Bean Bush Pencil Pod Yellow Organic Heirloom Seed

Phaseolus vulgaris

Item #3109

60 days. Pencil Pod is an heirloom variety popular with gardeners since it was introduced in 1900. The “slim as a pencil”, curved yellow pods are 6" long, stringless and tender. Unlike green beans, these black-seeded yellow wax snap beans are easy to see among the foliage. Grow in the ground or in containers. Very disease resistant.

This packet plants one 7-8 foot row.

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. To produce beans all season, sow a new crop every 7 - 14 days up to 60 days before first fall frost.

Note: In very hot summer areas, sow in March for June harvest, and August for late September harvest.

When to start inside: Not recommended.

Artist: Carolyn Crawford

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