My pole beans have been reaching for the stars for two months, vines on top of vines, but no pole beans. Blooms, yes, beans, no.
Fellow gardener Sherman Shifflett said he was having the same problem and an agriculture agent said others were wondering where the beans were. I read recently that if the ground temperature reaches 90 degrees, the beans say, “Forget it. We’re not coming till it gets a little cooler.
This week Sherman said he found lots of beans beneath his thick vines. I looked, and my beans are finally producing as well. I have had this problem before, with late beans, but they generally start producing in earnest come September.
We had a mess of my Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans the other night and they were exceptionally tender and tasty. Now, with cooler weather and a helluva lot of rain, I look forward to many more meals of fresh green Kentucky Wonder pole beans.