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'Pole Romano' Beans |
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Pole
Green
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Pole Italian-type green/Romano bean with medium-green, stringless, flat pods. Also known as 'Romano Snap Pole'.
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60-70
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| Seed Sources: |
Underwood Gardens - updated in 2011
Lake Valley Seed - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (4.6 Stars)
Taste: (4.7 Stars)
Yield: (5.0 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (4.9 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 7
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 03/09/2009 by
pea-picker
- An intermediate gardener
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Belknap, New Hampshire, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
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| We have grown these for more than 5 years. Always very high yields, excellent buttery taste even if the pods get left on the vine a little too long. Gray seeds.
Vines bear over a long period, almost no problem with bugs. |
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Reviewed on 07/01/2008 by
Marlingardener
- An experienced gardener
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Falls, Texas, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Be sure to give these enough pole to grow on! This is the first year we have planted them, and they were the stars of the garden. The taste is "meatier" than bush beans: the yield is fantastic--pick daily or you end up with beans that must be shelled: and nothing attacked the beans, no bugs no disease. We planted six around each pole as directed. I heartily suggest planting only three around each pole, or you will be going on a treasure hunt each time you pick. |
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Reviewed on 02/01/2008 by
BLAINE71
- An experienced gardener
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Columbiana, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BEANS. THE TASTE IS UNIQUE (FRIENDS AND RELATIVES SAY IT IS BEANIER). THE YEILD IS OUTSTANDING. YOU CAN EASILY PICK TWICE A WEEK. WE USUALLY CAN THEM BUT THEY TEND TO BE A LITTLE MUSHY CANNED. WE PLAN TO FREEZE SOME THIS YEAR. |
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Reviewed on 01/07/2008 by
MATERGIRL
- An intermediate gardener
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York, Pennsylvania, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| We grew these on a trellis of fence posts and fencing wire - easy to put up. Wow, and were these beans productive ! They were long, flat beans with highly scalloped edges. Their taste is wonderful and beany - as someone else says - the flavor of beans you remember as a child. Their texture is a little different from the larger bush romanos or regular string beans - the outer skins slip away somewhat easily and the beans inside have a pronounced cooked-dried-bean texture. I like this, my husband doesn't. They blanch and freeze easily and need almost no further cooking. This one will fill up your freezer! Great boiled with ham and potatoes. Our only problems were Mexican bean beetle damage and grazing by our ever-present groundhogs. (Next year we will put a perimeter fence around all the beans.) |
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Reviewed on 10/25/2007 by
mrmcgregor
- An experienced gardener
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Cortland, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This bean has the string bean flavor that I remember as a child. I prefer it to any others that I've tried. The yield is excellent, and I would recommend thinning to two plants per 8 ft pole. The recommended three plants produces a jungle, that's dificult to pick through. The poles need to be set a good 1.5 ft into the ground. Sometimes, the vines don't want to climb, so it's best to use rough saplings with the bark on. |
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Reviewed on 12/22/2005 by
remyo
- An experienced gardener
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Erie, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| Pinetree catalog states,"Yeild is remarkably heavy...twenty pounds was recorded from a plant that occupied only three square feet on a seven foot trellis." Catalogs sometimes exagerate, but they are not. I was shocked at the amount of beans I collected at least 5 pasta pots worth from one plant. They taste good, but they are not the best I've ever had. The yeild does make up for that fact.
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Reviewed on 09/13/2004 by
Catskills
- An experienced gardener
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Ulster, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| We've grown two distinct pole beans both simply called Romano. Both are very tasty, light green and flat but one we've grown several times produced masses of 12 inch beans curved like a scimitar, the other one new this year are only 5-6 inches and pretty straight with more of a bean swelling.
The long, curved version is a terrific freezer. |
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