Pole Bean vs Bush Bean

[zeedman]

Originally Posted by susie2u

...I also got tired of pulling the bean vines out of the mesh fences that I rolled up,they also look messy when they sag with the weight of the vines.

You don't have to pull out the vines. I grow some of my peas on chicken wire, and when the peas are done, I cut the vines off at the ground & roll the whole thing up, vines & all. Give it a week or two to dry out, then set fire to the vines, which leaves you with (mostly) clean fence.

[Calhoun]

Bush. Pole Beans simply are not worth all the extra work, IMO. While the Pole Beans may produce over a longer period, Bush Beans produce a very heavy yield all at once. This is great for me as I freeze/can most of my beans.

[stone]

While pole beans look nice on a teepee, or simply climbing the existing wire around the garden, I like to eat the bush beans.
To me, the pole beans are a little tougher to eat. I'll eat the bush beans right off the plant...
I grow both, but the pole beans tend to be grown as ornamentals.

[italigarden]

Originally Posted by woodwitch

I grow both. I like the pole beans because of all the different kinds available but my favorite bean is Dragon Tongue and it is a bush bean. I also prefer the Roma bush bean to the Roma pole bean so I always grow those two beans for my bush beans. I have to admit that the poleds are much easier on my poor aching back to pick.

I grow Dragon Tongue too! I haven't come across a better tasting bean-- pole or bush!

[hippioflov]

Today the dogs reminded my of another reason to plant pole beans: to keep the dogs from eating all of them. My dogs love green beans and will casually nose through the plants to find nice, juicy ones to munch on. With pole beans, I at least have beans to far above their heads to be munched!

[LAC]

When I was little, my grandfather always ordered his seeds from me.......parochial school fund raiser. He got a yellow bean that was somewhat flat and long. I've been looking for those beans for years....can't find them. I ordered some from BC but they resemble a Blue Lake...except yellow.
Anyone have any idea what kind of bean I loved so many years ago, and where to find it?

[zeedman]

Originally Posted by LAC

When I was little, my grandfather always ordered his seeds from me.......parochial school fund raiser. He got a yellow bean that was somewhat flat and long. I've been looking for those beans for years....can't find them. I ordered some from BC but they resemble a Blue Lake...except yellow.
Anyone have any idea what kind of bean I loved so many years ago, and where to find it?

There are several flat-podded pole beans that could match your description. Do you remember the seed color? My first guess would be the white-seeded "Goldmarie". It has flat, very long pods... up to 10-11". Well grown, they are impressive. Really good raw, great flavor cooked, but freezes poorly.

[LAC]

Originally Posted by zeedman

There are several flat-podded pole beans that could match your description. Do you remember the seed color? My first guess would be the white-seeded "Goldmarie". It has flat, very long pods... up to 10-11". Well grown, they are impressive. Really good raw, great flavor cooked, but freezes poorly.

It was a bush bean............and the seeds were white.

[peapicker]

Originally Posted by BONSAI_OUTLAW

I grow both. I prefer the pole beans, but I have not found seed for a good pole Edaname yet so I still have some beds full of bush beans.

Have you tried Moon Cafe
It grows to 6'
SESE has it listed in their 2012 catalog
I thought of growing it next year
They also carry Lanco which can reach 4'

[Nastarana]

I like pole beans as a quick screen between my yard and the neighbors'. The beans climb up the steel mesh fence. I plant some runners for ornament and, the roots being toxic, to discourage moles and similar fauna. Seems to work, as I have yet to find a mole or other underground dwelling mamal in my yard. The beans are edible, but not very tasty, to me. My favorite for eating are black cocos.