion plants for corn (I'm not planting any this year though) which is what gave me the idea of trying it on the okra. I will definately put my beans on my trellis then to give me a better chance at a good harvest. I am growing clemson spikeless okra so I might try some vines on one or two of them just to see how they do but as extra vines not as my main crop of beans. Thanks again for your help. I really appreciate it.Tessanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-68487499521298053672013-05-04T00:24:48.821-07:002013-05-04T00:24:48.821-07:00I had limited success with growing pole beans on o...I had limited success with growing pole beans on okra, I probably wouldn't recommend it. With a few beans planted around each okra plant, the only pole beans that were able to produce were the Red Noodle yard-long beans and they are a very vigorous vine to begin with. But I grew Cow Horn okra that year which is a robust plant, so it might have shaded the beans too much.<br /><br />Now, I had relatives that grew pole beans on corn and it did very well for them. Instead of growing a bean vine on each corn stalk, they planted a few rows of pole beans on the west side of a block of corn. The pole beans looked like they climbed up each other as well as the corn, and then grew up over the tops of the corn.<br /><br />By the time I saw their garden in the fall the corn stalks were drying up and the corn already picked, they were just holding up the beans at that point which makes me think the pole beans were planted later than the corn.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-71162304796921564872013-05-03T11:30:32.436-07:002013-05-03T11:30:32.436-07:00I noticed that a couple of years ago you experimen...I noticed that a couple of years ago you experimented with planting okra and some vine plants together, with the most success at the time with pole beans. I was considering planting Kentucky wonder pole beans this year and using okra as the poles to grow them on, which is how I found your blog. After your experiment, would you recommend it? How did yours turn out? Did you plant one bean plant on each okra stalk or could you do more than one? I have limited gardening space so was wanting to do it to save space and be able to grow as much as possible. Tessanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-32818336040947017062013-04-28T22:31:24.664-07:002013-04-28T22:31:24.664-07:00Admittedly, I went a little overboard with the num...Admittedly, I went a little overboard with the number of plants this year, but I'm half expecting to lose most of them to wildlife.<br /><br />I think your garden is lovely, and what you are able to grow in your space is just amazing.Phuonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07658691564062044986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2806765669512996094.post-27509953366291580702013-04-28T21:50:18.760-07:002013-04-28T21:50:18.760-07:00You have been busy in the garden. 64 tomato plants...You have been busy in the garden. 64 tomato plants! That would fill up my entire vegetable garden, I'm envious. <br /><br />I do know the pain of finding ravaged seedlings in the garden. And other plants as well. The birds have found my young broccoli plants to be tasty. I tied some mylar flash tape to some poles and let it flap around in the midstof the plants and that seems to be working to keep the birds out of there for now.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07812702328134261533noreply@blogger.com