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4/30/00. After trying different trellis designs that didn't work as well as I had hoped, I tried this bean teepee technique. It works quite well and I've now used it for several years. I planted two teepees in each of two beds, with six seeds around each leg.
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5/6/00. 'Kentucky Blue' snap beans are coming up already! Only 6 days to germinate. At least five seeds up at each pole so far, and some with all six sprouted!
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5/7/00. In just one day, the earliest sprouts are putting out their first pair of true leaves.
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5/10/00. Vigorous growth here.
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5/23/00. Growing really well. Should soon start to run up the teepee poles.
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5/24/00. This tendril will grab the teepee leg soon.
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5/28/00. Tendrils are clinging and climbing well.
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6/2/00. 'Kentucky Blue' plants continue to grow well--looking very healthy.
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6/7/00. Blossom buds have made an appearance.
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6/12/00. First blooms.
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6/12/00. Breakfast buffet for the deer?
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6/13/00. Climbing the teepee poles.
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6/14/00. Lots of blooms on all plants.
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6/16/00. Filling in nicely.
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6/18/00. Seems like the blossoms turned into beans overnight.
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6/22/00. Almost ready to pick.
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7/1/00. Slight infestation of bean beetles--no significant damage done so far.
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7/8/00. Beginning to look a little puny. Been watering nightly if there's no rain. Production has fallen to almost nothing.
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7/9/00. A few new blossom buds coming along. Maybe I'll get a new flush of growth here.
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