As such, the plants flop about and in an intensive environment require support to keep from encroaching on their neighbors. Keep a watch on Mexican bean beetles. They can be found on the undersides of the leaves. Control them by hand picking and by rubbing off the yellow egg clusters. Harvesting to pick, but to keep up with.
Pods stay tiny for a frustrating week or two, and then mature very quickly.
Frequent picking prolongs the harvest, but it's very easy to miss a few. Comments Plants are very productive for green beans and wax beans, but very stingy for shelling beans. The contents of these notes have not been reviewed, approved or monitored by the University of the Virgin Islands. All rights reserved. Last updated June 23, 1999.