2022 Legumes (end of season notes)

Don’t forget the inoculant next year!
Bush Beans had lackluster year (no inoculant) all had less than 2 months production; purple needed reseeding & produced the least, green produced most reliably, dragon’s tongue had best yield but hit with rust.
Fava Beans were disappointing again; consider starting indoors, research varieties , don’t spray for aphids.
Lima Beans (pole variety) grown in soil for first time this year, grew well and produced good beans, easy to pick.
Peas (spring planting) had incredible germination; shell type was very short but was productive and was easy to tell from other varieties, snap and snow types did great, seed packet sizing was very good – do again.
Peas (fall planting) used Sugar Snap seed, good germination under multi-layers of shade cloth, about 5’ tall, hit by mildew, okay harvest.
Pole Beans had good germination, struggled with new trellis (find a way to string down center, rather than the front), didn’t last as long as expected (@ 1 month); green and purple did great, Romano type disappointing compared to Garden of Eden. Sigh.
Soybeans had spotty germination (no inoculant), thinned/transplanted seedlings, overall harvest just okay.