Snap Beans (Pole & Cornfield)

Phaseolus vulgaris

Culture: Pole beans usually bear later than bush beans and generally give higher yields, usually bearing for six or more weeks. Poles or other means of support should be at least 8 ft. high. Sow seeds 1 in. deep. Along a trellis, sow seeds 4 in. apart, thinning to 8-12 in. apart. With a bean teepee, sow 6 to 8 seeds around the base of each pole. Corn plants may be used as bean poles. We recommend using tall, sturdy dent corns like Tennessee Red Cob, Pungo Creek Butcher, and Hickory King.

Note: Only certain varieties of beans are shade tolerant and adapted to growing in corn, though most grow well along the outside rows.

Greasy beans: Greasy beans are a southern Appalachian specialty, mostly found in SE Kentucky and western North Carolina. The pods have a shiny/hairless look to them, hence "greasy"; the hairless pods keep fresh longer. Old-timers love them for their great texture and flavor, and will tell you that any bean that doesn't have to be stringed isn't worth eating!

Packet: 1 oz (28 g) unless stated (approximately 7- 5-115 seeds depending on variety, average 75 seeds) sows 12-18 poles.

20171224 DD gift seeds Sow True Seed, Fabaceae-Faboideae-Phaseoleae: Phaseolus vulgaris, Bush Bean French Garden, —/60 seed, 65 days, 1 in deep, 2-4 in apart, “classic Haricot Vert filet bean, pick at about 6 inches.", gift

20170404 Plant pole beans in w corn as soon as corn sprouts - (Nbed: 1,2, ; Mbed 1, 3 & 5, S bed 1, 2,4, &5) - 4 on edges, 2 in center. Note that Nbed 4 &5 did not receive pole beans.

20170101-SE-211311 Southern Exposure $40.89 Withner White Cornfield Pole Snap Bean

201xxxxx Tricolor Pole beans, , Renee’s, packed for 2014 & 2010 — grew with sunflowers in Mountain View