Bean Bush Trio Blend Seeds

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The snap bean (or green bean) is eaten pod and all and tastes significantly better when grown at home rather than bought at the grocery store. The three varieties in this packet are bush type beans, which means that they require no staking and produce most of their crop over a 2 to 3 week period. Packet includes: ‘Blue Lake 274’, an heirloom favorite, noted for excellent flavor and texture, fresh or frozen (white seed); ‘Resistant Cherokee Wax’, a vigorous plant producing bright yellow pods (black seed); and ‘Purple Queen’, with glossy deep purple pods that turn forest green when cooked (brown seed).

Botanical Name:Phaseolus vulgaris

Days to Maturity:4555 days

Family:Fabaceae

Native:Mexico and South America

Hardiness:Frost-sensitive annual

Plant Dimensions:Upright, compact, 12″22″ tall

Variety Information:5″6″ long, green, bright yellow or deep purple pods. ‘BLUE LAKE 274’ is an heirloom, producing round, 6″ pods with exceptional flavor and tenderness; the best green bean variety for freezing. Stringless when picked young. Plants are resistant to common bean mosaic virus (1, NY15). ‘RESISTANT CHEROKEE WAX’ is a 1959 improvement on the original ‘Cherokee Wax’. Bright yellow pods conceal black seeds! Stringless in all stages; excellent for canning or freezing. ‘ROYAL BURGUNDY’ has deep purple, slightly curved, tender pods that turn dark green when cooked.

Type:Snap bean

When to Sow Outside:RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date, and when soil temperature is at least 65F, ideally 7085F.Successive Sowings:Every 7 to 14 days up to 80 days before your average first fall frost date.NOTE: In very hot summer areas, skip sowing as high heat approaches; temperatures consistently above 90F will prevent beans from forming.

When to Start Inside:Not recommended

Days to Emerge:612 days

Seed Depth:1″

Seed Spacing:1 seed every 4″

Row Spacing:24″

Thinning:Not required

Harvesting:Snap beans are ready to pick when the pod “snaps” or breaks in half cleanly. This is when the seeds have just begun to form and the pods are several inches long (depending on the variety). Hold the stem with one hand, and the pod with the other hand to avoid pulling off branches, which will continue to produce. At season’s end, plants are great compost material if they are disease-free.

Because bush beans were developed from pole beans (for condensed and easier harvests), sometimes they can revert to some of the traits of their predecessors by stretching and getting a little lanky before settling into more of a compact bush habit. Thus, why your bush bean appears to be a pole bean.

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