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HD6GTOM 
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Posted: 16 May 2021 at 11:28am |
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Do you prefer a stalk bean or a bush bean and why? When I was at home in the 1960's I never walked beans. I was always making hay at home, making hay for grandpa, cultivating corn, etc. Younger brothers and sister walked beans. Dad raised seed beans, one of the creameries had a seed cleaner that dad rented for 3 or 4 days. Was a good time back then working together. But I cannot remember the brand of beans or if they were bush or stalk beans. We never bagged them, dumped bushel baskets full of them in wagons or back of pickups. They usually got an extra bushel or 2 just in case a few leaked out on the way home.
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modirt
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Posted: 16 May 2021 at 11:58am |
You be talking about edible dry beans like pinto, red, kidney, etc? You may be living in one of the few places that raises those.
Rest of us be thinking about soybeans or green beans in the garden.
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tomNE
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Posted: 16 May 2021 at 12:23pm |
I've planted beans in 8in, 15in, 30in and 36in row width's; my favorite, that i always come back too is 30in with bushy beans!
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Tbone95
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Posted: 16 May 2021 at 1:10pm |
 tomNE wrote:
I've planted beans in 8in, 15in, 30in and 36in row width's; my favorite, that i always come back too is 30in with bushy beans!
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30 and bushy is my go to.
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 16 May 2021 at 1:40pm |
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Some grew Navy Beans in Our area. Neighbor called them Worry Beans.
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 16 May 2021 at 8:53pm |
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didn't know they still bred a bush bean....
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Tbone95
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Posted: 17 May 2021 at 7:02am |
SteveM C/IL wrote:
didn't know they still bred a bush bean.... |
"Relative" term perhaps??
Or, are ya' thinkin' of a different bush??  
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Dakota Dave
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Posted: 17 May 2021 at 8:48am |
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at the farm all beans are bush beans. pole beans require supports I do plant pole beans in my garden. I plant in a circle and put tomato cage in the middle so they have something to climb on. at the farm pintos navies and blacks are all planted in 20" rows. all the equipment is setup for 20" and its a lot of work to change wheel widths for different crops. edible beans we cut windrow and use a edible bean harvester. soy get direct harvested with the combine. they are usually drilled with every other hole plugged.
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Brian F(IL)
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Posted: 17 May 2021 at 6:12pm |
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The only beans we grow around our area are soybeans. Most are planted in either 15" or 30" rows. A few guys still use a drill with 7" or 8" spacing, but not as many as say 15 years ago.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 17 May 2021 at 9:09pm |
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i planted my soybeans in 30 inch rows and also drilled some, the row beans yeilded just as good if not better than the drilled and used less seed, i also planted the bush type, they combined better.
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 17 May 2021 at 9:34pm |
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I was asking about soybeans. I only combined stalk beans. I always wondered about bush beans. BIL needs a very part time combine operator this fall. I really enjoyed running a good running combine. He's got a newer binder, I think I'm gonna volunteer to run a few dozen acres for him.
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