Recommendations for Bush/Pole Beans? (growing, yard, corn, cold)

[NJmmadude]

My first time growing beans this year! I have some gardening experience, however, I'm brand new with growing beans. I'm interested in the 'string bean' type, and I've read that bush beans tend to give a crop all at once while the pole beans keep producing, so I'm leaning toward the pole beans (although I won't discount the bush if highly recommended).


My questions are: could you recommend a good bean for zone 6? I'm looking for the whole package if I can get it; taste, productivity, and disease resistance. My other question is how heat or cold tolerant the beans that you recommend might be?


Thank you very much for your help!

[TheDragonslayer]

I have been growing a variety called Blue Lake, they are nice, tender and long, the pods stay tender even as the beans inside grow. Big producer too and cool weather does not hamper it.

[phonelady61]

Kentucky wonder pole beans do really well for me .
Kearneys yellow eye beans
I cant grow blue lake to save my life but the two mentioned do really well for me .

[LIcenter]

Blue Lake did well for me also, but you need to plant in succession, as they do not keep producing after all beans are picked.

[grampaTom]

I have always grown Kentucky Wonder and get beans for weeks during the season. Good flavor and do well canning and freezing.

[jim9251]

Kentucky Wonder. One plant gave me bags and bags full. I had 24 plants. Fed most of the planet.

[gunslinger256]

i grew yard long beans this past summer. 4 plants produced enough for us to have string beans once a week. the pods are typically more than a foot long and need to be picked before they get more than 2 feet long or they get tough.

I'll grow them again, but probably only 2 plants.

[Harpaint]

Italian Flat Pod Pole beans were the tastiest and most abundant I've grown in a coastal region where it didn't get too hot. All Pole beans do best where summers aren't extremely hot, Bush can tolerate the heat better. Corn and squash are great companions to grow alongside beans. Pole beans will even climb up the corn for support!

[kinkytoes]

I've been growing the same pack of purple podded pole beans from burpee for several years now. LOL They grow very easily and are trouble free. Occasionally stinkbugs get them, but not too badly. I even had some self-sow. I'd love to try some of the other beans listed here.

[WhoDatInMD]

I also recommend purple podded pole beans. I grew them last year for the first time and they were very prolific and trouble free.