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Can you trim down a young lima bean plant to make it look younger? will trimming it damage the plant and kill it?

can you trim down a young lima bean plant to make it look younger?

will trimming it damage the plant and kill it?

 

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Crisologo
Crisologo Answered:

Hi Tracey,

You can't trim or prune lima beans or any legumes for that matter not like other vegetables like; squash, cucumber, eggplant,etc. Trimming your lima beans would affect its growth and may result to plant stress thus reduces its fruit development.

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