This variety produces heavy yields of sweet delicious snap beans. Left on the plant, the white beans can be used fresh or dried. The young beans grow to 6” long on vines that can grow to six feet tall. This heirloom variety comes from the "white creaseback bean"; it was improved and later identified as Blue Lake Pole Beans. 65 days.
Packet size = 1.25 ounces
POLE BEANS
WHEN TO PLANT: after all danger of frost is past
DEPTH OF PLANTING: 1" deep
PLANTS APART IN ROWS (AFTER THINNING): 4 - 6" apart
DISTANCE BETWEEN ROWS: 2 to 3 feet apart
RAISED BED PLANTING GUIDE: Thinned plants should be 4"
apart throughout bed.
SOIL TYPE RECOMMENDED: composted, sandy soil.
NOTE: Pole beans take up less room than bush beans, but they
must be supported as their growth is vertical.
TUCSON PLANTING INFORMATION: Pole beans do well in
Tucson. Planting may be done from March 1 to April 1 and
again July 15 to August 25.
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