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Ep. 33 Last Call for Bean Seeds
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Your bean plants might be winding down but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one last harvest in them.
If you’ve been picking bush beans or pole beans all summer, chances are a few pods got missed. By now, those pods are starting to mature—and even if you didn’t plan to grow beans for seed - those missed pods mean that you still have a chance to harvest some bean seed!
This is another Seedy September minisode to realise that there is seed growing in your garden right now and all you have to do is go and harvest it.
In this episode, we’ll get into …
• Whether to pick individual pods or whole plants
• How green you can pick a pod and still get good seed
• Easy threshing and cleaning methods
• How likely beans are to cross pollinate
• How to test your saved bean seed next year without risking your whole crop
Enjoy the episode!
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❤️ Thanks for listening!
36 episodes
Manage episode 508157779 series 3343300
Your bean plants might be winding down but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one last harvest in them.
If you’ve been picking bush beans or pole beans all summer, chances are a few pods got missed. By now, those pods are starting to mature—and even if you didn’t plan to grow beans for seed - those missed pods mean that you still have a chance to harvest some bean seed!
This is another Seedy September minisode to realise that there is seed growing in your garden right now and all you have to do is go and harvest it.
In this episode, we’ll get into …
• Whether to pick individual pods or whole plants
• How green you can pick a pod and still get good seed
• Easy threshing and cleaning methods
• How likely beans are to cross pollinate
• How to test your saved bean seed next year without risking your whole crop
Enjoy the episode!
Support the Seed Farmer Podcast
http://spreadsheet.farm/supportpodcast
Seed News links
Pre-Order Crop Stories from Utopian Seed Project
Read the Organic Task Force report
Follow the Seed Farmer on instagram
Get my weekly seed newsletter
Get my new book The Seed Farmer
https://danbrisebois.com/seedfarmerbook/
❤️ Thanks for listening!
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