My husband put gopher poison in our vegetable garden. Can we eat the green beans that are down the water way from the gopher trail?
The should be fine as long as the poison did not get on the beans themselves. As a precaution, I would recommend washing the bean thoroughly before eating, just in case there was any splash back from the run off while watering.
Are there any uses for green beans that have been on the bush too long and have gone limp? We went on vacation and upon returning found out that our neighbor didn't pick the beans or water the plants. Now I have lots of beans but they do not snap and are limp when bent. They are also seed size.
The beans are likely tough, stringy and bitter by now, here is some more information:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/beans/harvesting-beans-when-do-you-pick-beans.htm
The flat green beans or sweet I was told they were pole beans. Is this true? or can I get them in a bush? Where can I get them at? INDY, IN.
Kentucky wonder is a good variety for zone 7. Not sure about your area
I saw what I think was a moth laying eggs on my green beans. Is this bad?
Well any pest on your veggies is not a good thing. Just to play it safe, I would treat the plant with neem oil, which is safe to use and should take care of any pest problem. It should also make it difficult for the eggs to adhere to the plant. Here is more information on it:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/pesticides/neem-oil-uses.htm
Can you save and replant green bean plants? How about strawberry plants? If so, how do you store them till next spring?
With green beans, you would save some seeds for next year. This article will explain more about that:
http://www.seedsave.org/issi/904/beginner.html#anchor001
With strawberry plants, they are pretty hardy. Most people leave them in the ground or in their containers and they will come back year after year on their own. While you can make strawberries go dormant and store them for short periods as bare root plants, they do not survive more than a few weeks like this. The best way to "store" them is to leave them in the soil.
We are novice gardeners sitting at 7, 000 ft elev. We have done very well with tomatoes (in our greenhouse), and squash, chard, beets, turnips, radishes have all done very well outdoors, but we cannot grow green beans. We have tried pole and two varieties of bush beans with the same result. They get about 3 in. high with two leaves and that's it, they slowly wither and die. Others in this area seem to have good luck with beans, but can offer no advice. Does anyone have an idea??
It sounds like they are succumbing to damping off. This is normally brought on by high humidity around the seedlings. Add a little fungicide to the soil as a starter. Try setting a fan on low to blow over the seedlings (if you are growing in the greenhouse). This will help improve air flow and reduce the standing humidity around the seedlings. If you are growing them in your garden, make sure you are watering in the early morning or late afternoon. This will allow the water near the surface to dry out more quickly and reduce the humidity around the plants.
My green beans have finished producing and I want to remove the plants from my garden. Should I shear off the tops and leave the roots in the soil, or pull the whole plant out?
If the plants were healthy all season, I would simply till them under the soil to help fertilize the soil for next planting season.