Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners

Reviewed on 09/06/2010 by Schmidty - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Centre, Pennsylvania, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
We had grown yellow wax beans for a number of years, and been happy with them. When we finally ran out of seeds, we decided to try some green beans. The variety we ordered was sold out, and we were sent Fresh Pick instead. After germinating on damp paper towels, getting grown in little plug pots for a few weeks, and getting mowed by the cat, they were ready to plant. They grew well in our solid-clay soil, and made a few beans when the plants were still little. Then they stopped. I was pretty disappointed at the yields at first. However, the plants then put their energy into growing into big bushes, about two feet wide and a foot or two tall. Then they really started beaning. We have a row about 10 or 12 feet long, and we get bags and bags of tasty green beans. They make beans in batches or flushes, so don't be upset when the first batch is small, thinking that they're done; they will continue to make beans until frost.