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<blockquote data-quote="deerwhacker444" data-source="post: 3068168" data-attributes="member: 9117"><p>I noticed something last fall when I grew 3 rows of snap beans. Don't have any scientific data to back it up, but it seemed to me that the plants that grew in the N-S row were healthier and produced slightly more produce than the 2 E-W rows.</p><p></p><p>This is my opinion, but I think the E-W rows were subjected to lots of stress from the S-SW winds that the N-S row didn't get. The E-W rows didn't have any extra support and when the Summer winds blew or the Thunderstorms passed thru, they took a beating and started to lean a bit since beans are shallow rooted. The N-S rows had the adjacent plant for support and I think they did better. </p><p></p><p>Now when I say better, the plants may have been 10%-15% taller and put out 10%-15% more beans, but that's hard to judge on such a small garden.</p><p></p><p>Does that little bit of stress affect yield? I don't know, but I noticed enough difference that my beans will all be N-S next year..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerwhacker444, post: 3068168, member: 9117"] I noticed something last fall when I grew 3 rows of snap beans. Don't have any scientific data to back it up, but it seemed to me that the plants that grew in the N-S row were healthier and produced slightly more produce than the 2 E-W rows. This is my opinion, but I think the E-W rows were subjected to lots of stress from the S-SW winds that the N-S row didn't get. The E-W rows didn't have any extra support and when the Summer winds blew or the Thunderstorms passed thru, they took a beating and started to lean a bit since beans are shallow rooted. The N-S rows had the adjacent plant for support and I think they did better. Now when I say better, the plants may have been 10%-15% taller and put out 10%-15% more beans, but that's hard to judge on such a small garden. Does that little bit of stress affect yield? I don't know, but I noticed enough difference that my beans will all be N-S next year.. [/QUOTE]
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