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Gardening

KurtNYC

(14,549 posts)

5. Yes. The machine destroys the plants

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 08:02 AM

Jul 2014

So you need a variety that is a bush bean and that has a significant number of beans ready to harvest at once. Because beans are >60 days from seed to harvest you can plant again and get a second harvest from the same field in the same season.

Here is one of the more common green bean machines for small farmers in action. This one is about $40,000:

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Beans are so easy! (and much more fun than watching blight spread across my tomato plants) [View all] KurtNYC Jul 2014 OP

Maxibel are a great variety. I like Jade a lot as well - and this NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #1

Cosmos look good KurtNYC Jul 2014 #2

Jade and EZ Pick are very long and straight... NRaleighLiberal Jul 2014 #3

Because I am ignorant of large scale farming, Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #4

Yes. The machine destroys the plants KurtNYC Jul 2014 #5

I am always amazed at mechanical harvesting. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #6