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anthony123hopki wrote:

All the advice is to pick the pods asap so as to encourage further pod
development. How is this so given that the pods develop from their
flower, so therefore more flowers would have to develop in order for
more pods.

Does early cropping encourage further flower growth, or does the plant
flower only once?

Harvesting the green beans (French beans) while they are still green
encourages the plant to set more flowers. Let the beans mature to brown
and dry, and the plant will cease producing.
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