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Bean, Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole Seeds
Phaseolus vulgaris
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Grow your own delicious and nutritious beans with our high-quality Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole Seeds.
Kentucky Wonder Wax bean is a delicious home garden variety that is best when pods are picked young. Pods are round, 20 cm (8") long, with a creamy, light yellow color. Use fresh or frozen.
- SKU: 143667
- Common Name: Bean
- Botanical Name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Growing Information
Safe
for Bees
Grows
Best In:
Full Sun
Days to
Germination:
6 - 14 days
Water
Needs:
Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
Days to
Maturity:
68 days
Growing Height:
2.1 m (7 ft)
Key Features
- Plant Type: Vegetable
- Plant Lifecycle: Annual (plant every year)
- Seed Type: Heirloom
- Fill Weight (grams): 18
- Approximate Seed Count: 35-45
- Characteristics: Frost-sensitive
- Planting Method: Direct Sow
- Colour: Yellow
- Water Needs: Average 2.5-5 cm (1-2 in.) per week
- Landscape Use: Edible Garden
- Growth Habit: Pole
- Resistance: Rust
- Companion Planting:
Plant near beets, corn, lovage, naturtiums, rosemary, squash, strawberries, sunflowers
- Flavour: Buttery and meaty taste
- Preparation Ideas: Excellent fresh, canned or frozen.
Instructions
Beans are a warm season crop and seeds should be sown directly into the garden when the soil is warm and all danger of frost is past. Optimum soil temperature (not air temperature) should be 15-29°C (59-84°F) for seeds to germinate. Planting at a lower temperature will delay germination. Space seeds and plant to the depth indicated below. Press seeds into the soil to ensure good contact and cover with 1.3 cm (1/2 in.) of soil. After planting, water the seeds with a gentle mist or shower. It is critical to keep the soil consistently moist, but not soggy during germination. When your seedlings reach a height of a few centimetres (inches) and have developed 2 or 3 pairs of leaves, it is important to thin them out, according to the plant spacing indicated below. Do not allow the soil to become dry, as young plants have underdeveloped roots and can quickly dehydrate, particularly in windy conditions.
- Planting Depth: 2.5 cm (1in.)
- Seed Spacing: Sow beans seeds roughly 10 cm (4 in.) apart in rows, keeping rows approximately 60cm (24 in.) apart.
- Plant Spacing: 15 cm (6 in.)
- Instructions for Nutrient Care: Apply SUPERThrive once per week. Soak in solution of 1/4 tsp per gal for 15 min. or longer depending on size and type.
Suggestions
Growing Suggestions:
- Pole beans grow as climbing vines and require a trellis or fence for support. Support should be put in place when planting seeds.
- Bean seeds can be succession planted every 2 to 3 weeks until mid-July for a continuous supply of fresh beans.
- For best taste, harvest pods when they are the thickness of a pencil.
- Keep picking regularly to ensure continuous production.
- Too many beans maturing at one time? Try sowing 1/2 or 1/3 of a row one or two weeks apart to extend the harvesting of fresh flavorful beans.
- Avoid working among plants while the foliage is damp or wet as this can encourage and spread fungal and bacterial diseases such as powdery mildew, blight, rust, etc.
- When weeding, hoe gently because beans are shallow-rooted. Mulch plants only after thinning.
- Avoid fertilizing with nitrogen, which results in a surplus of foliage and low, delayed pod growth.
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Overall rating: 4.357143 / 5 from 14 reviews.
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Beans
"Thought they would be more prolific but still think they are a terrific bean"
Love these
"Definitely getting more!"
Yearly buy
"Grew great"
Great
"They are doing great"
sadly a lower germination rate
"sadly a lower germination rate than expected (60% ish) but those up are doing well so far. Yes i pre soak."
Pole Beans
"Arrived quickly Shipping was a bit expensive. Beans germinated quickly. Happy with purchase"
Ne donne pas de fleurs
"Ne donne pas de fleurs"
Strong plant
"Strong plant"
Ok
"Ok"
