Growing Pole Beans

Great for eating fresh, freezing or canning when pods are young. Great color of dark purple stripes on top of dark green skin. Rattlesnake is a popular, heavy producing pole bean. Absolutely beautiful and tasty.

This is the pole version of the popular bush type that is widely planted for the canning industry. Stringless pole bean that is very tasty! Blue Lake beans are known for reliability, disease resistance, flavor and high yields.

When left to fully mature, Kentucky Wonder is a good shelling bean. For stringless and most tender beans harvest when they are young and only 4-5″. Previous nicknames include “Old Homestead” and “Texas Pole”.

Provider beans can be planted earlier than other beans because it germinates well in cool soils. A stringless, fast maturing pole bean. Provider has compact bean plants that are easy to establish and adapt well to diverse soil and climate conditions.

The smooth, 6-7 inch, dark green pods have a canning jar straight, round shape. Beans are shallow rooted and can require up to 1/4 inch of water a day during hot weather. Coat seed with inoculant to increase yields.

Rich and flavorful beans are fiber-packed veggies that promote digestive health and are excellent sources of antioxidants that scavenge free radicals in the body. Fine restaurant or specialty market farmers should grow this one.

Round-bodied and light, minty green pods are delicious and not the least bit stringy even up to 7 inches long. Beans are shallow rooted and can require up to 1/4 inch of water a day during hot weather.

Optimum soil pH is 5.5-6.5, mildly acidic. A* | Anthracnose BB | Bacterial Blight BBS | Bacterial Brown Spot BLS | Bacterial Leaf Spot BMV | Bean Mosaic Virus CTM | Curly Top Beet Mosaic Virus DM | Downy Mildew HB | Halo Blight PM | Powdery Mildew PMV...

Optimum soil pH is 5.5-6.5, mildly acidic. A* | Anthracnose BB | Bacterial Blight BBS | Bacterial Brown Spot BLS | Bacterial Leaf Spot BMV | Bean Mosaic Virus CTM | Curly Top Beet Mosaic Virus DM | Downy Mildew HB | Halo Blight PM | Powdery Mildew PMV...

Coat seed with inoculant to increase yields. Avoid wetting the foliage, remove plants at end of the year, 3-4 year crop rotation. Rich and flavorful beans are fiber-packed veggies that promote digestive health and are excellent sources of antioxidants...

Large, flattened, sunny yellow pods are set off nicely by the vigorous, dark green plants, making it easy to see the handfuls of beans. Beans are shallow rooted and can require up to 1/4 inch of water a day during hot weather.

Optimum soil pH is 5.5-6.5, mildly acidic. A* | Anthracnose BB | Bacterial Blight BBS | Bacterial Brown Spot BLS | Bacterial Leaf Spot BMV | Bean Mosaic Virus CTM | Curly Top Beet Mosaic Virus DM | Downy Mildew HB | Halo Blight PM | Powdery Mildew PMV...

Avoid wetting the foliage, remove plants at end of the year, 3-4 year crop rotation. Coat seed with inoculant to increase yields. They are also nitrogen-fixing legumes; beans gather nitrogen from the air and load it into the soil to feed future crops.

Straight, tender, bright green beans reach an astounding 10 inches long. Beans are shallow rooted and can require up to 1/4 inch of water a day during hot weather. Coat seed with inoculant to increase yields.

Great freezing bean. A great top pole Lima bean. King of the Garden Pole variety is our best freezing bean variety. A heavy yielding lima bean. They come out of the freezer just like they were put in.

The Christmas bean will grow great in both warmer and cooler temperatures. A perfect bean for warmer climates. The seeds turn pink-brown when cooked. Have an excellent semi-rich flavor.

Burgundy color will fade when cooked. Sow seeds 1" deep, spaced 3" apart in rows 4' apart after soil temperature exceeds 60°F (16°C). With twine, lash trellis to the wire (or zigzag our naturalbetween the top wire and a bottom twine).

For large trellised plantings, place fence posts 8–10' apart, and support a 9-gauge galvanized wire at the top. Packet: 50 seeds.Grow pole beans on trellises or large mesh fencing, 4-pole tepees, or single poles.

With twine, lash trellis to the wire (or zigzag our naturalbetween the top wire and a bottom twine). Beans turn green when cooked. Much nicer than older purple pole bean varieties.

For large trellised plantings, place fence posts 8–10' apart, and support a 9-gauge galvanized wire at the top. Packet: 50 seeds.Grow pole beans on trellises or large mesh fencing, 4-pole tepees, or single poles.

Full of flavor, the 8-9" pods are 3/4" wide and borne on vigorous vines. Anchor bottom of trellis with stakes or hoops of 9-gauge wire.Plow under or remove and compost bean straw in the fall to hasten destruction of most disease organisms.

Prefers warm days and nights - expect reduced yield in cooler areas. Sow seeds 1" deep, spaced 3" apart in rows 4' apart after soil temperature exceeds 60°F (16°C). With twine, lash trellis to the wire (or zigzag our naturalbetween the top wire and...

Sow seeds 1" deep, spaced 3" apart in rows 4' apart after soil temperature exceeds 60°F (16°C). With twine, lash trellis to the wire (or zigzag our naturalbetween the top wire and a bottom twine).

Excellent for freezing. Heavy yields of 4″ pods, with 3-5 large beans each. All-America Winner. A great bean that can be planted early and first to harvest. Heat-resistant plants thrive in adverse conditions.