Pole beans are great for growing in small spaces as they train really well to grow up a pole or trellis.
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The seeds were planted May 11.
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By May 20 they were sprouting out of the ground.
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Two little leaves appeared a day or so later.
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And then they started to grow…
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…and grow.
The beans were planted in an old washing machine tub in 2012. It is lovely and big for root development and there are lots of drainage holes.
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They are reaching and twisting and curling up the poles. It wasn’t long before the top was reached and the vines were being twisted and tucked and curled back around.
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This year the beans are climbing up the trellis with Tom watching over them. Some bush beans are also planted in the corners of the big tubs with the tomatoes.
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The little white flower appear by early July.
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The tiny little beans start to grow.
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During the past week I’ve started picking pole green beans, bush beans and scralet runner beans for dinner.
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Lot and lots of green beans with the promise of lots more to come.
- black valentine beans
- bush beans
- Deseronto potato beans
- October pole beans
- pole beans
- pony beans
- rattlesnake bean
- ruby moon hyacinth beans (not edible)
- scarlet runner beans
- tepary beans
- yellow beans
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