Pole Beans

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Phaseolus vulgaris Bluish-purple pods and green leaves tinged with purple. Harvest at 3-5". Can serve as a snap, shell or dry bean. Chocolate-colored seed. read more

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Dolloff

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Phaseolus vulgaris Consistently one of the earliest dry pole beans. Chestnut-brown dry beans are wide and flat like limas. read more

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Fortex

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Phaseolus vulgaris Fortex begins producing early and keeps going into fall, long after others have quit. Its flavor and texture reign supreme, a distinctive nutty taste that can be enjoyed raw or cooked. read more

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Golden Gate

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Phaseolus vulgaris Large flattened sunny yellow Romano-type beans on tall vines. read more

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Grandma Nellie’s Mushroom Bean

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Phaseolus vulgaris An early fresh-eating pole bean known for its distinctive umami flavor when cooked. read more

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Kentucky Wonder

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Phaseolus vulgaris Heirloom bears 7-9" pods with nutty flavor. Very productive. Excellent for freezing. Brown seed. read more

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Multicolored Pole Bean Blend

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Phaseolus vulgaris We combine green, yellow, purple and striped varieties of staggered maturity into one packet. Varieties, our choice, will vary from year to year according to availability. read more

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Northeaster

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Phaseolus vulgaris Also known as Kwintus. A superior early pole bean. Somewhat flattened pods are slow to get tough. read more

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Purple Podded Pole Bean

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Phaseolus vulgaris Heirloom from the Ozarks. Vigorous vines produce tender bright purple pods. read more

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Rattlesnake

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Phaseolus vulgaris Beautiful 6-7" green pods with purple streaking. Tan seed with dark stripes. Also known as Preacher Bean. read more

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Scarlet Runner

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Phaseolus coccineus 10-12' tall. Mottled black and purple seeds. Ornamental brilliant scarlet blossoms. Snap or shell bean. read more

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Seychelles

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Phaseolus vulgaris 7–9' vines bear long stringless round-podded very dark green fresh beans, coming early. 2017 AAS. read more

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True Red Cranberry

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Phaseolus vulgaris Plump round maroon beans with no streaking. Excellent flavor, rich and creamy. read more

Pole Beans

About 45-95 seeds/oz.
Days to maturity are from seeding date.

Culture: Though it can be fun to grow “climbing” beans on tripods or sunflowers, many folks grow them on 6–8' fencing. Plant 3–4" apart along the fence. Many pole bean varieties have strings that won’t annoy you if they’re picked early and often. Frequent and thorough picking keeps your vines vigorous and productive. Pick and compost the overgrown pods that got away, or cut them coarsely and add them to minestrone as suggested by Crystal Nichols of Greene, ME. If you don’t pick them, your plants will stop producing, satisfied they’ve fulfilled their reproductive mission.

One customer says, “Many people—even gardeners and cooks—have no idea how much better tasting pole beans are. Most bush beans are cardboard by comparison.”

Poles for Pole Beans

Nikos grows hers on tripods of long lashed poles. Gloria Seigars of New Sweden, ME, employs tall limber ash saplings that can be bent double without breaking. “Wired together, several of them make a nifty arbor and grand entrance to the vegetable garden.” Will Bonsall suggests letting them climb sunflower stalks. Give the sunflowers a two-week head start.

Plant about 5 seeds to a tripod, or 2 seeds to a sunflower.