Blauhilde bean
$4.00
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Pole, 8-10’/2.6-3 m tall. Beautiful purple-tinged vines produce large, round purple pods. Don’t expect loads of beans all at once from this variety; produces slowly but steadily over a long season. 65 days to harvest, 100 days to maturity. 30 seeds/packet.
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Plant after last frost; soil must be warm or seed will rot. Sow 1” deep. Space pole beans in pairs 8” apart, with 8” between pairs if climbing twine, or in groups of 3-4 around single poles 1’ apart. Pick green beans before seeds start swelling, and seed beans when pods are fully dry; seed must be dry enough to not dent with a fingernail for storage. Dry beans can be further dried on a tarp, then threshed by dancing on them and winnowing away the chaff.