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This year has been very busy year for me
Since our baby's born, the whole summer I didn't have time to take care of our garden at all.
Usually I start to grow winged bean in May or June
But this year I didn't have to to grow winged bean until August.
I transplanted winged bean seedlings in our garden in the middle of August.
In September I directed the vines on to trellis
Summer time is very hot here
So I know that winged bean will not grow well in summer time enyway
When winged bean started to climb up trellis in September,
That is when our temperature started to drop from 90s F during the day to 80s F.
And then I decided to run a small experiment on my winged bean
I directed the vines and prune the vines
I want to see that with some pruning
if I can prevent the vines growing crazy, at the same time still have a lot of beans
And the result turned out surprisingly good
So this is what I got in the middle of November
Here I am going to explain what I did
I did very similar thing with long bean
Winged bean grows a lot of vines from the stem above the ground
So whenever I see new vines grow out there
I will directed onto the string
I set the strings half foot apart, tow or three vines on a string
Very similar thing I do to long bean
So when the vines grew to the top of trellis,
I removed the tip.
Very soon I see at every leaf a set of flower growing
If I seed side vines also are growing out together with the flowers sets
Keep 2~3 leaves and remove the tip
I have seen very similar thing like long bean
there are more flower sets grow out from the side vines
My winged bean grew vivid on trellis at the end of September
and develop flowers at the same time.
Because at that time the weather was not too hot,
these early flowers successfully fruited.
After pruning, winged bean vines are distributed evenly on trellis
and there are no over-crowded vines.
The biggest improvement is that winged bean flowers and fruits from bottom to top
while in the last couple years without pruning, fruiting focused on the top.
This year, two months after transplanting my winged bean seedlings,
I was able to start harvesting from the middle of October.
In November, it reached its flowering and fruiting peak.
Now I have countless beans hanging there.
It is the end of November now.
The high temperature is at 70s F and the low at mid-50s F in our area.
As far as frost-free, my winged bean should be able to continue fruiting till December.
Now I am going to pick some beans and show you how productive they are.
This is the very bottom of the plant, has a lot of beans
And they have all the way down here
This is the middle part
I also have a lot
The bean quality in the middle is much better
They are much bigger, straight and have very beautiful color
You see there are still a lot of flowers
I have to pick all these beans
This is the top. A lot of flowers are still blooming
You can see that it is very dense here
I have some beans already grow pretty big
This is another side of the trellis
Do you see the flowers and young beans?
Look at them
I have some big beans here already
Need to pick them
Really need to look all the way in there
They are very good at hiding
OK. This is what I got today
This basket is about one and half feet diameter
I have a lot of beans
I still have a lot of medium and small size beans
Because they grow very fast, I have to harvest them in 3~4 days
For these beans I properly give most of them away.
try to cook some tonight and also pickle them
OK That is it for today
I hoe you enjoy these winged beans and this video
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Bye!