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[+] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) what the hell is a bean field? also beans are great with corn they climb the stalks, also have squash, then boom you have the so called three sisters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bush beans are a thing? Soybeans don't climb either, and it's the most common bean grown in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) oh I've only grown vine beans. The ones I have that were originally smuggled when all the invasive species were brought in grow easily 10+ feet high and any I can't reach are left to dry on the vine at the end of the season and the poles are toppled to grab them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago I suspect that's one of the reasons they're grown in greenhouses commercially. They use a lift to pick, and it's easier to drive over pavement than dirt. permalink fedilink source parent [+] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We have neighbors with tons of hemp bales mouldering in the field because the processors won't take them because they don't have anywhere to sell them to. Maybe it's incompetence, or maybe the hemp hype isn't all it's cracked up to be. There aren't a lot of people willing to grow it anymore. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Never heard of the battle of the beanfield? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) what the hell is a bean field? also beans are great with corn they climb the stalks, also have squash, then boom you have the so called three sisters. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bush beans are a thing? Soybeans don't climb either, and it's the most common bean grown in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) oh I've only grown vine beans. The ones I have that were originally smuggled when all the invasive species were brought in grow easily 10+ feet high and any I can't reach are left to dry on the vine at the end of the season and the poles are toppled to grab them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago I suspect that's one of the reasons they're grown in greenhouses commercially. They use a lift to pick, and it's easier to drive over pavement than dirt. permalink fedilink source parent [+] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We have neighbors with tons of hemp bales mouldering in the field because the processors won't take them because they don't have anywhere to sell them to. Maybe it's incompetence, or maybe the hemp hype isn't all it's cracked up to be. There aren't a lot of people willing to grow it anymore. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Never heard of the battle of the beanfield? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) Bush beans are a thing? Soybeans don't climb either, and it's the most common bean grown in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) oh I've only grown vine beans. The ones I have that were originally smuggled when all the invasive species were brought in grow easily 10+ feet high and any I can't reach are left to dry on the vine at the end of the season and the poles are toppled to grab them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago I suspect that's one of the reasons they're grown in greenhouses commercially. They use a lift to pick, and it's easier to drive over pavement than dirt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) oh I've only grown vine beans. The ones I have that were originally smuggled when all the invasive species were brought in grow easily 10+ feet high and any I can't reach are left to dry on the vine at the end of the season and the poles are toppled to grab them permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago I suspect that's one of the reasons they're grown in greenhouses commercially. They use a lift to pick, and it's easier to drive over pavement than dirt. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago I suspect that's one of the reasons they're grown in greenhouses commercially. They use a lift to pick, and it's easier to drive over pavement than dirt. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We have neighbors with tons of hemp bales mouldering in the field because the processors won't take them because they don't have anywhere to sell them to. Maybe it's incompetence, or maybe the hemp hype isn't all it's cracked up to be. There aren't a lot of people willing to grow it anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago We have neighbors with tons of hemp bales mouldering in the field because the processors won't take them because they don't have anywhere to sell them to. Maybe it's incompetence, or maybe the hemp hype isn't all it's cracked up to be. There aren't a lot of people willing to grow it anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Never heard of the battle of the beanfield? permalink fedilink source parent
