Bean Pole Kentucky Wonder Heirloom Seed

Phaseolus vulgaris

Item #0117

63 days.You can’t lose with this 1800s heirloom. Kentucky Wonder (brown seeded) has wonderful, if not unsurpassed flavor. It out-produces most other pole beans with heavy crops of 9" long, gently curved, oval pods. A multi-use bean: drying, shelling and green. Stringless when young. Excellent for freezing. Good even in hot climates.

This packet plants two teepees or one 6' -10' row. See inside for instructions on how to build a bean teepee.

Days to Emerge:
10 days

Seed Depth:
1"

Seed Spacing:
2 seeds every
4" to 6"

Row Spacing:
3' - 4'

Thinning:
When 1" tall,
thin to 1 every
4" - 6"

When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost and when temperatures are warm.

Note: In very hot summer areas such as the South and Southwest, sow in March for June harvest, and August for late September harvest.

When to start inside: Not recommended

Artist: Donna Clement

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