I've grown anastazi beans successfully for the last few years. This year the plants are beautiful and full nut no flowers or beans have formed. Any thoughts? I've bean harvesting the beans and using some to replant and some to eat.

Ken

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2002

Answers

Hello Ken,

Beans are typically pretty easy to grow but they do have some basic preferences. I would not give up on them yet. Beans are pretty good about adjusting to their specific conditions but stresses, such as too little or too much nitrogen, can delay or otherwise affect blossom development. Here is a good reference for bean production that I think should be helpful.

http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/peet/profiles/ppbean.html

Hope this helps,

Mike D.

-- Anonymous, August 13, 2002