difference between bush/pole beans
May 20, 2010 1:16 PM Subscribe
I planted some dry beans I bought in grocery store. They all sprouted. There were 5-6 varieties, big white ones, black ones, yellow etc. Is there any way for me to know are these going to be bush beans or pole beans? I would like to grow them on my balcony (to cover my wall) and I don't have much space. I would prefer pole or climbing beans, I don't have space for bush varieties. Would I be able to tell the difference when they grow into seedlings?
Toekneesan has it. If they're produced in mass for sale in stores, they'd be harvested by machine, which means that they'll be bush beans. There's a 90+% certainty, I'd say.
posted by mudpuppie at 4:20 PM on May 20, 2010
posted by mudpuppie at 4:20 PM on May 20, 2010
BUT if they were hybrid beans, there's no telling what you'll end up with.
posted by miss patrish at 4:48 PM on May 20, 2010
posted by miss patrish at 4:48 PM on May 20, 2010
Best answer: You'll know pretty quickly one way or another, as pole beans put out a long top sprout fairly quickly (or at least the ones I have grown have).
posted by miss patrish at 4:50 PM on May 20, 2010
posted by miss patrish at 4:50 PM on May 20, 2010
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posted by Toekneesan at 2:30 PM on May 20, 2010