What it is
Pole Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is in the Fabaceae (Legume) family. Climbs a trellis, fixes nitrogen, and keeps producing longer than bush types.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it moderate, and give it average soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about 6 in apart. Expect roughly 60–70. Warm-season annual.
How it's used
Pole Bean is used: fresh, dried.
🔎 How to identify it
- Twining vines, three-leaflet leaves
- White/lilac flowers
- Long pods high on the vine
Edibility
PartsYoung pods; dry seed
UsesFresh, dried
CautionNone.
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Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.