Bush beans and pole beans question?

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I know mine have been doing better since it’s gotten cooler. Fewer bugs too! I don’t know if they’ll produce any more beans before the frost hits though.

 

[Birdsonghill]

I've found also, that beans do not set pods if temps are above 90°F, same with tomatoes. I tried to grow scarlet runner beans in Okinawa, Japan, in the summer and it bloomed, but no pods. It's hot there.

Grow crowder peas instead or some lima beans will continue to make beans in 90 F conditions if decent soil moisture for support of growth.is present. I never water my field peas, corn , heirloom pumpkins, sorghum, etc. Too much for me. Still they make crops(may be reduced) here even in very hot and dry summers with the right variety choices made. Heirlooms known for those qualities are what I look for. Timing is every thing in most gardens ,I imagine. Green Beans must be planted early or late here. Too hot to make much in mid summer, though pole varieties may survive and restart setting crops with cooler days if they don't burn up from draught. Pole beans suffer here without plenty of irrigation in mid /late summer but may survive to continue to produce with care. Bush green beans I pause planting in mid summer. I typically get good results in my raised beds early and again in the long mild falls here. I irrigate my raised beds and they need it almost daily here in the summer to grow most anything, if rain eludes us.

 

[Birdsonghill]

Scarlet runner beans thrive here some years and others struggle with the heat and draught conditions of late summer. Spring/Early summer they thrive here with adequate soil moisture and set lots of beans and grow huge bloom covered vines by the end of June. Then, often they burn up and dwindle fast with upper 90's and 100F temps and too often near 80% plus humidity without rainfall, in mid to late summer. I still plant them occasionally for their beauty and taste but consider them a short lived blessing in our summer most often.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Pole beans are making me sad right now; they’ve made a number of new blooms and tiny pods and there’s no way those are going to make it to decent sized pods before the vines die. I’ve got enough for seeds like I wanted already but it still seems like such a waste!

 

[fuzzi]

Pole beans are making me sad right now; they’ve made a number of new blooms and tiny pods and there’s no way those are going to make it to decent sized pods before the vines die. I’ve got enough for seeds like I wanted already but it still seems like such a waste!

Eat the tiny pods, they should be tender.

I had the same experience with Scarlet Runner Beans. The hummingbirds loved the blooms but very few beans.
I read somewhere they don't do well in the heat and humidity.

Then there's no point in me attempting to grow them here...

 

[PopoMyers]

I had the same experience with Scarlet Runner Beans. The hummingbirds loved the blooms but very few beans.
I read somewhere they don't do well in the heat and humidity.

What does do well, are the yard long beans, which are a different species. Those performed exceptionally well for me in Texas, Okinawa, Hawaii. Also, Asian squashes and vegetables do well, too. Winged beans, fuzzy melons, balsam pear aka bitter melon. Google for recipes.

 

[Sally PB]

My yard long beans did not do well, and the few I got were stringy and pithy. I gave them a try, live and learn.

 

[NanaK]

What does do well, are the yard long beans, which are a different species. Those performed exceptionally well for me in Texas, Okinawa, Hawaii. Also, Asian squashes and vegetables do well, too. Winged beans, fuzzy melons, balsam pear aka bitter melon. Google for recipes.

Interesting. These are vegetables I not seen commonly grown in my area. I have seen them in catalogs. I will look more closely at some of the Asian veggies as the catalogs come in. Thanks for the suggestions.

I have not tried the yard long beans. For green beans I grow Kentucky Wonder pole beans. They usually give me lots of beans and many pickings. I can or freeze the surplus. I like that I can save seed too.