BEAN GOLDEN WAX - SEED

BEAN GOLDEN WAX

Description
Golden Wax Yellow Bush Bean Seeds 1140 Heirloom Vegetable. Look for loads of flat, slightly wider, creamy yellow pods on plants growing about 45 cm (18″) tall. This string-less variety has been around since the early 1870’s and continues to be one of the best selling yellow wax beans on the market. An excellent variety for fresh eating as well as for both freezing and canning. Hardy and very productive. White Seed.

How to Grow
4-5 seed/gram. Beans tolerate a wide range of soil types. Their best growth is in light, organic, well drained soil with a pH of about 6.5. Beans have a distinct dislike for cold, wet soils, so sow seed only after the soil has warmed to at least 16 C (60 F). Sow 2.5 cm (1″) deep and 8 cm (3″) apart in rows spaced 45 to 70 cm (18 to 28″) apart. To ensure a continuous harvest, sow bush-type varieties every 10 days until mid-July. Keep beans evenly watered, particularly when the plants are in flower and when production of the pods start. Avoid the use of high nitrogen fertilizer. Nitrogen promotes excessive foliage. Avoid disturbing beans when leaves are damp to reduce the incidence of disease.

PROPAGATION
Sow Direct

DAYS TO EMERGENCE
8

LIGHT
Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT
Bushy

FROST TOLERANCE
Killed by Frost

DAYS TO HARVEST
50

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY
Easy

HERITAGE
Heirloom

FAMILY NAME
Papilionoideae

LATIN
Phaseolus vulgaris